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Sick of Being Blamed for Dictator Blunders! (sm) - Judy


Posted: Dec 13, 2013

Shame on us for sending something to QA because the dictator didn't enunciate.

Shame on us for leaving a blank for the words cut off while using their pause command.

Shame on us for allowing the doctor to input the wrong MRM.

Shame on us for questioning dosage of Hydrocodone, 1,000 mg.

How dare we alert them that the patient is allergic to a prescribed med.

How dare we alert them to an incomplete dictation

How stupid of us to not know exactly what medication was covered by a cough.

In fact we are soooo stupid that we are the ONLY one having these problems. 

Here is the unwritten MTSO Policy Manual:  Just fill in a blank with whatever they probably won't catch.  Donate as much of our time as it takes to correct demographic errors or be soley blamed for same.  Let the patient go into anaphylactic shock.  Who cares.  Don't tell them their dictation is not complete, it is damaging to their sensitive egos.  Other docs can just guess what the plan was and newly prescribed meds.  When you don't understand a medication, DON'T burden QA with such nonsense, just fill in some other drug it might be.  Never tell a doc his dosage was wrong, as again, we would rather kill the patient than hurt his sensitive ego.  Finally, we need to just accept the fact that we are their stupidest employee or contractor.  Only we can screw up as much as we do.  We are worthless. 

My Solution - Was to Quit--yippee!

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Left in Fall/Winter of 2012. Could not take it anymore, nope, nope, nope.

Do not give up hope of getting out if that's what you want.

If you live out in the boonies and are 1 hour from any civilization, I guess that's a problem, but people do move. I personally do not live in the boonies, and I have my limit---I will not take a job more than 20 minutes from my home. I do home health aide/elderly companion work now and there's pretty much enough work within 20 minutes of my house to keep me going.

If you are disabled, that makes choices a little more difficult, particularly if you can't drive with your disability. I have a friend who is disabled from the waist down, but she got hand controls for her car and goes all over the place. She DOES have strong upper body/arm strength, so that helps her in the car and the wheelchair.

All, do not lose hope! I had all but lost hope, but kept plugging away to get out, and it was the best decision of my life.

I hear ya. Thanks (sm) - Judy

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It's this type of treatment by the MTSO that gives us that much more motivation to get out and stay out. They are digging their own graves.

Do you have to be a CNA or nurse to - needs a new job

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be a home health aide? If not, I would love to do this too. How do you get started?

the home health aides who come out to see - my mom are CNAs. nm

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nm

You do not - How I got started

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I work for an agency, and they gave me a HHA course (Home Health Aide). I also have CPR training, which the office requires before they will send you on an HHA job.

However, the agency I work for is non-medical, so the requirements are probably less than if you worked for a medical agency.

Google in "non-medical elderly care" or something like that. Often, the agencies have links to their sites. They paid for my training. You could also Google in just "elderly care" or "elderly companion" and see what you come up with.

Depends on the needs, but - see msg

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...if she needs meds directly handed to her, then CNAs or HHAs are NOT allowed to administer them, but CNA or HHA can remind them to take them. Only a nurse is allowed to administer.

I would say if you are wanting to go to people's homes who do not need serious medical care--that is, they don't need wound cleaning, ostomy care, dialysis port attention, etc., then you can just get your HHA---but if you are wanting work in any type of nursing home environment or physical rehab center, then you probably would need your CNA.

Nurses aren't generally hired for general HHA or CNA work. Nurses are very expensive, so unless a patient/client needs nursing care (wound cleaning and above-mentioned), then HHA suffices.

If you have your CNA, though, it can open up more opportunities to work in a facility environment.

My Solution Too - Siam

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Been out for nearly 6 months and I've never felt better.

No more bone crushing stress, irritability, low self-esteem, frustration, crying, aggravation and disappointment.

Run away from this career because it has to be the most thankless, spirit crushing job, unrewarding job on earth. One day ask yourself, "Is it me? Are my skills as bad as companies would have me believe?"

Of course not! So why take that kind of abuse for what they pay?

And I do live in the country where another job was practically impossible, but I got out . . . and you will too when you get your fill because there is always something else you can do.

The beauty of being on the bottom in the worst job ever is that it doesn't take much for it to be a vast improvement.

You got it -- it's ALWAYS your FAULT - Val

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and would you like a lobotomy with that?

boy I don't know who you work for - but

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At MModal I do all the things you have been shamed for, and that's what they want me to do.


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