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liliana · Mar 2, 2007, 11:30 AM

Is it difficult emotionally to be in medical assisting?

J_9 · Mar 2, 2007, 12:20 PM

I guess it really all depends on quite a number of factors actually. Things like family and support, the department and/or departments you choose to work in, your own personal emotional stability, etc, etc.

If you could give a little more info, I would be glad to help more.

liliana · Mar 6, 2007, 08:15 AM

Im doing this research and it is based in school so do you know someone who is in the medical assistant and can answer my questions?
>What are is the risk of being a medical assistant?(what are the complications if you mess up in something)
>How stressful is it working with the patients?(dealing with them that their fustrated and there talking back to you)
THANKS FOR HELPING ME!!

J_9 · Mar 6, 2007, 08:19 AM

Well, as I said to you in my PM, I am going for Registered Nurse, but many of the rules remain the same.

For your first question - complications if you mess up something. Lawsuits, malpractice, injury to self or patient. The list is long.

Second question - pt's talking back to you. Happens all the time. They get frustrated with the doctor, so they take it out on the nurse. You have to learn to have a thick skin and strong shoulders to deal with patients who are aggrivated. It can be VERY stressful, that is why it is recommended that if you cannot deal with stress, don't get into medicine.

ErinRae · May 22, 2007, 02:43 PM

Originally Posted by liliana

Is it difficult emotionally to be in medical assisting?

Hi liliana-
I was a care assistant for a Peds Urgent Care center for about six months.
There were definitely times when it was emotionally difficult. Like the time when a 16 month old came in with a contagious disease and they didn't know if he'd make it through the night. He left our medical facility for a full service hospital. When you pass them on ;you don't know if they'll make it or not and you will probably never know.
For that job working with patients wasn't as difficult as working with their parents. The parents are freaked that their kid is sick and there's nothing they can do.
It may or may not help you but I stumbled across a site that give descriptions of careers. Career_Explorer looks like it has a lot of information about allied health careers