Who makes more money phlebotomist or medical assistant

Jazmin in Houston, Texas. I went to school for medical assistant I waste my time, any body out there just go on for nursing. I agree with you and i'm in the same situation right now. Michelle in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.

The reason why you can't find a job and hate the profession is the fact that your spelling isn't even correct! The medical assisting career is wonderful. I work in a cancer center and am lucky enough to go home everyday knowing I made a difference in someone's day.

Jazmin in Houston, Texas said: I am a cna and I am in school for pharmacy tech and to get hiring in that field you must have medical assistant experience. Monica in New York, New York.

Ok ladies, the bottom line is this. Do what makes you happy. If you truly love caring for people on a one on one basis, then Medical Assisting or Nursing is right for you. The true difference is the amount of responsibility that you will encounter. Not to much paper work and I work in a great neighborhood Times Square in NY. But to me it goes hand in hand with what I love to do and that is being part of a team that provides assistants to patients that is in need of our help from the time they walk into a facility to the time they're done seeing the Doctor and are checked out.

So, if caring for people in any capacity whether it is admissions , reception, secretary, MA, EKG Tech, Sono Tech, Phlebotomy, CNA or Nurse Love what you do no matter what and just do it!!!!!

As for everything in your life, they had to do there Homework for the school they were going to. I looked it up on line, consumer reports for business schools, there employment rate I even spoke to some of there former students who were working to get an insight on what there experience was like at school and there current jobs at the time.

You have to be responsibile for you and your future. As far as what I have and what others may have or have not, where you live and your experiences make a difference and I can only speak of what I have done, gone through and what I have and am today. Who else am I going to talk about. The ladies on this sight are asking a general question and I am answering it. They are not targeting a specific Geographic. Where you live makes a big difference and there is no changing that!!!

Phylicia in Sugar Land, Texas. My school does NOT offer any certification test which means I will have to pay for my own test and register after my externship. My question is what certification tests did yall take, what website they have available about the certification test, how much will the test be?

I had a medical assistant teacher who tried to say she was certified in phlebotomy. When I asked her through which agency was she certified, she said it was "through" her medical assistant certification.

I asked Dennis Ernst of the Center for Phlebotomy Education about that and he said they are NOT one and the same but 2 completely different certifications. Being an MA does not make you a phlebotomist unless you have had specific training in it and most MA programs just skim over what is taught in phlebotomy,horribly so.

I was already certified in it when I entered the MA program, through ASCP. I eventually also got the phleb certification through AMT as well as taking the RMA exam. None of these titles have mattered on my resume. I spent 6 months after becoming a PBT trying to find something and didn't hear back from anyone.

Too late I realized, after entering a MA program, that you have to be aggressive and lucky to land something in this state of high unemployment. You have to make a lot of calls and keep making them and show up at labs and HR offices. Unfortunately, not everyone has it in them to "bug" people. One should be able to land a job based on their skills and training, but it doesn't always happen. Tina in Rocky Face, Georgia. Sorry about your bad luck but actually we can do more than LPN can do.

We are trained in alot of different areas that LPN's are not.. They did not get some of the training we did. MA play a valuable role in healthcare just like lvns and rn's. Ok genius, LPN's and CMA's go to school for the same amount of time and in fact CMA's take MORE credits than LPN's The hospitals are putting LPN's and CNA's in the same category "patient care technicians" and paying them the same here in Wisconsin, because they are one in the same, you are geared more towards hospitals and nursing homes and now the hospitals want to pay you what they pay their aides also.

You don't even have to have continuing education, in the long run, as I was told in the beginning of my schooling over 4 years ago, LPN's will be virtually gone. I wouldn't want someone taking care of me that didn't have to have any further education, atleast as CMA's we have to have continuing education!!

Shannon in Greeley, Colorado. I've been a medical assistant for almost 13 years. I've been blessed that I have worked for specialty physicians in the pulmonary, critical care and cardiovascular surgeon sector. I feel I make more because of my hard work, intellect and faithfulness to the physicians. I wish I had went on to get my RN degree but that is not the road I've traveled due to various reasons.

But my experience is this: I have seen so many "dumb" MA's who give half-ass job performances than I do the RN's and LPN's I work with. I agree with you Shannon, it's all in how much heart you put into your profession. If you have the intelligence , took your schooling seriously, or just did it for a "job. I strongly agree with sybil if you can check the internet to read this crap you can check on the program you signed up for before you wasted all that damn money.

