Sierra Vista Health Care Center, a nursing home in Loveland, CO received a 3 out of 5 overall rating from CMS of the Dept of Health and Human Services on March 18th 2015.
Touch typing is the ability to use muscle memory to find keys fast, without using the sense of sight, and with all the available fingers, just like piano players do. It significantly improves typing speed and eliminates errors. Touch typing simply makes you more productive and it is a skill worth learning.
Considering average adult reading speeds are 270 words per minute, these numbers are impressive but not typical. Average and Accuracy. There is a slight difference in average typing speeds between males and females. Males average approximately 44 words per minute, while females average 37 words per minute. The average of the two is 41 words per minute. Handwriting is estimated to reach slightly more than 30 words per minute, which shows that average typing is still faster than handwriting. Average typists usually make mistakes. The accuracy average is 92 percentâaverage typists make eight typographical errors per 100 words typed on a page. Professional Standards. The job determines the typing speed required and the average for that profession. Although anyone can improve efficiency with faster and more accurate typing, some jobs require accurate and fast typing skills on the first day. Data-entry positions usually require at least 45 words per minute.