Too tough-Lighten up
Posted By: Melissa on 2006-03-08
In Reply to: I was going to defend you against sm - 27 year MTr
Everyone is being so tough on Miss Jill here. Are you all really so disgruntled and bitter that you can't find a moment to encourage a new MT. By the way, its great that you have hired and fired, but you yourself made typos in your own post, and while you may have found her attitude to be "prissy" I just find yours to be mean and ignorant.
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LIGHTEN UP!!
You know, I don't understand why people can't get along!! For Petes sake lighten up, do we really care how much you make per year. I make that now and sit on my butt all day and surf the internet. As I read some of these post, I am beginning to wonder WHY IN THE WORLD WOULD I WANT TO BE INVOLVED WITH ANY OF YOU and I'm wondering maybe I am making the wrong decision to change job fields, even thought the hosptial can be a very horrible place to work I am beginning to think it is a bed of roses compared to working with or for a lot of you. I am finding that this the attitude on just about ALL THE MT SITES I HAVE JOINED. What is it with you people!!! Everyone seems to take themselves so seriously. As far as correct spelling isn't that why they have "spell check"? At least my computer does.
You would think that instead of being critical of others, you would want to be helpful, understanding and offer adivce when asked, and not be WITCHES! I don't care how many yrs all of you have been doing this, NO ONE is perfect, and if you are I feel sorry for you.
Lighten up
You are so right. They should take their Prozac and chill. I have never heard so many uptight responses in my 30 years. No wonder when I would call in for techical support I would get a positive response and the person at the other end of the line would say, "sure, I am glad to help out, you are not one of the usual "trouble makers." Maybe that is the reason for negative responses from the office at times, bad attitude begets bad attitude.
Tough to say, but (sm)
you are typing a legal document, a person's medical record and it absolutely must be correct! I look at it this way - if it was my record or a record of a family member I would be upset if it was inaccurate. Not to mention the potential patient care problems associated with erros in a medical record. Your best bet is to leave a blank where you are not 100% sure.
It is a tough decision, but
it is one that you will not regret for either of you. Your work will get better and your line count will increase and your child will learn social skills and how to interact with other children. It can be a good thing, to a certain extent, for children to be in that type of setting before they enter Kindergarten. It teaches them social skills and structure and how to interact with others throughout their day. Not that we as parents can't teach them that, but they get it on a much broader scale when they are in a daycare setting. I have talked to teachers who have said they always can tell a huge difference in the children who went to daycare and were introduced to those things from those who stayed at home and weren't.
Sorry they put you in a tough spot
That sounds like an uncomfortable situation for you. I hope it gets better. Wow, fines. I had never heard of that. I did not think MD's were hospital staff, but contractors. Well, I guess it could be part of the contract to get the dictation done in a timely manner so the hospital could stay in compliance. hm.
It is tough being a newbie
Being a newbie in transcription is tough, specially working at home. You won't be able to concentrate, and also you have to do a lot of research, which is time consuming. You are going to get stressed out. Is there sombody else who can watch your kids while you work? Maybe a friend? Really, day care isn't that bad if you do your homework and find a good place. There are some really good day care centers out there. I think kids rather spend some time at day care and interact with other children than having a mom at home who spends hours in front of a comouter. Transcription is tough when you are a newbie. Do you have a job already?
Good luck to you
Another newbie with three teenager
when I had a very tough ESL doctor
my manager said to just do your best with it, so I try my best but don't lose sleep over blanks. It will come in time. Something you might want to do at first is go back through and listen again to those blanks. Sometimes something you type later might tip you off to what a blank should be, or you just hear it clearer.
It's really tough to get a break
which one of the reasons why I quit teaching MT after 10- years. It was impossible for me to find an on-site internship program (no one wanted students on-site asking questions and slowing the productivity of regular MT's). I found a couple of IC's that would let my students transcribe the reports after they had already been transcribed and would verify work experience for them for doing that. I just hated seeing so many students putting all the effort into a class and then being unable to find a job with no experience. My advice was always to go to work on-site vs. trying to go it alone at home with no support. Keep applying until you have no other option. Good Luck
Yeah, it's a tough call (SM)
 Like you said, it depends on the person. Regardless, there's a big learning curve for getting it right in this career. I hope for the best for the OP!
This is a tough field to be in - I have been transcribing for 12 yrs (sm)
I understand your frustration - the best advice I can offer is to try to find a small MTSO to work for - an individual who has maybe 20 or less employees, so that you can develop a good relationship with that person (you have to look around, they are not all great!) That has worked the best for me. I work close to full time now, but when I was part-time (also because of my children) I once worked for a company who gave me a terrible account...no one wanted to type this guy...after a while I had learned that he repeated many phrases again and again and I worked hard to make hundreds of abbreviations for him. I got to the point that I could do his work very quickly and he was very happy with me doing his work so the MTSO kept giving his dictation to me. One day, I did a 30 minute tape from him in an hour and a half....I sent my work in...my boss called and told me that I could not have possibly done that tape that fast. I told her that I had made tons of abbreviations for the doc and that I had actually done the whole thing in an hour and a half. I told her that I liked doing his work now because I had gotten very used to him, being given him every day. Guess what? She never gave me his work again. I guess she kept it for herself? But she wouldn't let me have it back? Why? I don't know but I know that if you try to pick and choose they will almost never let you because someone else might want the same account. I guess what I am saying is you have to play it smart...don't directly ask for an account. There are a lot of small-time supervisors in this world who are power hungry and want to flex what little muscles they have over anyone they get the chance to do so with. I hate having to play the game and wish everyone could just be open and direct and honest, but they aren't. And in this field it really can be very dog eat dog.
First thing you want to do is get a tough hide! This board is brutal!
I would like to say we are all civil and well-mannered, but you can take a quick look down the first page and see that we are not, so first of all, don't take offense at some of the replies you will get. There are many more of us out here who are willing to help out, but you will see the "nasties" are the majority on this board. I quit coming here for a long, long time...still not sure why I came back....anyway. Things are quite different than they were when you were an MT (I know, I've been an MT for 30+ years). You have a great background and it wouldn't take you long to get back into the game. The first thing I would do is talk to one of the MT schools. The 3 best are the Andrews School, M-Tec and Career Step. You can speak to one of the counselors, you may be able to bypass some of the class work because of your previous background. There a LOT of new procedures, equipment, drugs, tests findings, etc. in the past 25 years and you need to get reacquainted with things. Good luck to you - you can do it! Let us know how you make out. (And don't forget to ignore the trolls  )
How extremely childish. You are in for a BIG surprise. This is a tough business. nm
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