Students cannot ask TEST QUESTIONS. Asking for help otherwise
Posted By: is perfectly fine. Administrator nm on 2007-05-08
In Reply to: I think it's a board policy. I think - Me
Subject: Students cannot ask TEST QUESTIONS. Asking for help otherwise
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Why aren't students allowed to ask questions?
Subject: Why aren't students allowed to ask questions?
From what I understand anyone can ask a question, including doctors, nurses, techs, etc. I don't understand why you are telling the OP she cannot ask a question here? 
Do not post test questions on the MTStars website. Take your test honestly.
Subject: Do not post test questions on the MTStars website. Take your test honestly.
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Test questions
Subject: Test questions
Why NOT post test questions here? Wouldn't this be considered a valid resource if one were working at home? When I took my test, they said go ahead and use the internet, use whatever you like, do whatever you have to. All that matters in the long run is that the work you do is correct and of high quality.
Test questions
Subject: Test questions
I know that it is not allowed to ask test questions on this board. Somebody posted................
'Help! This is a test question'...
and then the question followed.
She could have just asked the question.  
is this, as well as the former 3 test questions? I remember
Subject: is this, as well as the former 3 test questions? I remember
Test questions are not allowed here.
Subject: Test questions are not allowed here.
If I remember correctly, test questions are not allowed on this board. You must pass the test on your own merits.
Those are definitely test questions, and from the number of them asked, looks like they need to
Subject: Those are definitely test questions, and from the number of them asked, looks like they need to
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Prior post about asking test questions
Subject: Prior post about asking test questions
no test questions can be asked on this board
Subject: no test questions can be asked on this board
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Are test questions allowed on the Word Board?
Subject: Are test questions allowed on the Word Board?
Just wondering, for future reference. :)
Administrator, what happened to sticky note about not asking test questions?
Subject: Administrator, what happened to sticky note about not asking test questions?
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students
Subject: students
I'm going to open up a can of worms here...
Just wondering thoughts on students posting for word help on this board. I have not been on this forum that long myself, but found it several months ago as I was working my way through the last of my MT coursework. While it was nice to have access to past posts for hints and clues, I used it as a resource much the same as the rest of the internet - not a way for someone else to tell me the answer, but just a way to help me find it myself by searching past posts. Just like I wouldn't have gone to wikianswers and posed a question I should research myself, I wouldn't post a question here when I could do the research myself.
It seems to me that recently I have been seeing a lot of students asking for answers that are actually quite easily found with a simple search on Yahoo or Google. I even saw one post where the person downright admitted they were working on an exam and wanted someone to give them an answer. Myself, I feel that I am a better transcriptionist for having researched everything for myself when I was a student. Now that I am working, however, I am grateful for this forum! I also know that sometimes even plain English is hard to understand with some dictators, and it is wonderful to be able to use fellow MTs as a sounding board and source of wisdom when I just can't find the answer myself. Therefore, I don't want to sound like a hypocrite about using this forum as a resource.
So, what are your thoughts, working MTs, on students posting for word help, especially when one can find the answer with a simple search?
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Students
Subject: Students
I don't see a problem with it myself. Whether they ask here or Google, they will still come up with an answer. I think it would be easier to remember things if you had researched and done the necessary reading rather than have an answer thrown at you but we are all different and learn in different ways. IMHO, a student may as well do the research first because, even when getting an answer here, it would be best to check them out and you still wind up doing the research anyway. It would seem like double the work. But that's my take. :-)
I don't think students are supposed to
Subject: I don't think students are supposed to
ask their questions here though.
I agree, but it is not only students. Many
Subject: I agree, but it is not only students. Many
answers could be found much faster than waiting on someone to give it to you by using google or some of the excellent medical sites that are available. Personally, I still use my Stedman's reference books. On a lot of things, books are a lot quicker when looking for something specific, rather than wading through all the possibilities you find on the internet. New MTs apparently don't buy books anymore and others are just waiting for people to give them the answer. I started when there was no internet and books were all we had.
I don't think MT students are encouraged to use book.
Subject: I don't think MT students are encouraged to use book.
Most of the newbies I see don't really have any reference books. Seems they rely entirely on the Internet and want to Google everything. That's fine and it is fast. But one day a newbie was working on tapes in the office and the Internet went down. OMG!! She panicked! She was totally lost, but funny thing . . . it never once occurred to her to pick up a reference book, even though we have a full set of Stedman Word Books, Dorland's, and brand new drug books in the office. I do use Google, but there's times when you really need a book.
