I recently had an interview with a young woman who has her degree as a Medical Assistant. I had asked her to give me her view on her degree path, why she became a MA, what she liked and didn't like about her job, and any advice she had to offer someone that is entering this field. She stated that she decided to become an MA because she had a young son she needed to provide for and she needed a degree that she would be able to use to earn money and provide for her and her son.

When it came to what she didn't like about her job, was how attached she would become to patients and once they had passed away it would make her very sad, because she would become attached to them. Yet on the other hand she loved the bonds and friendships she would develop with her patients and their families, and how appreciative they where to the services she was providing them.

Her personal advice she had given to me was that no matter what you do just make sure that you love what you are doing when you go into work. You don't want to work in any type of environment that you hate, because your patients will see that and they are depending on you to help them and want to be there to help them, and if you don't you should not be there. In a lot of cases you will become like family to these patients so love what you are doing.