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You Know You've Worked the Night Shift Too Long When. . .
July 29, 2009 10:05 AM by Jeanne Johnston
Years ago, when my grandma was getting on in years and her housekeeping wasn't what it used to be, my mom drug me over there to spend the day really cleaning house for her. Actually, this may have been triggered by the infamous strawberries with baked Read More...
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A Matter of Perspective
July 16, 2009 7:18 PM by Jeanne Johnston
I love to toss off the headset and get a change of scenery, and find myself occasionally rummaging around other Advance boards to see what's up (did you even notice they've got like 243 magazines skewed toward different areas in health care?) Lately, Read More...
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Truth in Advertising
July 12, 2009 6:53 PM by Jeanne Johnston
Apology in advance as I am about to repeat myself. I have often launched into tirades about unscrupulous MT schools marketing their product in sneaky ways and the need for potential students to exercise due diligence when shopping around. Indeed, some Read More...
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Call Me WAHMmy
July 2, 2009 9:23 AM by Jeanne Johnston
I remember back when my daughter was born, getting a card that gave me permission to let my regular work go to seed because there was a new baby in the house--not that I really care what anyone thinks of that dust bunny collection behind the toilet anyway, Read More...
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MT as the Economic Canary
June 19, 2009 12:42 PM by Jeanne Johnston
I suppose there is no real mystery in why I almost killed my computer. After a painful $300 for a new power supply, I vowed to mend my ways and not leave the poor dear up and running endlessly--yet here it hums since I got it back home. The fact that Read More...
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May I Mambo Dogface to the Banana Patch?
June 9, 2009 2:53 PM by Jeanne Johnston
That line from Steve Martin's book, Cruel Shoes --where he thought it would be clever, if he ever had a child, to teach him the wrong words to everything so that when he went to school, no one would understand what he was talking about--used to be hysterical Read More...
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Fan Mail From Some Flounder
May 19, 2009 8:31 AM by Jeanne Johnston
I am beat. Spent the last week being thrown into the deep end of the pool without swimming lessons (well, I had them, but that was almost 10 months ago and I forgot most of it) and am just now feeling like I'm starting to learn how to float again. I used Read More...
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Why Plan Ahead When You Can Panic Now?
May 5, 2009 8:34 AM by Jeanne Johnston
Some of us in the medical field (especially transcriptionists, I think) are in a unique position to observe certain trends in society. If you work a clinic account, your work has definite seasons, even if you don't: Fall brings school physicals and general Read More...
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A Question of Style
April 23, 2009 11:53 AM by Jeanne Johnston
When it comes to language, there are accepted formulae for how things work--not just the actual words used, but specifics as to punctuation, grammar, etc. They used to teach that in school, right? In the workplace, the rules are supposed to be more formal. Read More...
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If Wishes Were Horses
April 17, 2009 11:01 AM by Jeanne Johnston
Ahhh , it must be springtime because the scams are bursting out all over. On one MT message board alone, I have counted no fewer than six threads this last week or so from starry-eyed MT wannabes hoping for advice on school choice, or thinly-veiled propaganda Read More...
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Tempus Does Fairly Fugit
April 9, 2009 1:38 PM by Jeanne Johnston
It's apparently time to go shopping for walkers because the unthinkable has happened. I have apparently jumped a generation gap. Amazingly, it's already been a year since Doctor Appreciation Day (never fear--they're as neglected on their day as MTs are Read More...
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Can You Afford to Trade Your House Payment for a Political Statement?
March 12, 2009 12:37 PM by Jeanne Johnston
I love the internet, but it does bring out the worst in some people. . . Whilst it is wildly liberating to people with limited ability to make connections in real life, the polar opposite is that it enables some real narcissists to run amok, as well. Read More...
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Speech Wreck
March 4, 2009 9:04 AM by Jeanne Johnston
I hate the term, and I find it intensely annoying that not only MTs are using this as a pet name for that silly, old speech recognition now making our lives miserable, but even employers are sending out "humorous" emails with today's funny from the engine Read More...
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Where Have All the Nurses Gone?
February 19, 2009 8:31 AM by Jeanne Johnston
I know I whine a lot about MTs being the first and hardest-hit casualties in a budget crunch (and I wasn't even around with you vets who were relegated to the supply room downstairs next to the morgue because MTs have always been so highly respected), Read More...
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Epic Fail
February 3, 2009 8:56 AM by Jeanne Johnston
Yes, I've been wallowing in grief all week, hardly sleeping, hardly eating, hardly leaving the house, even over the weekend. Though we're convinced the house is haunted (not in a bad way), Wee Ailís has not managed to join the activity and put in an appearance, Read More...
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