Wish I was doing ortho surgery!!

• Geez, orthopedic surgery is boring and tedious. - Just thought I'd vent. I'm back now. nm
  • I love ortho and podiatry. To each their own =) nm - AzMT
  • Agree, totally boring! My least favorite for sure. - NM
  • Wish I was doing ortho surgery!! - Love ortho surgery....
    • Me, too, except for those multiple toe jobs where they ALL get broken & reset! Ugh..nm - Love my Ops

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I’d like to go back to medical secretary work.  I’ve had cortisone shots in my ECU tendon 3 or 4 times and was warned not to have too many or my tendon could rupture.  It’s been very weak for a year or so and my left wrist is smaller than my right wrist.  I can’t type at all with my left pinky so I think it’s ruptured.  I have Word auto correct and Instant Text set up so I very seldom type As, Qs, or Zs.  I haven’t had surgery because I have my own account, no subs, a DD in college to support, and no disability insurance and didn’t want to take time off work for surgery.  I do have medical insurance though my DH. 

I’m debating whether to get a job, save up sick time, and have the surgery while getting sick time pay or have the surgery first without any sick time pay.

I’ve done medical secretary work before.  I figured if I use Word there I can save their Auto Correct and transfer mine.  If they use EMR, I can make my own shorts to stay away from Q, S and Z.  I could only accept a job where I don’t type for more than an hour straight, which is what I do now.  Then I started worrying about what if I have to use someone else’s computer?  What if I unexpectedly have to type more than an hour?

I think I have cold feet about getting a job outside the home after over 7 years at home AND I’ve had cold feet about having surgery!  Can someone help me think this through logically?  I can’t think straight when my feet are cold.

I imagine it's pseudarthrosis .. not pseudOarthrosis. 

Due to account reassigment I am now going to be doing strictly orhto accounts.

I do have Instant Text and several Stedmans such as phrases but no specific specialty books.  

I am wondering if the Ortho Word Book is something I should purchase?

I am also wondering about some the ABCZ products?

I welcome any suggestions.

Thanks!

I have done ortho clinic in the past, just not 100% of the time.

I previously did multispcialty for many years which mostly consisted of family practice with an occational specialty thrown in to break the monotomy.

I would not say I am nervous about 100% ortho but I am "cautiously optimistic". Since it seems likeall I would be doing in the immediate future I was wondering if I should invest in the books etc.

Thanks for the input and offer to help.

I'm working on an ortho eval for a patient with a PIP fracture.  Doctor has dictated an unfamiliar term (there's always that ONE WORD) for me.  He dictates, "X-ray examination today shows impaction at the base of the middle phalanx with approximately 70% joint surface involvement."  Here's the word I don't know (spelled phonetically--Sorry":  "A syphiant(??) portion of the joint surface is translated dorsally."

If someone could point me in the right direction for finding this word, I would really appreciate it!

I type strictly ortho reports and that book has helped tremendously!! They have other books for other specialties too. They are worth every penny! 

Does anyone know where I could get samples of ortho progress notes?

TIA

I actually bought it from somone on this board from the classified section who was getting out of transcription.  She sold me her fifth edition and I had either 3rd or 4th...and mine was absolutely beat--definitely my most used reference book.  She gave me a heck of a deal on that and that Surgical Equipment book...another lifesaver. 

So, if you're looking for books, buy from someone on here before buying new new! 

Also agree with one of those abbreviation books as well.  Another lifesaver if you've got an account where they want all abbreviations expanded or when you get to the final diagnosis part and you HAVE to expand them.