"good advice"
Posted By: Irish.Nana on 2006-06-10
In Reply to: You're getting some very good advice here. sm - nm
Subject: "good advice"
Thanks guys ! :)
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This is what separates the "Good" MTs
Subject: This is what separates the "Good" MTs
Your attitude will take you to the top of this field. If you are not afraid to do your own research and find your own answers, you will learn so much!
As a QA person, I can tell the difference in an MT's work who really cares and really tries hard to do their own work. The ones who seek the easy way out only hurt themselves. When you research and hunt and hunt and hunt for the right term, you better believe when you find it you will never forget it again. However, the ones who don't do their own work, don't seem to have the information planted in their memories and repeat the same mistakes over and over.
Your speed will go up and up and up because you will have the fund of knowledge in your head, while others will be sitting here on this board waiting for someone to answer their post.
Keep up the great work. You are going to be a wonderful MT. I wish we could clone you!
Ha ha... With "good research", you will find that they are both commonly used. (sm)
Subject: Ha ha... With "good research", you will find that they are both commonly used. (sm)
Google on "degenerative disc disease" and "degenerative disk disease". I use "disc" when transcribing for my ortho clinic because, when I got the account and asked for samples, each and every sample on each and every report used "disc". No matter what your research tells you, you will do what the client says, especially when it doesn't really matter. And this does not really matter.
This is not being "good," this is basic vocabulary knowledge. nm
Subject: This is not being "good," this is basic vocabulary knowledge. nm
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fetal heart sound normal, s/l "good axils, no D cells" ?
Subject: fetal heart sound normal, s/l "good axils, no D cells" ?
"good capillary refill and *brisk distal pulses*?? over both lower extremities" (my 2 cents) n
Subject: "good capillary refill and *brisk distal pulses*?? over both lower extremities" (my 2 cents) nm
Thanks for the advice!
Subject: Thanks for the advice!
I just hate sending in a blank but sometimes there is no choice. 
Need advice
Subject: Need advice
Has anyone ever had a dictator who said "He was unable to take p.o.s?" As in he couldn't take anything by mouth. I have one dictator who says this rather often, and I'm not sure how to transcribe it. If he just said, "He was unable to take anything p.o", that would be different. But he says p.o.(s). Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
TIA!!
Any more advice?
Subject: Any more advice?
I have been an MT for many years (mostly in office - recently with Heartland), but I am quite new to this site and still getting the hang of it. I just lost my current job to overseas, so I absolutely refuse to help anyone that takes jobs away from American MTs. However, I would like to help answer questions if I am able. Other than what you previously listed, are there any other ways of telling if the questions are posted by actual American MTs in need of help? Does anyone give the overseas people wrong answers? Do you catch flack for answering them by mistake? I would have unknowingly answered this one if nobody said anything. I appreciate your help!
thanks for the advice! nm
Subject: thanks for the advice! nm
thx 4 ur advice
Subject: thx 4 ur advice
im on training
thx 4 d advice
Subject: thx 4 d advice
m stil studying
Advice?
Subject: Advice?
I am currently transcribing from micro cassettes and transporting tapes back and forth. I am looking into upgrading to digital and sending dictation via internet. Is there anyone already doing this that could offer advice? i.e. How does it work? What equipment is needed? (I'm assuming I need to purchase a new foot pedal?) Any special software needed? What is the sound quality like? Any pros vs. cons? Also, can you recommend certain equipment and where to purchase? Any advice you could offer would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
Lorrie
a word of advice - sm
In the spine, there are bones (vertebrae) and intervertebral discs. The discs keep the vertebrae from touching one another, thus providing a "cushion" for the bones. When the disc which is between the spinal bones ruptures it is called a herniated nucleus pulposus. It could be a disc protrusion or a disc extrusion, which is not be a complete herniation but a partial disruption of the disc.
Therefore, the answer to your question would not be "distal" as the other poster suggested, but rather discal herniation or a herniated disc or nucleus pulposus.
A suggestion would be for you to get an atlas of the spine and read about the components which make up the human spine, canal and cord. That way you would have a better understanding of what you are transcribing and also the correct terminology.
