can you sit on it for 8 to 10 hours at a stretch? NMSG
Posted By: kl on 2006-02-22
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Full time at Medware is considered 32 hours. Nmsg..
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Stretch .. stretch before you work, during breaks,
after you work. Get the circulation up and keep flexible and limber. It will help.
Yes, your position will make a LOT of difference.
I type at my desk for probably 70-75% of my work. Have to adjust my chair so my legs are neither pushing back to keep me in the chair nor dangling. I use the pull-out keyboard tray but put a huge Stedman's Medical Dictionary under my keyboard so it is up high enough that it is not pulling down on my shoulders to type. Keep my monitor up so I don't find myself with my chin on my chest trying to "look down" into it.
When I've taken my 1st break, I move into the living room and work on my laptop. I can sit either in my recliner or on the couch and have an adjustable laptop table with a wireless keyboard and mouse. It is very comfortable sitting and helps the legs, back, bottom and feet. Change of scenery helps too. However, I do NOT even turn on the TV whatsoever or I'll watch it instead. No TV. No answering the phone (unless it is MQ or Spheris or son's school). At night I move back in here to my desk so that I can finish my lines and not be disturbed by the TV or XBox or PlayStation or company, etc.
You CAN increase your line count. Don't try to do it all at once.
Oh, and be careful what you eat before working and during breaks. Eat lightly, a split between protein and carbohydrates. For me, caffeine and sugar give me a sudden burst of energy but then drop me down as the blood sugar drops drastically so I try to eat fruit, tuna on wheat bread, raw veggies, etc. Keeps you from being in a mental fog and feeling all bloated up.
Good luck! Email me if you need some tips. I'll tell you all I can. It sometimes takes a bit of time for me to answer but I'll get to you.
I'm tired and going to bed. Good luck!
stretch your leg
I lay on the floor and have my son pull my leg. Believe it or not, it helps fast.
This might be a stretch,
Do you think this might have anything to do with "visible characters" (i.e., excluding spaces)?
Just a thought.
You have to get up and stretch, go for a walk
and take lots of breaks from just sitting, even if they are only 5 min. breaks. It helps both mentally and physically.
must say it that way so it can stretch across her tongue better sm
lycra being that ultra stretchy stuff swimsuits are made of.
Maybe a stretch, but a very good question
to ask before one starts work. Might be a way to blow smoke, depending on whom you are talking to.
If I stand very straight and stretch I am 5 feet too.
I have a reacher for the higher cabinets, though tend to put things there that aren't used very often. I also keep a low step stool for when DH or my kids aren't around. I don't have problems with my office chair not being low enough, so I guess mine goes lower than others. In typing class in jr. high I would cross my ankles and my teacher was always telling me to put my feet flat on the floor. He always got a good laugh when I told them they didn't reach. I had to sit on a thick phone book in driver's ed and had to have extension put on my gas/brake pedals in my first car. My dream would be to be 5'2".
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For us slow pkes---my best would be 3 hours, worst 6 hours - just depends on the dictator ,
I have to look up (i.e. Dr. names, addresses)...I have to do a lot of that and it majorly slows me down, without all that and good not too horrible dicators, in 1 hour I can do anywhere from 15-20 minutes of dictation.
But in transcription, if you are good at what you do, you can do 8 hours of work in 4 hours. So eit
you slice it, both companies will still get 8 hours worth of work out of you.
That is the problem I've been having lately being an MT. Companies want to pay us on production and they set minimum productivity standards, but want us timed in for 8 hours a day. My thinking is, if they want 8 hours of work out of me, pay me hourly with production incentive. If they want to pay me on production and tell how much I have to produce in an 8 hour period, then when I hit that mark, I should be able to call it a day even if I've only worked 4 hours.
Seems these companies want it both ways and it is simply not fair to us MTs. JMO, tho.
If it's my fav doc with lots of shortcuts, 1-1/2 hours to 2 hours max
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I see, we sit at the keyboard for 40 hours and then throw on 20 more hours
Is this how you do it? Me? I got a PT job so that if my FT job didn't have enough work to meet my needs financially, the two jobs together would.
They hired me to work a specific shift and that is what I am working. If they want me to type after I clock out, then I will happily do so.
I must say, I work long hours, sometimes 12-14 hours a day.
I thought it was important to mention that. However many hours it takes to get the work done is what I do. Some days 12 hours, other days 6 hours and sometimes 14 hours. So, I guess there really is no easy answer.
I do 2000 lines in 6 hours - so maybe 3 hours - nm
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typing 8 hours a day or 40 hours a week
is TOUGH.
on my wrists I mean.
and not getting any benefits... and for a salary of less than 30K? not really worth it...
That was PT at EACH. Isn't PT up to 32-35 hours?
She could be working 70 hours a week to make that kind of dough. Ergh, not me, no how, no way, uh uh. I'm happy with the 35 hours total that I've been putting in lately.
hours
Contracted to work 8 hrs M-F but I usually do more, may be 1.5 after baby is sleep. If I have to work on Friday nights I can make my personal quota in 5.5 hours.
12,000 AND 40 hours
No, 12,000 not enough. Must do 40 hours to be full time.
