Your comments turn my stomach! You are so off the mark! nm

• Is there a shortage of experienced MTs here in the USA? Am I blind and deaf? sm - Need to vent here for a minute.
  • You said it - ditto
  • GOOD MT's - suzyd11
  • The real shortage is good MTSOs - MTPockets
    • Amen, Sister! nm - To wit: Comment below by rude "MTSO"
  • Try hiring ONE good MT. - MTSO
    • Indian...... - james paul
    • Indian...... - james paul
    • Looking for ONE good mentor - New MT
    • Your comments turn my stomach! You are so off the mark! nm - Need to vent
      • wymotoku - puvelochybusho
      • calilygibabatu - somovacho
    • This is not true! - TOTALLY FALSE STATEMENT
    • Indian MT - typinfool
      • I never said I hire Indian MTs - Reading for comprehension anyone?
        • Because you're all over this board today - Do you need a hug?
    • I am a "decent" MT - Jenny
    • Try hiring one good MT - kks
      • As soon as everyone posts their Names, Addresses, & Phone Numbers - ..
        • Why are you afraid? - Michelle
          • If I wanted to "make bucks" I'd use Indian MTs - .
          • I don't think this person is even a MTSO. - doubtful
            • Or she'd be doing QA because she's not lazy - .
      • They work for LESS than 7 CPL - actually
        • they work for less than 7 CPL - kks
          • That's it...you've got it. - :)
            • She didn't attack anyone - You're wrong
    • As a rebuttal to there not being good MTs in the US sm - Experienced MT
      • 100% error free - swollen head - QA
      • This always cracks me up - Dano
      • You went unemployed for a year to settle for IC work - ?
      • I make 7.5 CPL and earn over $4K monthly - .
        • Wouldn't you bring home more money at 10 cpl? nm - Experienced MT
          • She'd bring home more at 30 CPL... - .
            • So... - Experienced MT
              • Then DON'T work for "newbie" wages - .
                • Should I chalk your post up to just plain old ignorance, the fact that you can't read or SM - Experienced MT
                  • I can see why you can't get a job as "experienced" as you are. - .
                    • I guess you are SM - Experienced MT
                      • Name calling - .
                        • Self-Labeling "Experienced" etc. portrays insecurity - :
                          • At least some people realize what they are and SM - Experienced MT
                        • I still think you need a hug. Come here.... - Awww....
                          • Awww..thanks. That's sweet. - .
                • Good MTSOs are even - shoe on the other foot
                  • No argument here. Since I can make (sm) - Peanuts
                    • That's the right idea. Work for yourself! NM - nm
                  • Wow. My MTs love me. - .
            • Sorry... "WE"... - :)
            • I - Anon
      • Start your own company - !
        • Do you have ADD? Did you read my post? sm - Experienced MT
          • I was responding actually to DECENT MT - Sorry for confusion
    • You keep saying this over and over, but you won't tell - a decent MT
      • Why are you looking for a new gig - ?
        • Not enough work. - a decent MT
          • Where did the work go - ?
            • Nope. It was a small account to begin with. - a decent MT
              • OH. Now you want more challenge... - lol
      • Yeah, you sound like a really nice person - Not here
        • yeah... - typ4food
        • For every US MT insult, there is a position offshored to India - :)
          • No ma'am - YOU are the rude one here! - Good US MT with 30+ years experience
          • You come on here attacking US MTs. - sniff, sniff
            • Geez. We can't even conduct civil communications in this country - .
        • Please explain what was snippy, rude, arrogant, or insulting in her post. - you smell like a troll
        • You better stop working for yourself then because you're the one - a decent MT
          • Love you too! - :)
    • newbies - Sara
      • mentor search - Sara
        • Just look out for people CHARGING for same. - Be careful.
      • You're exactly right - !
        • Thanks - Sara
          • You are an employer's DREAM Sara! - !
            • TYVM - Sara
              • :) There are a LOT of positive, helpful people out there... - :)
    • The future of transcription.... - SM
      • Education - Oh...
        • My experience was the opposite living in Canada. - that's odd
          • Where in Canada was this?? - ?
            • No, public school in the U.S. - Ontario
              • Okay...where in the US? - Hmm
      • Almighty doctor - Don't you mean?
  • There's a shortage of US MT's because the skill is becoming obsolete - how many MT's under age 40 do you know?
    • I am the orginal poster asking the question about the shortage. I am under 40. - Young exp. MT
    • I just turned 30 and have been doing transcription... - MI-MT
    • Well, I am -- way under 40! (sm) - Me
  • I find it hard to believe that the MTs overseas - are adequately trained and
    • Some are and some aren't, just like here. - nm

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My kids came home yesterday with notes stating that headlice was going around and to keep an eye out for itchy heads, great way to start the new year 

How frustrating - 1 day in school and now a "bug".  We had this in our house before the holidays.  Everyone in the family had a turn with it, and now again!  I think antiseptic and antibacterials are needed in these schools.   Can't afford to be down for even 24 hours!