Sybil in Detroit, Michigan. Firstly, Michelle, you need to calm down. I'm simply giving people advice on the shady schools out there that "certify" their MAs. All of those fly-by-night schools are "accredited". Thirdly, by the way you worded it, you made it out as if your school gave you their OWN certification test as in, one your teachers complied it. The school I attended is accredited through CAAHEP. I googled your school, and it too, is accredited through CAAHEP.

In order to take the AAMA test, you must be a graduate of either a CAAHEP school or an ABHES school. There are sites ASSIGNED by the AAMA for the tests. People from the AAMA PROCTOR THEIR OWN TEST. You get a letter in the mail stating you can take the test if all qualifications are met. If you are certified through the AMT which means your school has to be accredited through either ABHES or CAAHEP or you have 5 years experience as an MA , it is STILL the AMT giving you the test.

It isn't your school's test, it's the AMT'S TEST. You still have to send in offical transcripts and do the whole song and dance. Firstly Sybil, I don't need to calm down, you need to learn how to read. For the eightieth time MY TEACHER PROCTORED THE TEST because our school is accredited! My last TWO responses said that if you could read!

So don't talk to me like I am in first grade. I know the ins and outs of my profession, thanks for trying to belittle me though! I don't know if you want a cookie for being a member of the AAMA???? I guess I get one too then. Read what you are responding to before you start writing like a smart ass. Sybil, you are just acting like a know it all and it took you four messages to figure out that my teacher could proctor an exam at an accredited school, the keyword was accredited right there you should have left it alone, but no, you just kept going.

YES I AM A CMA-AAMA Miss Know It All. I too just graduate for Medical Assistant Program here in CT and I have found nothing I did my extern ship and also tempting for a drs office for 2 weeks and no luck the school I went to has a placement dept but they send me leads and I have already applied for them before they email me. I too want to go to school to bew an RN but I need a job now and then go t school at night I have gone on 1 interview since I finished school in DEc and am very depressed.

Where are the salary quotes coming from average national salary salary. Medical Assistant is 45, I have been a medical assistant for 10 years now and would never give up the joy I get, with the hands on experience working with people, Yes, I looked into becoming a LPN or RN, but I want to work with people not behind a desk, or noc's and weekends I have a family I enjoy being with.

And we all spell things wrong from time to time Lisa in Tampa, Florida. May in New York, New York said: Hello there, I live in NYC West Village as well and will be finished with my BS degree in Healthcare Mgmt. I started to "feel the market" but not really sending out resumes for the field that I will be graduating with. I am also sending twin boys in college who will graduate this year. I am contemplating of going into the nursing program but also plan to work if accepted and use my degree even if I will take a pay cut.

I grew up in Asia and caring for people is imbedded in our culture, so it comes naturally for us even with strangers. I think that I will have more options with a nursing career. My question is, how much exactly are nurses being paid for?

What about for newly graduates? May, I feel ya girl I feel the same way. I been on interviews and invited out to various staffing services for the last few weeks and they all mainly focused on my expreience than my skills and qualification "I WANTED GO BACK TO SCHOOL" to add to my career its been sooo I'm so glad to find other MA's who feel the same way that I do. Ally, I'm in the same situation girl. I completed my externship recieved my certificate in Oct After three mos of being hired I had to relocated to Orlando On a family emergency.

Hi all, after reading most of the comments i kinda agree and disagree with some.

I have done the medical office assisting on-line and in the middle of the course i was ask to do a hr work exp opt. I did do it for free for 6 months at a walk-in clinic which wasn't easy , but i got my MOA and job exp certificate.

I cannot tell you my salary because i became pregnant i'm not working now i'm staying at home until my last child starts all day school So just give a little sometimes can go a long way Who Knows in Elmhurst, New York. Sybil in Detroit, Michigan said: Your school shouldn't offer you a "certification test". If they do, it's completely bogus as would your "credentials" be.

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That's what the American Association of Medical Assistants and the American Medical Technologists associations are for. Nursing is nothing like Medical Assisting.

Two totally different jobs. The similarity is that we both deal with patients. I agree with you because I got accepted to 4 schools Sanford Brown, Allen School, Chubb Institute, And the one which I am going to attend now is MANDL and did all my research went to the AAMA and in order to become Certified you have to graduate from a school that is accredited by ABHES or CAAHEP if not you don't become certified.

Here is a passage from there site What is certification, and how is it obtained? The Certifying Board of American Association of Medical Assistants AAMA awards the credential to medical assitants who have accomplished two objectives:.

First, they have successfully completed a medical assisting educational program accredited by either the Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs CAAHEP or the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools ABHES.