About 6.5 to 7.5 hours. (nm)
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40 hours?
I got a letter from my office but it stated the 12,000 lines or 10 or 6 for staturatory. It stressed lines, not hours, Massachusetts office, great supervisor.
About 6 hours from me-- they are way out there! - thanks for the tip
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Here, here! But it won't take us 8 hours
but 14 hours to get a decent line count.
Hours
If you are an employee and have a schedule to work, then you should work all of your hours. Generally services don't hire you to do so many lines per day (although you will always have a minimum goal), but to work 40 hours/week as a full time employee. One of the biggest problems is those who agree to a schedule and then just decide they don't have to work it. If you can get your "quota" in 6 hours, what will be expected is that you simply are able to do more work on that day.
And BTW, never any such thing as a dumb question! :)
PT here, do 25 hours over Fri, Sat and Sun.
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7-1/2 to 8 hours
I work 7 1/2 to 8 hours a day, 5 days a week, make 5000 a month.
About 12 hours . . . (sm)
That broke down to 1881 lines in my usual overnight shift (I've done 1950 before but usually average more like 1200-1400/shift), then far less productive the rest of the day as I had both children home (daughter homeschools; son was sick).
Thank you all for being so very encouraging.  I didn't expect that . . . I've seen other posts about production where the OP got hammered for bragging.
My method is normals; I save a copy of practically every report I transcribe (no patient info, just the body). Even if I only do the same dictator twice, I save a lot of lines on headings, especially since my primary account has highly formatted headings. While I love Instant Text and have been using Expanders for 12 years, I believe the combination of normals and expanders produces far greater productivity.
Think the service will notice? I love them dearly, but they've been in a sparse-communication mode of late.
1600 lines/day is great! The service I work for says their top MTs average 1300-1400/day.
12 hours
 is a LONG day transcribing - more power to ya! I keep mine about 6-7 hours and that works for me!
usually 24-48 hours but not....N/M
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Already did - hours ago - did you get it? *l*..nm
in 3-1/2 hours: 500 first job/90 second =
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If you have the hours they have to pay you for them, it is
the law. You can call the Labor Board and they will gladly get your money for you. Be sure and keep good documentation in case they protest.
few hours?
The trainer was supposed to call at 8 a.m. to get me set up and started. I, of course, was all nervous while waiting. He finally called around 9 and announced he hadn't had his muffin yet and would call me back. I didn't bother to answer the phone after that.
28 hours???
Never takes me more than two to three but then I have everything gathered and ready to put in. Even the first time I used TT it only took 3 hours or so. And now shorter since it downloads last years info. But give yourself 4-5 hours on a Sunday afternoon. I usually do it, let it sit, and then recheck it before sending it in.
5 hours per day???
You are going to be driving 5 hours per day? How many miles? After a week you can afford to buy them digital hand helds and do it that way. I go to three different spots for pick up and delivery - 5 accounts, and it takes me 45 minutes -- an hour if I stop and chat a lot and I think that is excessive sometimes. How many hours of dictation will you get for that amount of driving? When are you going to be typing or are you the one that asked about transcribing in a car? I don't think that you can charge enough to make it worth your while. At $20 to $30 per hour that is an extra $100 to $150 per day and if they want to pay that much extra per month, $2200 then they have a lot of money to spare. If they have 6 to 8 hours of typing you will be putting in a 13 hour day and you will be tired after all that driving and it is just ridiculous -- have them go digital and you can show them you can save them literally thousands per month. Good luck.
IC and set hours
The one big problem with being an IC and having your hours dictated to you is that the IRS can come back on you and disallow your home office deductions - because if you are working set hours - in the eyes of the IRS you are an employee - this happened to me once, so I referred the IRS to my "employer." He did not appreciate this - but he was told that if he wanted to keep me then he would have to allow me to work my own schedule not his. So, thankfully, he changed his tune (I don't think he wanted a headache from the IRS) and it was a nice 10-year relationship. I have had to mention this in almost every interview I have had since, though, when hours were brought up - and even the nationals act like they didn't know this law - it's in the 20 laws of the IC put out by the IRS.
hours
Most of the time work many more hours than paid and very little given in return.
I do, but I put in a lot of hours. nm
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Hours later.
I tried to tape it back together after opening it 2-3 times. What a mess. I did get it to play somewhat and yes I lost at least one day and it still won't rewind properly. It won't take this doctor long to redictate since he speaks at least 300 words a minute. Thanks for your help as always.
About 6 hours.
I guess you could say an average is 250 lines per hour. With your experience, you should near that in a 6 hour day. Most companies want 1,000 a day, which means 8 hours, but you need time for googling, uploading depending on platform, etc. I type in Word and have done 300 lines easy in an hour or hour an half depending if I have to look anything up. I hope this helps.
why 4 hours?
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How many hours
$3000 sounds like a lot but you don't say how many hours a day and how many days per month you work...if you work 12 hours a day/30 days a month that isn't very good ($8.33 hour) but if you work 8 hours a day/20 days a month that is much better ($18.75). No one can know if that $3000 is good or not without this info.
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