That's how we were told to remember it as nursing students
Subject: That's how we were told to remember it as nursing students
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If you weren't provided with a list of students' names, sm
Subject: If you weren't provided with a list of students' names, sm
ask your QA for help.
A Lachman test is a medical test used for examining the Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) in the knee
Subject: A Lachman test is a medical test used for examining the Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) in the knee
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Patient has a positive drawer test and s/l wobble test (knee pain)
Subject: Patient has a positive drawer test and s/l wobble test (knee pain)
thanks so much!!!
There is an empty can test and a drop arm test for assessing the shoulder. Cannot reference
Subject: There is an empty can test and a drop arm test for assessing the shoulder. Cannot reference
"arc" test.
Kemp test is a lumbosacral nerve root impingement test
Subject: Kemp test is a lumbosacral nerve root impingement test
Found a Purdue test on Google...sounds like a dexterity test.
Subject: Found a Purdue test on Google...sounds like a dexterity test.
The Dix - Hallpike test (also called Nylen - Bárány test). Link for you.
Subject: The Dix - Hallpike test (also called Nylen - Bárány test). Link for you.
http://www.earinfosite.org/atoz.htm
2 questions
Subject: 2 questions
Okay I have 2 questions. I'll just go ahead and paste in the parts that I need help with:
1. Chordee with pain and scrotal engulfment. For this one just want to make sure that the word in bold is the correct spelling for this type of report.
2. Penoplasty with _____ flaps. The blank s/l Bier's flap, but not sure of the spelling.
Any help will be greatly appreciated.
2 questions, sm.
Subject: 2 questions, sm.
Two questions please: What is the proper way to type this? Are my caps incorrect?
The patient’s B-type Natriuretic Peptide was 312.
Also, how would you type half liter of normal saline? Thanks so much
PE questions
Subject: PE questions
Skin exam: Some psoriatic s/l bliaksing. bly-ack-sing
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GU exam: No prostate masses or colon masses.
How far up is he feeling???? Help!
Two questions
Subject: Two questions
1. Drug name is Zoloft. It is used for depression. 2. EE prime (supposed to use an umlaut but can spell it out) prime ratio is 16.
BOS-2 questions available on IM!
Subject: BOS-2 questions available on IM!
Just add me to your Yahoo IM and as long as I am online (and that's quite a bit), I'll help with BOS-2 questions!
No lengthy conversations, though, and no e-mails, please.
BOS2-Lady
questions sm
Subject: questions sm
i found a med Cryselle. it is an oral contraceptive. is the patient female?
Sorry with all the questions but I need help again
Subject: Sorry with all the questions but I need help again
I have worked for 3 years for 2 ENT docs who no longer perform surgery. They have just added a new doc to the practice and he does perform surgeries. He is describing the tonsils as essentially "kissing" on examination.  Is this correct? Thanks
A lot of the questions you have been
Subject: A lot of the questions you have been
asking are very, very basic. You might be getting in over your head if these terms are unfamiliar to you. Maybe you are just nervous about taking a test and are struggling because of that. I hope that is the case. However, it is my opinion that asking for others for help on a test is cheating. I'm sure you probably didn't think of it this way, otherwise you would not have shared at this point that you are testing. Iknow you are desperate for help, but the company is testing YOU, not us on the word board. You have to stand on your own skills when testing. If you don't pass, then it means you are not ready. Good luck to you.
a few questions please sm
Subject: a few questions please sm
I have a few questions:
1. Patient worked as a bartender in "Mike Dulin's". (The patient lives in NJ, if that helps.)
2. Regarding meds, doctor says Nasacort 8 q. Is this supposed to mean q 8?
3. Under PE, eyes revealed s/l *archosenilis*.
4. The patient has severe COPD with PFTs severely reduced. Then doctor says "The patient was unable to *apiliprate* on nitrogen washout for lung volumes.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!!! Thanks! :)
2 questions
Subject: 2 questions
Intraoperative permanent films showed good position of the fracture and hardware, but when (discopiously) lavaged, the fascia was closed using 1 Vicryl.
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2. The dictator just said 1 Vicryl, but should I change it to 1-0?
2 questions
Subject: 2 questions
PROCEDURE: Medial branch block of the L4-5 and L5-S1 facets on the right. Under fluoroscopic guide, the (scheduled procedured) patient was brought to (ob-suse)with operating room, placed in prim position.