Ur right, because I just recently had to reenrolled back into the school that I graudated from to get a refresher on my clinical skills and it wasn' because I didn't I have 1 yr exp. I been on interviews but they all focus on my exp. That's interesting that you say that because I've worked for NYU for nearly 4 years now.

Just like in most every job, sometimes even starting in your feild, you have to start somewhere. There are times when you will have to start at the bottom of the barrel before you can really see some serious advances in status as well as finances. So you see even with the knowledge and skills I was taught, I still needed to start somewhere in the feild and that start will give you the experince that you need and that Employers are looking for.

I hope that this helps and Good Luck! May in New York, New York. Thank you for your comment. I am willing to start from the bottom and see how things will work out. I've actually enrolled for additional credits in Nursing courses just in case I do decide to continue.

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I bet I just have to work much harder and make sure I pass it with flying colors! In the long run the one that works hard succeeds and trust me you are going to succeed good luck with everything: Yes agree with you.

You do have to start somewhere and it does have to be at the bottom, if people let other peoples bad experiences change there mind then they will never get anywhere.

People have to take a risk in life to be able to get some where and in order to be successful in life they have to work hard and every good thing in life doesn't come from one day to another it takes time and patience and dedication to get some where. I am very happy for you and like "Bob Marley " said, don't worry about a thing cause every little thing is going to be alright: I recently went back to the bottom a few days ago and re-enrolled back into the school I graduated from in in to get a refresher on my clinical skills and not because I don't know my clinical duties as medical assistant it is because I've been out of the field for so long and going interview has taught me that if you have some current experience or skills you may get the job.

And how is your career going I hope good girl let me know. Oh your very welcome I wish nothing but the best for everyone and I'm happy you went back to school to refresh and I'm sure if i was in your shoes i would have done the same. I wish you the best of luck and I have a good feeling you will get the job. Let me know how it goes. Oh and i start school in May and i don't let other peoples bad experience stop me from Progressing and I am sorry that a lot of people have not found jobs but this is my passion and God is on my side so i have nothing to worry about.

Thank you for asking don't forget to let me know how it went. Have a positive attitude and prove to them that you are the one for the Job. Monica in New York, New York said: Yes Shannon and Michelle, I agree with you both completely. I have been writing comments on this board for a while and it is good to see that there is finally someone who is on the same page.

I just gave my 2 weeks notice to my current job that I have been happily employed for the last 4 years because an opportunity came to make even more money, doing what I love at the main hospital!!! My MA skills, my love for the job and my patients and my hardwork all played a vital part for me leaving and advancing at this new position. This year makes nearly 9 years of being an RMA and I have been very satisfied with the carreer that I have choosen for myself. Like I have said in the past, you must do the Homework for whatever school you are thinking of going to, to make sure that they are providing you with the correct classes and certifications via exams that you will need to be employed in the field that you had to have a passion for from the gate!!!

Hey I'm very happy for you you had to make the sacrifices and it took time to get where but hey we all have to sacrifice in order to make it.

It took time hard work and dedication. I cannot remove the smile on my face when i see someone succeed it makes me feel happy Congrats: Thank you same to you. Positive energy puts a smile to my face. Thanks again for responding to message I wish u the best in your career as well. I will let u know how the interview goes too.

LLC in Waymart, Pennsylvania. I have a huge decision to make. I came to this website for some help. I have been seriously considering going to school to become a medical assistant. I go tomarrow to sign my financial aid paper work and go for my orientation, however nothing is written in stone yet I have not signed anything.

I just want to make sure this is the right thing for me, before I go wasting a ton of money on something that I can't even get a job for. Well I will tell this I can't knock u because I've tried and graduated in but I can give u some advice being an medical assistant u have to be on top of everything that you learn and what u do.

Going to school an earning a career is a big step in your life and sometimes u have to started from the bottom to work yourself up to the top medical assisting is a first for entering into a medical practice and if you find a job when you get out school girl hold it down for a year or two even if your not making much remember u have to start somewhere and that's with any job ya know because when you really find the job that you want as an MA that one or two yrs job that u started from the bottom from is going help u make more money and find that perfect job that is waiting because now u not only have experience you have patients too and remember good things comes to those to wait.

Lisa in Tampa, Florida said: Thank you so much for the info!!. I just don't want to put out 14, I still have no clue what to do. I have until 3: My sister is a medical assistant right now she graduates as a RN in May. She told me that I pretty much was wasting my time going to school to be a M.

She said that I should just go to school to be a RN, but the way that I think about it is I want to get my feet wet before I jump into it. I would rather waste 14, Do you know what I am saying?. My husband is supporting me either way that I choose.