Just needed to vent my frustration here - my poor kiddies!

him, Carol and Doug.  One thing that got to me though, why didn't Carol and Doug show up for his funeral????  The newer episodes just don't have the same uumph - I stick to the reruns on TNT. 

Same problem as before with a macro that I posted, only one quote mark where there should be two:

In the macro where you see:  cset:=("=)

there needs to be a quote mark on the other side of the equal sign:  =

Selection.MoveEndUntil(cset:=("=), Count:=wdForward)  should be: (substitute the quotemark for the word quotemark)

Selection.MoveEndUntil(cset:=(quotemark=quotemark), Count:=wdForward)

This quote mark needs to be inserted on both sides of the cset=("=) which is in the code twice.  If this instruction doesn't make sense to you, please e-mail me and I will send you the macro.

Hope this helps.

First of all, everything you say may be true of the mother regarding her suspicion, but as I always try to do before I criticize and pass judgment on others, first try to mentally "walk a mile in her shoes."  You might be thinking the same thing under similar circumstances.

Secondly, she signed a waiver for her daughter to go on that trip with full knowledge that these "adult children" were not going to be supervised by these chaperones in any fashion other than just being "available" if they needed them and to help out if anyone lose their passport or suitcase, stuff like that.  The mother knew full well why she was letting her daughter got to Aruba... TO DRINK AND PARTY!   If she didn't know that, then she's a dense as they come.  I wouldn't give my daughter 2 cents towards a trip to Aruba at age 18.  There's only one reason to go to an island like that, to drink.  If the beach is what you want, we've been known to have a few beaches here in the USA, but they don't want that, they want to be free to party it up.  So you can't blame the chaperones, at least not in my opinion.

Thank you for your posting; I find it very useful.  However, I want to comment on the fact that, during training, I never heard of the BOS and received absolutely no feedback.  So, to think that newly trained MTs are ahead of the others, is not necessarily correct.

As a matter of fact, the very first time that I ever heard of the AAMT Book of Style was upon receiving the graded and corrected FINAL EXAM for my course (Career Step) which made reference to my use of a dangerous abbreviation.  I then inquired as to WHAT IS A DANGEROUS ABBREVIATION, at which time someone did RESEARCH and, after a few days of research, reported to me that she had to ask someone else and discovered that a dangerous abbreviation was defined by AAMT, as mentioned in the BOOK OF STYLE.  I immediately purchased a copy of the book and studied it on my own.

I think that none of us fits into any one category.  I hate it when I am stereotyped, especially with regards to what a potential employer may think I know or do not know, or may be capable of doing, as determined by the exact number of years that I have been working.  There are plenty of exceptionally good companies out there who have totally rejected me due solely to the fact that I have less than the number of years of experience that they require, while my current employer constantly gives me the most difficult jobs because I am, in his mind, "one of the best."    Of course, I can't wait until I have those required number of years of experience so that I can reject those very companies that rejected me back in the days when I only had 2 years of experience!!

I appreciate this thread.  It has been very educational. BTW, not only can it be a difficult situation when you work for a "family" business with the wife being the office manager, but I have had negative experiences as a patient when the wife was the doctor's manager.  It just doesn't work out.

While I agree that "other duties as assigned" can be interpreted in many ways, there must be a limit to this.

What I have learned from this thread.

1.  If you have two professions such as Nurse AND MT, write a separate resume for each.  Whether or not you reveal your transcription skills to an employer who is employing you as a nurse is your decision, but should not be required.
2.  As an IC MT, write your own contract.  Stipulate that your MT "business" includes certain duties only pertaining to medical transcription and performed at your location during the hours that you decide.
3.  Stipulate that because MT is your private business entity, due to conflict of interest (or whatever terminology you decide), you do not conduct your private business functions during the same hours as the employee job unless you want to and it is clearly understood that there will be separate charges.
4.  Once you have an established business and income for that business you may need some kind of business license or need to be registered.  The laws vary determined by your state and/or city, county, etc.  However, usually you do not need to register your business until it is actually making a profit.  In the meantime, the existence of your business on paper would offer you some kind of protection against an employer who has employed you as a nurse and is attempting to take advantage of your transcription skills. 
5.  If an employer attempts to have you do transcription on the side, out comes the contract.
6.  Do not offer discounts to anyone simply because they are a friend or employer.  Treat them all the same, require them to pay extra for extra services.  Spell it all out in the contract.  In other words, protect yourself and set them up in the beginning so that they know they will not be able to take advantage of you.

Last I looked, the nurse practice ACT, at least for RNs, is rather specific and does not include such tasks as mopping floors or transcribing dictation.  You sound like a very nice person who has attracted someone who seeks to take advantage of your kind nature.  Don't let them do it.

When asked what I do for a living, I tell them, the response I get the most is this "oh, i've heard of that.  Been wanting to get into it as a side job."  Gee thanks. 

Or "Did you have to go to school for that?"  And actual disbelief when I tell them I did. 

Or "Don't you get sick of not being around people?"  Again...gee thanks.  What am I a shut in?  I still at least go out and check my mail a couple times a week!

