sentence: Some medical assistants are similar in some ways to a nurse.
sentences_after: They take care of patients in hospitals and other medical facilities, and they perform other tasks to help run the office. They are different from a nurse mainly in that medical assistants cannot plan out what a patient's care will be like. They can only do what a nurse or a doctor instruct them to do.
concept_name: medical assistant
headings: Medical assistant
categories: Healthcare occupations