Curious of different backgrounds

dramaluvr · Mar 4, 2004

KNOCK KNOCK.....ANYBODY LISTENING OUT THERE?
How did you get into MT at home? I'm serious, I really need and want to know.
Thanks.....

Most companies that allow you to work at home (big corporations) require at least three years clinic experience (local companies or those that don't contract out to big companies). Once I had three years experience I looked on the internet and there are so many companies eager to hire MTs. Most have you take their exam or transcribe some really bad reports and if you can get past that then your set. I am currently working through MedQuist. You don't necessarily have to have a degree (I don't), but they at least want the experience. I have had friends who have gotten their degree, but cannot get a job at home because they don't have the experience. They might consider your nursing to be enough experience needed (don't know). It doesn't hurt to give them a call. Look up www.mtdaily.com It is a really good websites for those just starting and those already in the scenes. If you have any questions feel free to email me.

Thanks,

Angie:)

KattB · Mar 4, 2004

Well I haven't got to make the switch yet. I currently work for a major automotive private distributor. I have to start from the very bottom (taking a placement test a Jr college) and work to get to that spot. I know it's a long road ahead and I am already 36, but I really want to do this so I plan to start by taking one pre-req class this summer and then 2 in the Fall and so on until I get them out of the way. Meanwhile we are going to put my paychecks into savings so we can afford for me to quit work and go to school full time. I have 2 daughters, 11 & 14 and they think it's really cool that I am doing this.

ExAirBagRN · Mar 4, 2004

Hey everybody-

Glad to see that there are a lot of diverse backgrounds......I have been a Flight Attendant for United for 13 years.....Times certainly have changed for the worse...Can't wait to start school May 10 and say good bye to my "wings"!!!! It's nice to know what I want to be when I grow up...... Dawn

mermette · Mar 4, 2004

I still work as a project manager for a web hosting company, while I attend school as close to full time as I can afford. I've been doing IT related work for almost 15 years and have hated every minute of it. Probably because I always knew I should be working in medicine. I graduate a year from May and it can't come soon enough.

I saw my first surgery yesterday (an open heart, no less) and know for sure that OR is the place for me. The surgeon told me that in 18 years of practice, he's never had a student want to go into surgery - even after surviving his 20 minutes of A&P grilling (during the procedure!)!

mitchsmom · Mar 5, 2004

I don't have a medical background... I have an education degree, taught a couple of years, had foster kids, worked at JCPenney, started having my own kids, worked as a case manager at a children's mentoring/advocacy organization, had more kids, became a breastfeeding counselor, took childbirth educator course, started nursing school... I even took the FBI entrance exam somewhere in there (diverse interests, huh?)

allnurses Guide · Mar 5, 2004

No medical background. Social Work.

steph

Jen2 · Mar 6, 2004

Medical Assistant, Phlebotomist, and now second semester nursing student.

Steph in Boston · Mar 6, 2004

Hey All,

Thought I'd chime in with my background! I have a BA in Leterature, and am now taking a CNA training course with the Red Cross to work in one of the Boston hospitals for a year (hopefully MGH) and if I like it, go to Nursing school after that!

Stephie

Dixen81 · Mar 7, 2004

When my two oldest were in high school, I went back to school to pursue an accounting degree. Got pregnant halfway through and dropped out to stay home with my baby, and now that he's four I'm going back to school, this time for nursing.

MtnMan · Mar 7, 2004

Navy Hospital Corpsman, Bartender, Restaraunt Manager, Outside Sales Representative (Adult Beverages), Phlebotomist, and currently EDT/Old guy nursing student.

studentdeb · Mar 7, 2004

No medical background. Social Work.
steph

Why the switch from Social Work? I am interested in Social work and nursing. Am still being pulled to social work, but supposed to start nursing in the fall. Wondering if I could end up doing both?

Thanks

Nurse2B73 · Mar 7, 2004

Yup, me too! Been an MT for 26+ years - 20 of them from home. I make great money, and will probably continue part-time for a while after I complete my RN - I need the money. People say, I thought you liked it? I say, sure did - but after more than 25 years, I am ready for a change. Plus, I like people, and I get tired of talking to my computer for so many hours a day.

Hello everyone,

first my background is trained as a medical assistant in 1991/1992 never worked in it because they were not hiring at the time I graduated. I went to EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) school 1993 and worked for 8 years then I went to into the medical billing sept of the same company. I trained as a CNA in 2000 but did not finish because of military duty. I worked as a Medication Clerk passing meds at a retirement home before I went active duty. (Big Mistake) I wish I had continued my medical career. I would have probably been through LVN or RN school already. Now I am training as a CNA again to finish and get licensed. I hope to start LVN school by the end of this year or the beginning next year.

Ok now I am interested in the MT. Being active duty is putting a damper in schooling for the LVN or RN program. Most of the school are during the day and I am working so I am trying to get into something that I can do at home with my own hours so that I can get through school and still make some good money. I saw someone say they make approx $30 or 35 and hour. I make that now in the military and need a replacement with the same type of pay.

Please give me more info on that and what I need to do in order to get into Medical Transcription.

Thanks so much and God Bless

:)