Do medical assistants give shots?
I am considering going into medical assisting, but first I would like to know if medical assistants ever (EVER) give shots, injections, draw blood, or otherwise do anything with needles. I have an intense fear of needles, so this could be a deal breaker for me. Will not being able to give shots hinder me as a medical assistant?
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Even if you end up in a clinic where the nurses and docs do all injections, you are trained in Phlebotomy in your MA program.
If you have an intense fear of ANYTHING, you need to seek counseling for it. Your uncontrolled fear is keeping you from working in fields you are wanting to work in and therefore needs to be addressed.
Yes. Our MAs in one clinic do not draw blood but they do give shots, in my other clinic they draw blood give shots, and do other things that involve needles. You must learn these skills to graduate, and if you can not we would not pass you through the program.
Medical Assistants deal with needles. Since you are afraid of them I would say look into being a CNA.
Yep they do, they don't draw blood or do IVs, just the type of shots you get like when you get immunized. That's one of the main differences between an MA and a CNA. So ideally you should be ok with that, if not I'd look elsewhere. Good luck! =)
Neither is less difficult. Just one-of-a-kind. Medical assistant schooling is broader. OTA schooling is more centered. If I was to pick which would be a better profession, I pick OTA.
Yes they do, so either you overcome your irrational fear or choose another career.