Milton's advice
Subject: Milton's advice
No, Newbie, Milton is not trying to start anything. He is trying to save your very naive tuchas from trouble down the road. You may be a smary-pants, but you sure have a lot to learn, my friend.
You know I meant advice LOL !!!
Subject: You know I meant advice LOL !!!
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slang advice please
Subject: slang advice please
Dictator says: I recommended to her to hook up with a gastroenterologist. (Sounds like a date! )
Should I leave this as is, or change to something like "I recommended to her to see a gastroenterologist? Not a verbatim account. Just looking for opinions, I am leaning towards changing it.
Need advice on how to type this
Subject: Need advice on how to type this
Dictated -
Peak flows today: 230, 240 and 290. Should they be separated by / ? Thanks.
Need advice on how to type this: sm
Subject: Need advice on how to type this: sm
Range of motion of the left knee is approximately +5 degrees to 2+15 degrees. Would this be correct, or 2 +15 degrees, or 2+ 15 degrees.
Thanks for your help!
Word of advice
Subject: Word of advice
Fix the grammatical errors. QA's job is to correct blanks that are pertinent to the report. Leaving something like that to QA to fix will only leave a red flag.
thank you; good advice
Subject: thank you; good advice
You're getting some very good advice here. sm
Subject: You're getting some very good advice here. sm
I've been using PRD for years and it allows me to use symbols as part of the shortcuts which really helps a lot. Because there can be the same abbreviation for different phrases, I will add a single hyphen for cardio, 2 hyphens for ortho, etc. Also, if the phrase needs to be hyphenated to precede a noun, such as in "up-to-date information," the short form here for a hyphenated "up to date" would be "-utd." When it doesn't need to be hyphenated, it would be "utd." This comes in handy for the phrase "too numerous to count." (You get the idea.)
This is really a personalized thing. My short forms may be a mystery for another MT.
For personal names that crop up a lot that I don't want to type out each time, I'll use the last name with either a hyphen after it or a "1." For instance, "George Washington, MD," I'd use "wash1." For "George Washington, PA-C" I'd use wash-.
Your "rrr" also could be "r3." My "alert and oriented x3" is "ao3."
Whatever floats your boat! Have fun!
Thanks for your advice; it's greatly appreciated.
Subject: Thanks for your advice; it's greatly appreciated.
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Advice for transcribing lens
Subject: Advice for transcribing lens
I am new and have an ophthalmology account. I am not having much trouble with the terms, but I'm unsure how to punctuate and/or format the lens prescriptions. Does anyone know of a good website that explains this or provides examples? Thanks!
Advice - 'mickey button'?
Subject: Advice - 'mickey button'?
Just out of curiosity, how do you type 'mickey button'? As it sounds, as it sounds but capitalized, the apparently patented way of MIC-KEY button (as on the product's website), or yet another way? I keep seeing this typed all different ways and was wondering if there's some universally preferred method of which I'm not aware.
TIA 
Please look at sentence and give advice on punctuation. Thanks.
Subject: Please look at sentence and give advice on punctuation. Thanks.
The patient does not eat or drink orally, but instead receives gastrostomy tube feedings, apparently usually between 5 p.m. and 5 a.m., which according to the caregiver, he has been tolerating well.
advice about hyphenating *two and a half years ago* please
Subject: advice about hyphenating *two and a half years ago* please
I have tried looking this up on grammar sites and couldn't find anything. I am always wondering if I should hyphenate * two-and-a-half years ago* or if the jury is out on that. Same as *for the past three-and-a-half years...*
Thanks
Advice: Invest in MT terminology books. sm
Subject: Advice: Invest in MT terminology books. sm
It will make your life so much easier than trying to wing it with Google alone.
Also, research all responses you receive here, i.e., look up the definitions for "fulminate" and "fulminant" and you'll see what I mean. ;)
Good advice. I am finding things mispronounced quite often. Thanks for the help!
Subject: Good advice. I am finding things mispronounced quite often. Thanks for the help!
verbatim is VERBATIM....bad advice he gave you.....
Subject: verbatim is VERBATIM....bad advice he gave you.....
Great credentials. Great advice.
Subject: Great credentials. Great advice.
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