I did not beat anyone down. sm

Posted By: bip on 2007-11-04
In Reply to: Would you not be upset if someone that you didn't know, - wannie

I was giving advice to the original poster, and I was giving examples.

Just giving my opinion and because you think I'm a meanie does not make it true.

I did not jump on a bandwagon either. I have never felt that teaching yourself MT is be a good idea. Just because a lot of people happen to agree with my way of thinking doesn't mean they are on a bandwagon. It means a lot of people here know the truth. I just hope people don't waste their time trying to learn MT and then find out they cannot find a job.

I hope the OP takes the advice that is more accurate than just what they want to hear or what 1 or 2 people were able to do years ago.

No anger issues here, just hard facts.

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from nursing to mt - Sarah
- Nurse to MT - lyssalou76
- Sheesh! Let's Turn This Around, Folks! SM - SadKat
  - Can you start an IV, put in a catheter, change a colostomy - Wannie
    - Uh, you're missing my tongue-in-cheek point! :)) NM - SadKat
      - So you're saying.. - bips
        The ones that I see above went to school and can't find - Wannie
        Point proven again. - bips
        I sincerely hope that you do not own/manage an MTSO. - Wannie
        If I have been ... - bips
        I didn't find it rude that you didn't agree with me. That doesn't - Wannie
        I guess you did not understand - bips
        Yes, I understood perfectly. You came across loud and clear. - Wannie
      - Maybe you were trying to be funny. I don't really - Wannie
        Not so much a "joke" as... SM - SadKat
        I hate to burst your bubble, but some people can do it. - Wannie
        And Bill Gates dropped out of high school... :)) NM - SadKat
        And your point would be? He did exceptionally well for - Wannie
        "point" is that there's always ONE in the group... sm - SadKat
- Nurse to MT - Marie
- I started out in the file room of the urology office I used to work for. - tired fingers
  - Remember, - bip
- nursing to MT - SA
- check what is required before u - agj
- Even if you could take it, you probably couldn't pass it. - deb
  - That is an ignorant statment...I am living proof!! -sm - jenn
    - Being a transcriptionist is much different from being a nurse, - deb
    - response to jenn - sm
  - I went straight from being a nurse to doing MT work with - Wannie
    - One thing to remember - bip
    - You need to be trained sm - bip
      - I had no training but - Rachel
      - i thought this was for the new MT, not the MT who knows everything in the entire world.. - zzz
      - P.S. - I also know that sentences always start with capital - wannie
      - QA says my work is right. The seasoned MTs who trained - wannie
        criticize - bip
        My 2 cents. - You also had an incomplete sentence
        i completel agree! - Vanessa
        Yes,and - bip
        My point is you need to get over yourself. - No one is misinformed.
        THANKS! Wish I'd said that! - Rachel
        And i'll bet a lot of them have CMT behind their name. nm - nm
        You're probably right lol... - Bip
        That's exactly how I learned. Trained by people who knew - Wannie
        It's not about you. - bip
        Actually from what - Rachel
        She can also take the classes and then she may or may not - Wannie
        also - bip
        You might also want to refer.. - bips
        Did you not have anything left to learn when you finished - Wannie
        Common sense... - bip
        I work for a national. Never took any classes. Got - Wannie
        Someone (probably your - Rachel
        Would you not be upset if someone that you didn't know, - wannie
        Heck yes! Tell her like it is!! - SM
        I did not beat anyone down. sm - bip
    - Nursing to MT - GC from NC
    - You are the exception to the rule, isn't fair to make people think ANYONE can do it. nm - deb
      - Actually she is not the - Rachel
      - I didn't indicate that anyone can do it. I simply - wannie
- From the sounds of the gripes on this board anyone - in the medical field has a good shot of doing this
  - I can't say I agree with - Z
    - I did it. Believe it or not, in nursing school, we also were taught - wannie
    - nursing to MT is - Wendy
- Heck no! Your nursing definitely helps in this job, but you still need - MT training. Expect a BIG pay cut! nm
  - I make 2-3 times what I made as a nurse. nm - wannie
    - MT on the side - Michelle
  - I make more as an MT than I did as a nurse... - jenn
    - You are blessed, for sure! :) nm - Life Is Good!

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Don't beat yourself up over this just yet!
If you went to one of the main AAMT approved schools and (as you said) have been working and have been learning from that process, you may already be in a situation were you are picking up many of the things you feel you may not have got from your training program. MT is a continual learning process anyway. As a new MT, there is always a learning curve as you have to stop and look things up a lot. We all did that and still have to stop every so often.

Not only that, please keep in mind that different companies and every clients have their own set of rules and specs to guide you that you'll be expected to follow. Most do follow the BOS, but there are some exceptions at times. Those are things that going through another school isn't necessarily going to help you with because it would vary between companies and clients.

I suggest you try to figure out what you feel your weaknesses are first and work on those.

Good luck and God Bless you.

You can't beat Andrews or MTEC for an education. NM
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