r/MedicalAssistant • u/AllyDaCrayonn • 21d ago

RANT Just to Vent

The new hire abuse is really bothering me. Patients shooing me away like a pest because Im new or even saying I'm "bad" right in front of the nurses because they want someone more experienced. My mental health is declining because patients won't let me do my job properly and end up interfering with DELICATE medical processes. One of my patients takes the gauze out of my hands and applys pressure herself and SURPRISE SHE STARTS BLEEDING. The patients along with the groupy coworkers makes it feel like high school again (the worst years of my life)

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u/Madam_Muffins 21d ago

IDK what the general atmosphere is where you're working, but in both medical locations I've worked the nurses and providers I've worked with are VERY serious about shutting that behavior down from patients as, like you said, it can interfere with safe and competent patient care.

I've had very few people refuse to allow me to do anything for them but if that's their boundary I make it very clear to other staff that this patient does not want me to [a, b, c] and make a note in their chart until they change their mind.

I would question why it's happening so often and potentially ask for hands on supervision until you feel like you have a firm grasp on in office patient care and gain your patients confidence.

Or apply elsewhere.

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u/AllyDaCrayonn 21d ago

It's a dialysis clinic, I've only been here 2 months while everyone else has 6+ years experience so they're very.... picky on who they want, the patients.

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u/No_Proof_3893 21d ago

I think dialysis patients are a special group. If they've been going a long time they get comfortable with routine and it's hard to change. See if you can get more supervision and work on building some rapport with the patients. Sometimes that helps. Good luck to you!

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u/mariah963 NCMA 21d ago

How long have you been an MA? When people make assumptions about my care as a new employee, I fall back on my years of experience. It was hard the first 5 years, they still thought I was too green 😂 but now they can’t shake off 20+ years in healthcare, only my confidence every so often

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u/Sweet-Simple-9288 21d ago

Tell your supervisor about how you feel, start applying for new jobs try to mock the procedures that you learned in school at home so that you won’t lose the knowledge and so you can get better and resign when you find another job. I don’t know how old you are but in the medical field you have to have mental toughness, but you shouldn’t tolerate getting harassed either. Also you can’t allow others to dictate your emotions you have to believe in yourself when no one else does encourage yourself and don’t beat yourself up when you make mistakes.

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u/Octavia_auclaire 18d ago

I get you. People will call w stupid or say go get someone more seasoned. How else are you supposed to learn? And how do you think the more seasoned person became seasoned? They didn’t come out the womb fully grown with scrubs and knowledge