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Stedman word books

Posted By: jmr on 2008-02-07
In Reply to: What are the must have reference books? - Wanda

depending on what specialties you do. For abbreviations, I use this web site:

http://www.medilexicon.com

just because it is easier than looking up abbreviations in a book.


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I have a few Stedman's word books that I plan to sell, sm
if you're interested, as I updated with the newest editions. These older ones would still be of big help you. Email me if you're interested and I'll get a list together for you.

You'll find that hospital transcription is waaaaay more interesting than clinic!

If I don't hear from you, good luck! Working for a hospital is the way to go these days. Good for you!

If you're looking for Stedman's books - sm
Check out the equiptment forum - I have a set of 21, practically brand new books for sale.
Any of the Stedman's books are great. FYI,
BOS just came out with their 3rd edition, so make sure if you buy one that is the one you get, not the second one.
Stedman's has 25% off books for the month of Nov. Coupon
Coupon Code to use to get the 25% discount on books and books on CD thru www.stedmans.com ... D7L524ZZ . This offer is NOT good on the spellchecker or any of their other electronic media, only the books and books on CD.... NM Wanderer
Stedman's books 4 Sale on Equipment Board
Please check equipment board for Stedman's books for sale. Reasonably priced.
Stedman's Books 4 Sale on Equipment Board
For a list of books and prices, please check equipment board. Each book is 15.00 and many available. Thanks!
CD or word books?
How many MTs out there prefer the hard copy of a word book or the CD that you can load on your computer.  I'm about to update my Stedman's Library and wondering which I should go with.  Thanks!
I have 15 word books and sm
I am forever putting postits in the back of them for words I found that are not there. I LOVE this that you suggested, getting it now.
All different word books, surgical

A dictionary is not going to be near enough for acute care.  You're going to come across many different instruments, techniques, procedures, etc. 


The "particular" factor will relate to the client's specific instructions, i.e. expanding, not expanding, symbols, most likely BOS compliant, verbatim, etc. 


Thank you, could not find it in any of my word books or Google
xx
have you checked out ebay for the word books they have
I use mine for everything and many times just having them around helps my brain farts. I just checked, they have one of every topic on there - too bad cheaper than I got mine.


Stedman's word book nm
 
Stedman's Word Book

I just started my first MT job about a month ago and I could not do without my Stedman's Orthopaedic & Rehab Words book. If in the future I get into something else I would definitely buy another one of these!


Also have Saunders Pharmaceutical Word Book, a Stedman's Medical Dictionary and The AAMT Book of Style - all very useful.


If you only bought 1 stedman's word book, what would it be?

Just got a new job (!) and want to take advantage of discount books from my old job (!).  Don't know what specialties I'll be working on, general acute care AFAIK.  The only book I've ever owned is Dorland's dictionary.  I'm leaning towards Medical and Surgical Equipment.... but would be really happy if anyone has any ideas for me, thanks!


And I may just Go Wild and buy two. 



Electronic word books work on flash drive?

Do any of yall use your electronic references on a flash drive?  I have a laptop I use occassionally when I am traveling, but would prefer to not actually load the software on the laptop.


Have any of yall used them on/with a flashdrive?


Thank you!


Surgical Word Book (Tessier, NOT Stedman's). nm
nm
How to Activate My Stedman's Med/Pharm Spellchecker within MS Word

Hello,


Just installed my Stedman's 2005 Med/Pharm Dictionary and realized I no longer have the manual. Does anyone know how to activate it, that is, add it to the MS Word spellchecker?  Thank you much.   Dave


Stedman's M&S Equipment Word Book is my bible. nm
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I used Stedman's when working in Meditech, but I would type in Word and
copy to Meditech. 
Get a Stedman's Ortho & Rehab word book, . . .
and you can check.  Put them into your word Expander correctly (capped or not), and you won't have to try to remember which tests are and aren't capped.  :)
Will the Stedman's work with that version of Word? You buy the basic program and then
s
The Latest Word was a waste. Stedman's might have monthly updates on their site, not sure. nm
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The Dorland's Cardiology Word Book is good, too. Might find books at half.com even if a few years
s
FYI I HAVE reference books, but in case you hadn't noticed, thing change a lot faster than BOOKS
I was simply asking for suggestions of other places on line that I might look for the latest info, especially considering that my work is on the internet, what the hell is wrong with trying to be more productive and efficient?!?! Good Grief!!
I prefer books. I'm kinda old school. I like to be able to write new terms in my books. I do

have Stedman's Medical Dictationary on CD and I do use it quite a bit, but that's more because the actual print dictionary is so darn heavy to pick up and look a word up!


Stedman's Med Dictionary and Stedman's Med Spell checker are two different programs. Which on

do you have?  If it is the medical dictionary, as far as I know it is only a reference software and can't be used as a spell checker.


If you have the spell checker, go into Word.  Click on Tools, Options, and then Spelling & Grammar tab.  Then click on the Custom Dictionaries button about half way down the window.  This will open a new window that lists your available dictionaries and one should be checked.  Mine is checked next CUSTOM.DIC (DEFAULT).  There is an ADD button to the right.  If you click it, you will be able to browse for your custom dictionary. 