Scheduled procedured patient I THINK is right, but I am not sure. It doesn't sound right.
The second one I am just lost on.
2 questions (sm)
Subject: 2 questions (sm)
Abdomen is soft with mild tenderness with negative s/l heel drop, no guarding, no rebound. Does heel drop make sense on an abdominal exam?
an s/l auto diff revealed neutrophils 61.2%.
TIA
2 questions....please help
Subject: 2 questions....please help
Doc says CBC (plural) would that be CBC's or CBCs and also patient admitted to P-ward Acute Psychiatric Unit (should it be cap or lower case) TIA
Help with 2 questions please!
Subject: Help with 2 questions please!
Could someone help me out please!! In this sentence, "No pain on palpation of the mediolateral joint lines.", is it "mediolateral or medial lateral" and would it be "line" or "lines" ------and another question, would "culture and sensitivity" be a subheading or part of the sentence if used like this--"No recognizable bacteria and a culture and sensitivity of the synovial fluid shows no growth at 48 hours.
2 questions
Subject: 2 questions
Patient is a 3-month-old x 32 and 6/7th week preemie, who is here today for followup of reflux.
My question is regarding the "x". Is the above sentence right?
Medication: Farentil, Farenzil ...something like that. It is in regards to a preemie infant with reflux.
2 questions please... sm
Subject: 2 questions please... sm
"She is status post mitral valve replacement with 26-mm Cosgrove-*furtoro* annuloplasty ring and *suture plasty* of the anterior leaflet.
1 - s/l Furtoro or Futoro - all I could find was the Cosgrove-Edwards.
2. I can't see where *suture plasty* is combined into 1 word. Is it ok as shown?
Thanks for any help!
Two questions - please sm
Subject: Two questions - please sm
1. She reports symptoms of crying spells which is s/l insefent.
2. I instructed her that steroid injections at this point would be unwise in terms of her s/l potensity to develop infections in the lower extremity including MRSA cellulitis of the lower extremity which she has had on two occasions
Thanks!
2 questions....HELP!
Subject: 2 questions....HELP!
This doctor is giving me a run for my money!!!
OK, first question: Comprehensive fore or four? catheter EP study
Second question: A 12-French Treo or Trio? sheath was then inserted into the left femoral vein.
Two x-ray questions
Subject: Two x-ray questions
Sounds like doctor is saying "X-rays show an oblique line" but wouldn't it make more sense to say "opaque line?" or could oblique be correct?
Also, in another report he says "X-rays show a ______decompression of the shoulder.
This is either "Y" or "wide"
2 questions please, thanks.
Subject: 2 questions please, thanks.
__________ 22 mcg subcutaneously once Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. S/L Rebist?
A tracheostomy collar was to be started on 01/24/2009. __________ (LPAC?) was consulted for an evaluation.
questions
Subject: questions
Good possibility of the second blank being LTAC (long-term acute care). Hope this helps, now or in the future.
2 questions SM
Subject: 2 questions SM
1. It is recommended we proceed with S/L dynamizing the hardware. (This is regarding bone rodding)
2. X-rays s/l C/W callous formation. Is it C/W or C-W and what does that mean?
TIA!
2 questions...sm
Subject: 2 questions...sm
Patient has altered mental status. MRI showed s/l *so-sigh or tho-sigh* and a "TE" is requested.....what is a TE?
2 questions...
Subject: 2 questions...
Does this sound correct for a diagnosis and if so is the comma in the right place?
CHRONIC PLANTER FASCIITIS MIDSUBSTANCE, LEFT FOOT
Does this sentence make sense?
Examination of her foot reveals tenderness maximally over the mildly enlarged plantar fascia at the midsubstance.
Questions
Subject: Questions
If dictator says: staph aureus, do I type it staph. or just staph.
If dictator says: postop course was uneventful, do I put a period after postop? (ex. postop. course)
Colton-Born test? typing for PT, test for hypermobility.. SM
Subject: Colton-Born test? typing for PT, test for hypermobility.. SM
It could be cottonborn, carltornborn, I have no clue. Have looked everywhere. Have an ortho book but nowhere to be found. She keeps saying it in every note. Just started her today. Any help would be appreciated.
there is a heel test to test for bone density. susan
Subject: there is a heel test to test for bone density. susan
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