The hours they work. They normally work 12 hour shifts.
The major disadvantage of a nursing assistant is the lower pay, if they are not licensed as a RN. The next major disadvantage is the heavy work load and long hours.
time consuming stressful and upsetting at times
Not a stressful job. Pay is ok, could be better depending on experience. You can work within mostly any medical office. Holidays off.
All states require certification as a medical assistant since your job entails giving shots and taking readings for blood glucose. Check with health department for the state of New Jersey to check the req's for being a medical assistant.
One key disadvantage to being an administrative assistant is being tied down to your desk. There is often no room for advancement. You will always be a subordinate to your boss or those you assist administratively.
Medical Assistant Job in hospitals has the requirement of medical assistant certifiction. Medical assistant is providing basic services to the patients and doctors. The services of medical assistant also includes clerical and nursing services.
A college degree is required to be a medical assistant.
She gets the official job description for a medical assistant in the hospital by being a good worker and always doing the tasks that she is required to do and by fulfilling her needs.
what accomplishments can a medical assistant have
the medical billing and coder whose starting hourly pay is between $12.00 and $14.00
A medical assistant can be considerate of/to a patient by simply being as kind and as caring as possible. If the medical assistant has been in that persons situation and they don't mind talking about their personal life then that would really be beneficial to the patient. this would allow the patient to have an insight of what they are about to go through and they don't have to worry as much, that is a very considerate medical assistant. An other way for a medical assistant to be considerate is to not judge their patients for their life or what they have done to get in the situation they are in.
Answer: Medical assistant is trained in every job in the medical office from the front desk job to doing the clinical job in the back office. The medical office assistant is just trained to do the front desk job.
I would say being in the medical assistant program myself that you need atleast a tenth grade math comprehension level. You will be dealing with fractions and decimals along with your basic algebra.
It depends what type of medical assistant your thinking of.
Yes, you will need CPR to become a medical assistant.