What a wonderful plan, to make a group for nurses and other medical professionals. I am a 49 year old CMA. (not to be confused with CNA) I am a Certified Medical Assistant. I love my job. I never returned to get my RN degree as I chose to have a family instead of college. 18 years ago, I was able to take a 4 hour test to “challenge” it to win my certification from the State Board of Nursing. I get to do all the things that an RN would do, (minus the paper work and responsibilities) I am a trained phlebotomist, I give injections, do EKG’s and order tests as directed by the doctor I work with. I have always worked directly with a Physician in a clinical setting and believe that the physician and his assistant should be a team. That definately gives the patient more trust and comfort if they can see team work in action. I have been in fields of Internal Medicine, General Surgery and now work with an Addiction Specialist. I have been to Guatemala with Cascade Medical Team for three weeks, two different years. I never stop learning and I love to face challenges. I love working with people. I ony wish that there were more hours in a day. I often feel sorry for my husband of 30 years who has never understood how a person can love their job. I only wish that all people in the medical field would be as compassionate and caring as we are taught to be. Sadly, because of the great demand for nurses and the medical profession in general, some of the people that this profession attracts are only in it for the money and are sometimes a little less caring then they should be. Or maybe that is just human nature rearing its ugly head? Anyway, these are my thoughts…. Happy to be a community servant …Martha
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Welcome to the Art of Nursing Martha,,, really happy you have joined us….this group can be amazing,,, and its great to see passionate people joining,,, I would like to take this opportunity though to point out that it is a nursing group….that could mean nursing assistant, registered nurses, student nurses or retired nurses,,, I am not saying Martha that you are not welcome,,,, you are, by definition, and in Australia you would be considered at least a division 2 nurse,,,, but would really like to point out that if any other medical personal ie doctors,,, ect… they should make their own group… I believe and especially in Australia that nurses are often left without a “voice” in the health care system,,, so this is a group directly targeted towards the nursing profession Martha, and not all medical professionals… we need a voice, and maybe this is a group whereby we can show case our views, our work, our beliefs through art… so a nursing group only (again I stress Martha, that your description of your work, what you do,,, is nursing,,, but it is not open for all medical professionals…. they if they so desire make their own group…. so anyone wishing to join,,, please read the requirements,,, nurses need to be heard!!!
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Dear monitor, when I read the the description of this group, I did not realize it was for Australian RN’s only! I believed that it was for medical professionals. Please visit the AAMA site and you might get a clearer understanding of what the United States Certified Medical Assistant is and does. www.aama-ntl.org
Thanks for being open minded. Martha