Hope that helps.


I have only used Stedman's. What are some differences in Dorland's and Stedman's?
xx
Microsoft Word.. The oold Word used to do this and I'm new to 2003 Word..nm
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books
I usually stick with Stedmans, they are pretty comprehensive, but require a different book for each specialty. Tessiers is good too.
no books here
is it Grey Turners or Gray Turners sign?  thanks
no books here
  I have books up the ying-yang for every specialty.  I am willign to sell you whatever you need.  Let me know.  Deb
books

John Grisham, Terry McMillan, Dean Koontz (sp), Eric Jerome Dickey.


which books
personally, unless money is no issue, i would wait until you are going to be hired, and find out which work types you will be doing. Then i would get as many of those main books, that would apply, new if possible and get used and/or older books to round out your library for less-needed subjects. I use on-line sites for looking up drugs, with partial words, etc, but still prefer a new drug book to CD form myself every year. i prefer the stedman's and my most used books are the GI/GU, cardiovascular/pulmonary and med/surg equipment. Abbreviations is a very used one as well. Good luck to you and congrat's on your scores!
books
Hi Angie, welcome to MT'ing. Preferences vary quite a lot and many people (not me) prefer to rely on only websites for their references or CDs. I do think Stedman's word books are very very popular however and use many of them myself (14 now). Keep in mind, that some jobs have a program to buy discounted books, and sometimes you may get some 2nd-hand off of ebay or the classified site here too. What books you need may depend upon what job you have, ie whether you do a lot of surgery or something specialized. I like the Dorlands dictionary better than the others. I prefer the Quick Look Drug Book and i have the 2nd edition of BOS (book of style), which is good if not necessary to be familiar with anymore. I also use a few websites frequently. Good luck, e/m me if you have further questions!
I have 25-30 books. (nm)
(nm)
30+ books. nm
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books
I know what she meant about spening $ every years for books. I have been doing this almost 9 years and I own no Stedman books at all and have a copy of an old med book 2004. I pull all my info off the internet.
I like my books the best.
I have a ton of notes written in them all.
Books
Any good MT knows how to use the internet as a resource.  I rarely open a book anymore.  Everything I need is on the internet, which is also faster. 
Books

Some may feel this is dishonest, but honestly how are they going to know? Do you have to send them a picture of the book or a copy of the receipt or are they asking you to purchase this book through them? I have purchased many books over the years and have found the Internet as well as the many, many specific sites for anything I have ever wanted. Yes, I have one specific book for my specialty that I adore and use all the time for those weird names that I sometimes cannot figure out how to spell and it has helped, but with all that is available on-line I don't see how they can expect this of you. I too used to send away for the yearly drug book, but have not had to do so in many years since I started using the Internet. Good Luck and too bad for them.


Ref books
Hey there.  I do a wide variety of reports myself but there are only a couple reference books that I use.  First and foremost is the Stedman's Dictionary which I have the electronic version of.  I also use the Stedman's Equipment book a lot (again electronic).  I used to use the abbreviation book but can't find the CD to install on my new computer so I use http://www.medilexicon.com/ for abbreviations and codes.  Good luck!
Ref books
I have most of the Stedman's, The Medical Phrase Indes (which I very seldom use), The Surgical Work Book, BOS, Stedman's, Dorland's and Mobsy's Medical dictionaries, several drug books and Current Medical Terminology. Of all of those I only use a few, mostly Stedman's (depending on the specialty I'm doing). As I do this more and more, I use the Internet (making sure I can rely on the information found there). I think it depends most on what specialties you do.
Rx books
really like Drake & Drake
Saunders pharmaceutical word book, includes rx and generic with dosages. Contact: www.elsevier.com
don't remember the price.
Books
Does anyone know of a book store around Atlanta that sales reference books?  We used to have a store called Majors, but it's not here anymore, or at least I can't find it. 
Buy books.
They are a very helpful tool in addition to the internet.  You can't believe everything you read on the internet or how it is spelled.
Yup, buy the books! SM
I've seen university education websites that have misspelled medical words on them.  Websites are created and maintained by humans like me and you.
DEFINITELY BUY BOOKS...(sm)
You will need research books. I personally have Stedmans. They have different specialities. I would not advise using the internet because sometimes things are spelled wrong on the internet. I have had it happen to me before. I have googled something and the spelling was wrong. Invest in the books. They are a little bit expensive, but this is your career.

Good luck!
Books to buy
I am looking to buy a BOS and book on pediatric endocrinology.  Any suggestions which are the best?
Here's one for the books.

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The 4th grade girl who brought a handgun to my child's nice suburban school got suspended for three days and counseling.  The 5th grade boy who brought a knife was led off in handcuffs by police, but he was back in school the very next week.  Now, he's an angry high school kid who has to take a special class with other "angry" kids.  The kindergartener who stabbed my kid's teacher in the face with a metal mechanical pencil last year wasn't removed from her classroom at all.  Instead, they brought in a "behavioral specialist".  It wasn't working, but I told the principal if my children were in any of these kids' classes again, I'd be sending all my kids to private school.


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