Nana needs a hobby

• Nana referred to me as QADRAGONLady below and... SM - QALady
  • Agree - QArbouncin
    • It's no big deal if QA is not abused, this is the key - Lightning
      • QA abuse - QArbouncinq
  • I do all that you state above but I do know - sm -
  • Nana referred to me as QADRAGONALady below and.. - jeeperbelle
    • QA IS PAID BY THE LINE ALSO - Harry
  • Ignore her and she will go away and harrass on another board here . nm - QALady is a troll
    • I will not ignore her; I will back her up - Iggy
      • Is QA only there to stare at a report and send it - through. If MTs were perfect, we wouldn't
        • Nobody said perfect, just not a slob - Harry
          • Not true - MTmtmt
            • Ooops, wrong! - QArbouncin
              • Where do you work? - MTmtmt
        • QA not there to retype - Iggy
    • I don't think QALady is a troll at all. - Sounds like she is a pro but .... sm
  • You Go Girl!!! - MTPockets
    • Google is not the gospel sm - Mims
    • errr...make that "feel like filling in" - MTPockets
  • We don't care what kind of education you have or how many websites you know about, bottom line - QALady, get over yourself
    • Why so hostile? - Harry
    • Grow up - MTPockets
    • I don't think - JMO
  • All this petty bickering and it's not even the MedQ board! oh my! - nyoung
    • LOL!!! - PAMT~MDM
  • Yes, I did - nana
    • Now THAT was not a waste of - bandwidth!! Go nana, Go! NM
    • Nana needs a hobby - Mims
      • Talk about anger - MTmtmt
        • You like to challenge? - Harry
          • Look in the mirror - MTmtmt
            • Talk is cheap and I don't believe it - Harry
    • Go Nana! - loved your post SM
      • I loved it too Nana, old MT here also, - gd1
        • I remember carbons, mag card etc sm - Mims
          • THOSE GREEDY MTSOS AND THE BEATING OF DEAD HORSE BY QADRAGONLADY - nana
  • I agree with much of what you say, BUT - Question
  • So you felt the need to be at the top? - This comes as no surprise.
    • BE NICE TO QA PLEASE - Michael
  • Hey QA lady. You were all over the - ss
    • MTs who are careful are PRICELESS - Harry
    • Oopsie. QA lady. I made a mistake. - ss
  • Are you the same QAdragon lady I had - Freida
    • How embarrassing, what did the IM SAY?? - Harry
    • I don't use IM. - QALady

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I am not very old, but have been doing this a long, long time.  I worked on a typewriter with carbon paper.  Strolling down memory lane!  What a joy!  I'm sure you found out like I did that the world of computers has made life easier to a degree; however, like you I am from the old school where I still pull out my Stedman's even though Google is just a keystroke or two away from me.  I guess I just feel better seeing it in black and white on paper.  I have had to learn to dwell amongst this wonderful cyber world!  I love this board, and I liked your post.  Well put!  We need you Nana!  Keep up the good work!  The new MTs coming into this field are the wave to our future, and I feel they deserve a chance.  We were all new once.  A lot of us were fortunate enough to work on-site for a long time before diving into the shark tank from home!  LOL - This helped me so much!  I am still learning each and every day even after this long time and I am loving every minute of it.  MT or BUST!     

Can I get more advice from you on that first way you do it - when I talk to my boss Monday? 

How long have you been doing this?  Is it working to everybody's satisfaction? 

Please write to me if you have anything more you can share about it.  I'm working for a walk-in clinic with about 5 centers and they are going a little crazy at the moment trying to figure out how to do all this.

keywestsweetie@gmail.com

Thanks

Chrissy

volunteer work.  Let him do for those less fortunate and maybe his life will seem pretty good.  If he feels needed that may change his whole attitude and everything else with just fall into place.  

He might also need some adjustments in his meds.  It s/l there is some depression involved, but it could just be situational and the counseling will help with that.   Meds could possibly diminish his libido and it would be worth talking to his doctor to see if that could be the case in his situation. 

Maybe you could make him a list of little things to do to help out, or plan the meals and have recipes on index cards so that he can actually prepare the meal.  If he is home all day he needs to at least be doing the daily chores. 

I wanted to move this discussion back to the top so I started a new thread.  She asked if I share any websites or information with the MTs I QA and my answer is, I do.  

For instance, when looking up a doctor's name, did any of the MTs here know that most states have a state department for professional licensing where you can look up MDs, DOs, physical therapists, nurses (both LPNs and RNs), etc?  So in addition to using the AMA, website which is great because you can do a sound alike search, you can also go to each state's licensing website.  I should add that no one ever told me this when I was an MT.  I just discovered it on my own because I cared enough about the work I put out to make sure I exhausted every resource possible.

Another nifty, self-taught, trick of the trade... I have the website for every facility for every account I work on in my favorites.  A lot of times a facility will have a doctor finder on their website.  In addition, they may say the name of a ward or department that you might be able to reference on the website.  Not to mention, it helps to know where the facility is located for future reference such as when a dictator mentions a place of employment in a patient's social history.  If you know where your facility is located, then you can look at the yellow pages online for that area.

I always share any great terminology or drug websites I come across.  There's a great website that will list most every hospital in any particular state and a link to that hospital's website.  All I had to do to find that website was do a Google search for "hospitals in Arizona or California or Texas" (whatever state you need) and I found theagapecenter.com website.

No one person ever sat me down as an MT and gave me a step by step on how to use my reference books or the internet.  I taught myself because I CARED.  That's the problem with a lot of the MTs I QA.  They don't care.  The say the MTSOs only care about the bottom line, well the MTs only care about the bottom line too and the end result is poor quality and subsequently loss of American jobs.

But so what?!?!  I'm just a dragon lady and most QA people are just big meanies anyway.  MTs can keep blaming everybody else for their low wages and offshoring, but it's time to step up and take some responsibility.

Download Google Earth and you will have a blast.  You can basically fly anywhere on earth that you want via satellite pictures and then zoom in from above.  If you fiddle with the controls at the bottom you can actually tilt the view so that you actually feel like you're flying over at a low altitude.  You can type in the address of your childhood home and fly right over.  Also, check out some of the wonders of the world.  Flying over Rome and the ruins is pretty good.  The only problem is that if you're flying over a really green area or if the ground colors are a certain hue, it's blurry.  I actually found a backyard swimming pool in Karachi, Pakistan.  Whodathunk?  I saw mention of it in an online newspaper and it's really fun.

I do my part by being very lenient with the MTs when reviewing work -- i.e., I don't count off for using cc versus mL or for typing Alzheimer's instead of Alzheimer, etc.  The dangerous abbreviations list is for written notes and orders on the patient's chart.

The flip side of me being lenient is when another QA person counts off for things I've been lenient on, then the MT throws a fit and says "well one QA says one thing and another QA says another."

So, there is a need for a standardized set of rules across the board that all companies should adhere to.  I'm just not sure AAMT or whatever they are called now are the people for the job.  It should be a committee made up of MTs and dictators.

JMO