Guest guest Posted June 26, 2001 Report Share Posted June 26, 2001 Rennie, I was wondering if you were going to catch that one! <Hug, Hug, Hug> We all make them. from Calif. Rennie wrote: > <blush blush blush blush blush> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Rennie - Student Member of AAMT > 46/Texas/nulligravida > Career Step Student www.careerstep.com > Current Specialty: Studying Applied Medical Terminology (Word > Differentiation) and Beginning Transcription > ~Find a job you love and you will never have to work again.~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ----- Original Message ----- > > > Rennie, > > Thanks for a new term! Sedation rate: The tendency of students to zone > out or fall asleep when in the presence of a really boring instructor. > > Perhaps we should start rating instructors on their sedation rate? We > could use an icon of a student with his/her head on the desk. One student > is mildly uninteresting --> Five students is a real bore--bring other work > and look like you're taking notes! > > Valeria > > TO REMOVE YOURSELF FROM THIS MAILING LIST send a blank email to nmtc-unsubscribe > > PLEASE VISIT THE NMTC WEB SITE - http://go.to/nmtc > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 26, 2001 Report Share Posted June 26, 2001 Rennie, I was wondering if you were going to catch that one! <Hug, Hug, Hug> We all make them. from Calif. Rennie wrote: > <blush blush blush blush blush> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Rennie - Student Member of AAMT > 46/Texas/nulligravida > Career Step Student www.careerstep.com > Current Specialty: Studying Applied Medical Terminology (Word > Differentiation) and Beginning Transcription > ~Find a job you love and you will never have to work again.~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ----- Original Message ----- > > > Rennie, > > Thanks for a new term! Sedation rate: The tendency of students to zone > out or fall asleep when in the presence of a really boring instructor. > > Perhaps we should start rating instructors on their sedation rate? We > could use an icon of a student with his/her head on the desk. One student > is mildly uninteresting --> Five students is a real bore--bring other work > and look like you're taking notes! > > Valeria > > TO REMOVE YOURSELF FROM THIS MAILING LIST send a blank email to nmtc-unsubscribe > > PLEASE VISIT THE NMTC WEB SITE - http://go.to/nmtc > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 26, 2001 Report Share Posted June 26, 2001 Rennie, I was wondering if you were going to catch that one! <Hug, Hug, Hug> We all make them. from Calif. Rennie wrote: > <blush blush blush blush blush> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Rennie - Student Member of AAMT > 46/Texas/nulligravida > Career Step Student www.careerstep.com > Current Specialty: Studying Applied Medical Terminology (Word > Differentiation) and Beginning Transcription > ~Find a job you love and you will never have to work again.~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ----- Original Message ----- > > > Rennie, > > Thanks for a new term! Sedation rate: The tendency of students to zone > out or fall asleep when in the presence of a really boring instructor. > > Perhaps we should start rating instructors on their sedation rate? We > could use an icon of a student with his/her head on the desk. One student > is mildly uninteresting --> Five students is a real bore--bring other work > and look like you're taking notes! > > Valeria > > TO REMOVE YOURSELF FROM THIS MAILING LIST send a blank email to nmtc-unsubscribe > > PLEASE VISIT THE NMTC WEB SITE - http://go.to/nmtc > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 26, 2001 Report Share Posted June 26, 2001 Explain why every other email I got this afternoon was this very one that follows? AOL playing with you or you playing with us? Aliceanne On Tue, 26 Jun 2001 17:55:40 EDT JanTranscribes@... writes: > In a message dated 06-26-01 5:32:40 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > vtruitt@... writes: > > << Well, actually, what I tell them is spell it out the first time > it's used, put the abbreviation after the phrase in parentheses, > and then > use just the abbreviation, e.g. right coronary artery (RCA). Is > this the > way you do it? >> > > This would fall under my favorite rule... WSTPMTR.. Which means.. > whoever > signs the paycheck makes the rules (How's that for a new > abbrevation? hehe) > Anyway, the account specifics from my employer say I must spell them > out > unless the doctor says... PTCA.. that's capital P, capital T, > capital C, > capital A. You get the idea. I believe it's also in BOS that you > NEVER > NEVER use an abbreviation in an impression or a diagnosis (preop, > postop, > whatever). Just had to add my $0.02. > > Jan " Typing is my life " > > TO REMOVE YOURSELF FROM THIS MAILING