abbreviations

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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

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> Current Specialty: Studying Applied Medical Terminology (Word

> Differentiation) and Beginning Transcription

> ~Find a job you love and you will never have to work again.~

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> ----- 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

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[Guest guest]

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

>

>

[Guest guest]

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

>

>

[Guest guest]

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 "

>

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>

[Guest guest]

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

>

>

[Guest guest]

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

>

>

[Guest guest]

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

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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

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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

[Guest guest]

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

[Guest guest]

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

[Guest guest]

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

[Guest guest]

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

[Guest guest]

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

[Guest guest]

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

[Guest guest]

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

[Guest guest]

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

[Guest guest]

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

[Guest guest]

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

[Guest guest]

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

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

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

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

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

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

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.

[Guest guest]

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.

[Guest guest]

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!