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I was just over at several forums for nurses and they are having trouble getting jobs - These Are Definitely Tough Times!

Posted: Oct 30, 2011

One new nurse was told that her skills are stale and she needs to go through a "refresher" course, which costs $2,000 before she will be able to get a job.

Another one has been looking for work for 6 months with no luck.

I went over there to see if people in other kinds of work eat their young as MTs sometimes do. I thought maybe everyone else was happy and enjoying successful careers. Apparently not.

These are tough times. I think sometimes we generalize so much that we depress each other. Not everyone is doing awful. Some are doing well in this very bad economy. No careers are doing very well though. These are definitely tough times.

I checked out respiratory therapy forums - sm

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That one was strange. At first I thought they were all happy and content. When I kept looking, I found that they were "getting out" for various reasons. One main reason apparently is that they get no respect. They are referred to as, "Hey, Respiratory!" or "Hey, Breathing Guy!" rather than respectfully by their names. That would be a put-down. They have not found paradise either evidently.

If I can make good living being Respiratory Guy, I will be RG. - Better than respected MT who is poor.nm

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I checked out medical assistant forums and they are - In Another Reality

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They had a lot of threads where they sounded like they had just been to one of those sales conventions. Very hyper and cheerleaderish. Then others were mad. I'll paraphrase here, "We have to get the message out that we know as much as RNs and LPNs and can do anything they can do, so we want to make as much money as they make." ---Excuse me, but Medical Assistants do not have the same skills as an RN. I remember talking to a medical assistant once who said she had the same skills the doctor had and could do anything the doctor could do. What are their schools teaching them? They are definitely in another reality. It's not working for them, but they truly believe what they are saying, which is sad.

I suspect some of them are quietly doing their jobs and not making crazy comments - Hopefully

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Surely not all of them have the vaulted opinions. I suspect many of them are just quietly doing their jobs and not making crazy comments. I went to a workshop once and a Medical Assistant had been asked to speak about her new career. She did say that she was able to do the same work the doctor does. That is crazy talk.

I've heard MTs say that, too - pumpernickel

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that they have as much knowledge as a doctor. I'm sorry, but just because you are an MT or an MA and you can guess what the diagnosis is based on the commonly presenting symptoms, no, that doesn't mean you know as much as a nurse or a doctor.

It probably is just a frustration thing for them - feeling like they don't get the respect or compensation consistent with the knowledge and skills they do have.

Good point! I've heard the same thing. - sm

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I cringe every time I see a report where the MT has taken on the role of writing the report for the doctor. This has lost more accounts for MTSOs than just about anything else. It's high on the list anyway. "I knew that the doctor really meant to say..., so I fixed it."

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