I am hopeing for a sign from GOD You will not be wasting money to become any kind of a nurse and there are SO many opportunities in being a nurse while being an MA is very limited.

For the most part,MAs are not the ones working at hospitals, assistant care facilities , elementary schools,prisons,flu shot clinics,"minute clinics",home visits,etc. PLEASE read all the different forums on this field here on Indeed or look over on the message board on the website "Advanced Medical Assistant of America". Skip over the ones on here that just say "i want job as medcial assistant" and read the articulate ones from those that cannot find anything for any sensible reason.

This is very common. Thank you for your advice. I have made the decision to wait until the fall to go to school for MA. That way this gives me time to make sure that this is what I REALLY WANT TO DO.

I felt very rushed by the school that I was going to attend. I contacted them via the web on wed. They told me I needed to make a decision by Friday. So I called and told them that I wanted to start school, please start the paperwork. I just felt it was very very rushed. I knew that they couldn't hold me to anything because I didn't sign any paperwork. All weekend long I have done nothing but research on this and talk to people about it.

I have decided to wait. I think that is best for me right now. I want to make sure it is the right thing for me to do!.. Thank you all for your advice it has all been really helpful. LLC in Waymart, Pennsylvania said: I feel you definately made the right decision.

My school did the same type of sale with me,I have not found a job yet, It has been 6 months now! I still search daily. I posted a link from, CBS news, sent to me by a wonderful guide, Linda, on this site. She has given me the best advice! I would also reccomend you going to school to become an, L. It seems as though the medical assistant has become flooded with graduates.

Sure, there are some of us that secure employment after graduation, but not a lot of us. Please take the time to click on this link from C. You are very smart to wait, and do some home-work before falling in to one of these types of schools.

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I would also listen to Lindas' advice, she is a truly, knowledgeable, caring, and experienced medical assistant! Here is the CBS story, aired in ! Yes it did help a lot and i will keep it in mind when i go to school and after i get out thanks so much for your advice: I don't think that a career, whatever it is, is a waist of time. There is something out there for everyone and I say go with what your heart and passion tells you. If you love what you do that is what is important.

I'm very happy for you and do your best in school it will pay off in the long run. Phylicia in Houston, Texas. Ally, You can volunteer at a hospital and u can get experience that way. LISA in Tampa, Florida. I have also filled out the form to become a certified medical assistant and I recently call the hospitial also to do some volunteer work with doing all of this it has really helped me out alot and a few days ago I recently have been given a chance to come in for a second interview the Dr.

Wish me luck girl I been perparing alot but you know how that goes Don't get discourage girl Did this help any girl Jazmin in Houston, Texas months ago I went to school for medical assistant I waste my time, any body out there just go on for nursing. Secondly, I am a MEMBER of the AAMA. I too just graduate for Medical Assistant Program here in CT and I have found nothing I did my extern ship and also tempting for a drs office for 2 weeks and no luck the school I went to has a placement dept but they send me leads and I have already applied for them before they email me I too want to go to school to bew an RN but I need a job now and then go t school at night I have gone on 1 interview since I finished school in DEc and am very depressed.

Medical Assistant is 45, I have been a medical assistant for 10 years now and would never give up the joy I get, with the hands on experience working with people, Yes, I looked into becoming a LPN or RN, but I want to work with people not behind a desk, or noc's and weekends I have a family I enjoy being with. I too just graduate for Medical Assistant Program here in CT and I have found nothing I did my extern ship and also tempting for a drs office for 2 weeks and no luck the school I went to has a placement dept but they send me leads and I have already applied for them before they email me I too want to go to school to bew an RN but I need a job now and then go t school at night I have gone on 1 interview since I finished school in DEc and am very depressed Ally, I'm in the same situation girl.

Medical Assistants CANNOT do more CLINICAL work than an LPN. No way, no how. The Certifying Board of American Association of Medical Assistants AAMA awards the credential to medical assitants who have accomplished two objectives: Second, they have passed the CMA AAMA Certification Examination. Being hesitant about something like this is a bad sign. Go with your gut feeling. Please read the CBS link.

I would go on to become an L. My suggestion for yall is to volunteer at a hospital so yall can have some experience. Recent Medical Assistant Jobs Medical Assistant Phlebotomist Dallas, TX Medical Assistant -Family Medicine - Old Town - Gainesville Health, AR AUTOPSY ATTENDANT MI Medical Assistant - Outpatient Rochester, NY Medical Assistant Needed Las Vegas, NV View more Medical Assistant jobs.

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