LIST send a blank email to > nmtc-unsubscribe > > PLEASE VISIT THE NMTC WEB SITE - http://go.to/nmtc > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 26, 2001 Report Share Posted June 26, 2001 Explain why every other email I got this afternoon was this very one that follows? AOL playing with you or you playing with us? Aliceanne On Tue, 26 Jun 2001 17:55:40 EDT JanTranscribes@... writes: > In a message dated 06-26-01 5:32:40 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > vtruitt@... writes: > > << Well, actually, what I tell them is spell it out the first time > it's used, put the abbreviation after the phrase in parentheses, > and then > use just the abbreviation, e.g. right coronary artery (RCA). Is > this the > way you do it? >> > > This would fall under my favorite rule... WSTPMTR.. Which means.. > whoever > signs the paycheck makes the rules (How's that for a new > abbrevation? hehe) > Anyway, the account specifics from my employer say I must spell them > out > unless the doctor says... PTCA.. that's capital P, capital T, > capital C, > capital A. You get the idea. I believe it's also in BOS that you > NEVER > NEVER use an abbreviation in an impression or a diagnosis (preop, > postop, > whatever). Just had to add my $0.02. > > Jan " Typing is my life " > > TO REMOVE YOURSELF FROM THIS MAILING LIST send a blank email to > nmtc-unsubscribe > > PLEASE VISIT THE NMTC WEB SITE - http://go.to/nmtc > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 26, 2001 Report Share Posted June 26, 2001 Explain why every other email I got this afternoon was this very one that follows? AOL playing with you or you playing with us? Aliceanne On Tue, 26 Jun 2001 17:55:40 EDT JanTranscribes@... writes: > In a message dated 06-26-01 5:32:40 PM Eastern Daylight Time, > vtruitt@... writes: > > << Well, actually, what I tell them is spell it out the first time > it's used, put the abbreviation after the phrase in parentheses, > and then > use just the abbreviation, e.g. right coronary artery (RCA). Is > this the > way you do it? >> > > This would fall under my favorite rule... WSTPMTR.. Which means.. > whoever > signs the paycheck makes the rules (How's that for a new > abbrevation? hehe) > Anyway, the account specifics from my employer say I must spell them > out > unless the doctor says... PTCA.. that's capital P, capital T, > capital C, > capital A. You get the idea. I believe it's also in BOS that you > NEVER > NEVER use an abbreviation in an impression or a diagnosis (preop, > postop, > whatever). Just had to add my $0.02. > > Jan " Typing is my life " > > TO REMOVE YOURSELF FROM THIS MAILING LIST send a blank email to > nmtc-unsubscribe > > PLEASE VISIT THE NMTC WEB SITE - http://go.to/nmtc > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 26, 2001 Report Share Posted June 26, 2001 OOps, sorry 'bout that Rennie . Robyn 43-Student-New Mexico Re: Abbreviations Oh, SHUSH, Robyn!!! hehe ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rennie - Student Member of AAMT 46/Texas/nulligravida Career Step Student www.careerstep.com Current Specialty: Studying Applied Medical Terminology (Word Differentiation) and Beginning Transcription ~Find a job you love and you will never have to work again.~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ----- Original Message ----- Valeria, This is priceless! LMAO!!! Robyn 43-Student-New Mexico TO REMOVE YOURSELF FROM THIS MAILING LIST send a blank email to nmtc-unsubscribe PLEASE VISIT THE NMTC WEB SITE - http://go.to/nmtc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 26, 2001 Report Share Posted June 26, 2001 OOps, sorry 'bout that Rennie . Robyn 43-Student-New Mexico Re: Abbreviations Oh, SHUSH, Robyn!!! hehe ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Rennie - Student Member of AAMT 46/Texas/nulligravida Career Step Student www.careerstep.com Current Specialty: Studying Applied Medical Terminology (Word Differentiation) and Beginning Transcription ~Find a job you love and you will never have to work again.~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ----- Original Message ----- Valeria, This is priceless! LMAO!!! Robyn 43-Student-New Mexico TO REMOVE YOURSELF FROM THIS MAILING LIST send a blank email to nmtc-unsubscribe PLEASE VISIT THE NMTC WEB SITE - http://go.to/nmtc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 27, 2001 Report Share Posted June 27, 2001 In a message dated 06-26-01 10:11:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time, vtruitt@... writes: << Jan, I'm incredulous--or we're not on the same wave length. Can you give an example of how you would key temperature, blood pressure, pulse, respirations, and oxygen saturation? >> We have docs who say " t 98.6, p whatever, r whatever, bp whatever, o2 sat whatever " . The rules where I work are that temperature, pulse, respirations, and oxyen saturation have to be