Or "Whats that"  Blank look on face or extreme disinterest or disappointment.  Gee, thanks again. 

And here's the meanest one that I received from a guy I was dating for awhile "Are you just afraid of being successful?"  Hmmm.....can I get a gee thanks?

and asking for any more money if I had not checked into the situation thoroughly first.  UPS even said that they hire extra drivers over the holidays that do not use UPS vehicles, so anything could have happened.  I'm not pleased about this situation, but I am trying to at least provide a Christmas for the kids.

Sheri 

I have been dieting for three years....just trying to lose about 25 pounds.  It's been hard.  Now I have to tell you that I am just under 5'8" and now weigh 140 pounds.  Sounds great doesn't it?  Well, my significant other has never seen me naked in 8 years because I think I still look kind of gross.  My point is, that while being fairly slim is, of course, a good thing, you may continue to have issues with your looks.  I still focus in on all the places that I find unattractive or flabby.  I don't think I would ever be happy with the way my body looks.   

I think part of the problem is cultural, in that we are daily bombarded with women on TV, in magazines and in movies who are not representative of what women generally look like. 

Yes, your weight right now is probably too high but perhaps you should set some realistic goals rather than trying to look like, well, you know, all those women I was talking about.  I found that exercise combined with the dieting was the most beneficial.  But you probably already know all this.

My son's acne started when he is 12.  He's 16-1/2 now and it's as bad or worse than ever.  Started off trying various over the counter things; didn't work.  Tried Proactive; didn't work.  Went to a dermatologist who tried Retin A, antibiotic capules, antibiotic cream, steroid injections to inflamed zits, etc.  Basically no change.  We kept going back but it never got better and finally son refused to go again.  The doctor had mentioned possibly using Accutane.  The dermatologist said he had never seen so many blackheads on one person (said that in front of my son too, which I think was kind of poor judgment).  But I was thinking my god - if he's the worst a DERMATOLOGIST has ever seen - geez!

Anyway, he has blackheads, whiteheads and bumps deep under the skin.  The bumps you don't notice so much until he is in the light - sunlight or for instance the spotlight the dentist shines into your mouth - and then holy cow - they are everywhere, hundreds of them, each probably the size of a BB.  The bumps are only on his face but he also has very bad blackheads, whiteheads and pimples on not only his face but his neck, shoulders, back and upper arms.

My son doesn't ever act like it bothers him at all but I'm sure it must bother him and I'm sure kids must say something about it.  He seems to pretend they aren't there.  My husband thinks he is just overwhelmed by the sheer number of them and the fact that nothing has worked so just ignores it.

I know Accutane can have very bad side effects but I'm wondering if in a case like his if we should try it anyway.  I think I will make an appointment with another dermatologist although I KNOW it will be over my son's protest.  He will try to refuse to go.  He is the one who decided he wasn't going to the other dermatologist anymore.  I think maybe I will try to find one that specializes in acne, if there is such a thing.

Has anyone here used Accutane or had a child who did?

Keep your chin up and don't let that attitude get to you.  Always do your best and it will show in your work.

I haven't ever had any sarcastic comments, but once a doc complained because the report type was incorrect on something I typed. Not bad for 7+ years working for the same place.

Many of the people I type for say something like, thanks for typing, at the end of a dictation.  And I have to say I really appreciate that.  Atta-boys in this business are pretty few and far between.

My main complaints with QA are when the individual QA's opinion regarding commas and such affect my QA scores, with the threat of deductions to pay, withholding of raises, benefits, etc.  I did actually receive a payroll deduction once, but it was due to the QA's error.  Thankfully, I discovered their error and was able to prove it.  It was extremely inconvenient, however, because I received no advanced notice that my entire paycheck would be reduced by 15%, and I had to wait for the next paycheck to receive the correction.  I also resigned that position based on the rude treatment I received from the payroll department and the subsequent hassles that I experienced while proving the QA's error.

Again, it seems that QA has very little to do with patient care or document accuracy.  Recently, there was a big controversy with our QA regarding the proper way to indicate military time.  QA had decided that a colon was required and deducted points because I did not use a colon for '1925 hours', while the BOS indicated that a colon was not required and the customer specs didn't specify anything about it.

I have some Stedman books, but it galls me when a company says that Stedmans is THE SOURCE.  Most of the time, I have found answers on good Internet sources; accuracy is easily confirmed.  My books are not easily searchable, and I have not invested in the electronic versions.  Also, I have found discrepancies/inconsistencies between different Stedmans books.  I just purchased my BOS Second Edition 3 years ago, along with the PDF searchable version.  I'm not anxious to purchase the Third Edition so soon.

Again, I believe that all this stuff is more about control than about providing accurate reports for the benefit of the patients.  IMHO, there is more than one accurate way to form a sentence, and this QA grading process is a bunch of unfair baloney.  If the dictators were grading according to a similar QA process, it may seem more fair.

Maybe the persons who began the QA points/grading process were just bored and needed some drama.  Or maybe the objective, again, was simply to devise a method/excuse to reduce MT pay and prevent payout of benefits?