I cannot find any just free T lab studies to be performed, and I am thinking he is leaving out the number after the T. I could be wrong though, so if anyone knows of there is a lab test of just a free T please post back and let me know.
under MEDICATION headings, as well as within the body of the report? I was told AAMT Book of Style says this. TIA
maybe "only including the hind foot...nm Subject: maybe "only including the hind foot...nm
at a hospital in-house, they required 4-year-10-month-old...
Where I have worked, this has been Subject: Where I have worked, this has been
called a dangerous abbreviation or a doctorism (or nurse practitionerism) or something like that. How to handle it is often account specific, but I would always type out the words three times weekly or else 3x a week, or something that couldn't be misunderstood like that.
everywhere I have worked it is x2. Subject: everywhere I have worked it is x2.
...especially before you hit the "send" button!Not where I've worked Subject: Not where I've worked
The places I work at make it real clear. If the doctor states Synthroid 100 mg and you type it and leave it that way, that is a patient care error which is the highest number of points I've ever seen taken off. We have to have 98% or above accuracy and if you mess up and drop below that, you either get correction action (at one place) or get 5% of your pay reduced (at current place). Now I agree with you that it shouldn't be that way. My sister-in-law is a nurse and is appalled that we have to do that since we are not in the chain of responsibility regarding medication distribution. Unfortunately, at least where I've worked, we are responsible for knowing all meds and proper dosages which is why my former employer gives Quick Look to all its employees.
That question has come up everywhere I have worked, and -- sm Subject: That question has come up everywhere I have worked, and -- sm
... the consensus, across the board, has always been to use KCl unless specifically told by the dictator in some way that the other was intended (which, so far, has never happened in my experience).
On the other hand, lots of our dictators routinely say s/l "cipro" and we always give them Cipro as a result, but I suspect that many of them intend ciprofloxacin and are just doing their lazy thang....
I use all the methods the other poster suggested. I also begin thinking to myself "what could he/she be saying" here that would fit in with the context? Can I actually hear anything that is pertinent? Think in terms of what is being done to the patient, would they have a reason to be using a particular med, technique, test, whatever. You sometimes just cannot make sense out of garbage no matter what methods you use and even QA will give them big, fat blanks.
Huh? I worked for an osteophathic doc for 11 years Subject: Huh? I worked for an osteophathic doc for 11 years
Who specialized in osteopathic manipulative treatment and I've never heard of "pub".
Does dictator pronounce it "pube" as in "tube" or "pub" as in "let's go get a pitcher of beer? :)
We were told it was Worker's Comp. That was the way the insurance company I worked for at the time wanted it. I think it is just a matter of preference.
April - I was the exact same but worked a dept.... Subject: April - I was the exact same but worked a dept....
I worked in radiation oncology and then helped develop surgical oncology for a local hospital all during the 80s and got very familiar with all the terminology (but admit that I have trouble with all the new combo drugs that are always coming out).
The patient swallowed a fentanyl patch. This is the discharge summary and in it, the ESL doctor says, "Transaminitis, most probably secondary to N A L D vs Lortab intoxication." She never says these letters again and all I can document is neonatal adrenoleukodystropy. Since she's almost 60, I don't think that would fit. The companies I've worked for favor writing it out, sm Subject: The companies I've worked for favor writing it out, sm
but it depends on if your account is strict "type what they say" and abbreviations like this are okay. I'm not in my office so I can't check BOS, but I'd bet the BOS says write it out unless you have strict rules about typing what is dictated.
Not above poster, but every place I've worked has wanted Subject: Not above poster, but every place I've worked has wanted
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