spelled out.. we can't transcribe it as T, P, R, BP.. Oh well.. as I've added to my signature line below..... Jan " Typing is my life " Remember.. WSTPMTR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 27, 2001 Report Share Posted June 27, 2001 In a message dated 06-26-01 10:11:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time, vtruitt@... writes: << Jan, I'm incredulous--or we're not on the same wave length. Can you give an example of how you would key temperature, blood pressure, pulse, respirations, and oxygen saturation? >> We have docs who say " t 98.6, p whatever, r whatever, bp whatever, o2 sat whatever " . The rules where I work are that temperature, pulse, respirations, and oxyen saturation have to be spelled out.. we can't transcribe it as T, P, R, BP.. Oh well.. as I've added to my signature line below..... Jan " Typing is my life " Remember.. WSTPMTR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 27, 2001 Report Share Posted June 27, 2001 In a message dated 06-26-01 10:11:27 PM Eastern Daylight Time, vtruitt@... writes: << Jan, I'm incredulous--or we're not on the same wave length. Can you give an example of how you would key temperature, blood pressure, pulse, respirations, and oxygen saturation? >> We have docs who say " t 98.6, p whatever, r whatever, bp whatever, o2 sat whatever " . The rules where I work are that temperature, pulse, respirations, and oxyen saturation have to be spelled out.. we can't transcribe it as T, P, R, BP.. Oh well.. as I've added to my signature line below..... Jan " Typing is my life " Remember.. WSTPMTR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 27, 2001 Report Share Posted June 27, 2001 In a message dated 06-26-01 10:15:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, MGrant@... writes: << pauses in the appropriate places and then go back and fill them in when the doc is actually doing the PE. So when I get a doc whose PE is pretty much the same each time, I will pull up the macro with the pauses >> Oh dear.. not enough coffee yet. I thought she was questioning how I'd spell them out.DUH!!!!! My macros don't have pauses, but I leave spaces there the vital signs would be filled in and either click with the mouse to get the cursor there, or use the up, down, sideways arrows to get there. Hope that's more clear. Jan " Typing is my life " Remember.. WSTPMTR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 27, 2001 Report Share Posted June 27, 2001 In a message dated 06-26-01 10:15:00 PM Eastern Daylight Time, MGrant@... writes: << pauses in the appropriate places and then go back and fill them in when the doc is actually doing the PE. So when I get a doc whose PE is pretty much the same each time, I will pull up the macro with the pauses >> Oh dear.. not enough coffee yet. I thought she was questioning how I'd spell them out.DUH!!!!! My macros don't have pauses, but I leave spaces there the vital signs would be filled in and either click with the mouse to get the cursor there, or use the up, down, sideways arrows to get there. Hope that's more clear. Jan " Typing is my life " Remember.. WSTPMTR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 27, 2001 Report Share Posted June 27, 2001 In a message dated 06-26-01 11:16:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time, MGrant@... writes: << temperature ninety-eight point six degrees Fahrenheit. >> Nope.. It would be temperature 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit (assuming he said degrees Fahrenheit, of course). The numbers would never be spelled out.. only the words temperature, pulse, etc. Jan " Typing is my life " Remember.. WSTPMTR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 27, 2001 Report Share Posted June 27, 2001 In a message dated 06-26-01 11:16:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time, MGrant@... writes: << temperature ninety-eight point six degrees Fahrenheit. >> Nope.. It would be temperature 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit (assuming he said degrees Fahrenheit, of course). The numbers would never be spelled out.. only the words temperature, pulse, etc. Jan " Typing is my life " Remember.. WSTPMTR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 27, 2001 Report Share Posted June 27, 2001 In a message dated 06-26-01 11:16:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time, MGrant@... writes: << temperature ninety-eight point six degrees Fahrenheit. >> Nope.. It would be temperature 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit (assuming he said degrees Fahrenheit, of course). The numbers would never be spelled out.. only the words temperature, pulse, etc. Jan " Typing is my life " Remember.. WSTPMTR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 27, 2001 Report Share Posted June 27, 2001 isn't " sed " rate sedimentation rate, not " sedation rate " ? I thought the first time I read it this way related to this post, it was just a typo. But, I see it again. Got me questioning myself now! Sandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 27, 2001 Report Share Posted June 27, 2001 isn't " sed " rate sedimentation rate, not " sedation rate " ? I thought the first time I read it this way related to this post, it was just a typo. But, I see it again. Got me questioning myself now! Sandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 27, 2001 Report Share Posted June 27, 2001 isn't " sed " rate sedimentation rate, not " sedation rate " ? I thought the first time I read it this way related to this post, it was just a typo. But, I see it again. Got me questioning myself now! Sandy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 27, 2001 Report Share Posted June 27, 2001 I agree and some of us sort of oldies learn too. Aliceanne On Tue, 26 Jun 2001 23:45:27 -0400 " Lee R. " writes: > This manner of information is what makes this list priceless to us > students/newbies. Thanks! > Lee > > Yes, I was! > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Rennie - Student Member of AAMT > 46/Texas/nulligravida > Career Step Student www.careerstep.com > Current Specialty: Studying Applied Medical Terminology (Word > Differentiation) and Beginning Transcription > ~Find a job you love and you will never have to work again.~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > Well said Valeria, really cleared it up well. Hope lots of > " newbies " were > listening, Margaret > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 27, 2001 Report Share Posted June 27, 2001 I agree and some of us sort of oldies learn too. Aliceanne On Tue, 26 Jun 2001 23:45:27 -0400 " Lee R. " writes: > This manner of information is what makes this list priceless to us > students/newbies. Thanks! > Lee > > Yes, I was! > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Rennie - Student Member of AAMT > 46/Texas/nulligravida > Career Step Student www.careerstep.com > Current Specialty: Studying Applied Medical Terminology (Word > Differentiation) and Beginning Transcription > ~Find a job you love and you will never have to work again.~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > Well said Valeria, really cleared it up well. Hope lots of > " newbies " were > listening, Margaret > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 27, 2001 Report Share Posted June 27, 2001 I agree and some of us sort of oldies learn too. Aliceanne On Tue, 26 Jun 2001 23:45:27 -0400 " Lee R. " writes: > This manner of information is what makes this list priceless to us > students/newbies. Thanks! > Lee > > Yes, I was! > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Rennie - Student Member of AAMT > 46/Texas/nulligravida > Career Step Student www.careerstep.com > Current Specialty: Studying Applied Medical Terminology (Word > Differentiation) and Beginning Transcription > ~Find a job you love and you will never have to work again.~ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > Well said Valeria, really cleared it up well. Hope lots of > " newbies " were > listening, Margaret > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 27, 2001 Report Share Posted June 27, 2001 I use a " jump " macro. My templates are FULL of * Whenever I need to get to the next place, I hit Alt-J (which can be whatever keys you want to use), and it quickly " jumps " to the next * It's invaluable. (I'm in WP51.) patb in CA Re: Abbreviations > My macros don't have pauses, but I leave spaces there the > vital signs would be filled in and either click with the mouse to get the > cursor there, or use the up, down, sideways arrows to get there. Hope that's > more clear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 27, 2001 Report Share Posted June 27, 2001 I use a " jump " macro. My templates are FULL of * Whenever I need to get to the next place, I hit Alt-J (which can be whatever keys you want to use), and it quickly " jumps " to the next * It's invaluable. (I'm in WP51.) patb in CA Re: Abbreviations > My macros don't have pauses, but I leave spaces there the > vital signs would be filled in and either click with the mouse to get the > cursor there, or use the up, down, sideways arrows to get there. Hope that's > more clear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 27, 2001 Report Share Posted June 27, 2001 Sandy, I made a big mistake. Sedation rate is WRONG. This will haunt me the rest of my life. *g* And don't you say anything, Robyn! Being a Sag, I know how you think!! LOL ----- Original Message ----- isn't " sed " rate sedimentation rate, not " sedation rate " ? I thought the first time I read it this way related to this post, it was just a typo. But, I see it again. Got me questioning myself now! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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