Hello Jimmie: PLEASE, send the PP!!
Thanks, Ron ============================================= On 8/6/2003,[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: JA> Ron, I wish you luck with your endeavor. I have a power point JA> presentation that I use for nursing education relative to OT. If you JA> would like to see it, I could email it to you. Jimmie JA> -----Original Message----- From: Ron Carson JA> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 5:02 PM JA> To: Jimmie Arcenaux Subject: Re: [OTlist] Large Fl. Hospital Case JA> Managers and OT referrals JA> Hello Jimmie: JA> Sounds like you are being very proactive... but isn't it JA> frustrating?? I am always so miffed because our profession is so old JA> but so under utilized. JA> I am planning to go back to the hospital in a couple of weeks to JA> provide in-service education. JA> Ron JA> ============================================= JA> On 8/5/2003,[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: JA>> Hey Ron, JA>> I have had the same experience. Part of my duties has to do with JA>> therapy utilization at the home health care company I work for. OT JA>> and ST utilization were both extremely poor when I started. I have JA>> been working at it by increasing awareness, auditing charts and JA>> developing programs. What bothers me most about this in the home JA>> care setting is that OT is probably the best discipline to JA>> intervene with a home care patient. There is a definite identity JA>> crisis at work. Nursing has really no idea what OTs does. They JA>> either have developed their own ideas of OT or have received JA>> erroneous information about the UE only thing. JA>> -----Original Message----- From: Ron Carson JA>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 05, 2003 3:49 PM JA>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [OTlist] Large Fl. Hospital Case JA>> Managers and OT referrals JA>> Hello: JA>> This morning, I met with one of Central Florida's largest JA>> hospital's case manager staff. I personally asked with JA>> approximately 10 case managers and asked if the refer their d/c'd JA>> patients for OT. Every one of them said something like: "not too JA>> much for OT, but quite a bit for PT". JA>> How can it be? How can a large hospital's case manager staff not JA>> refer to OT, except in rare cases? JA>> I get so frustrated with such scenarios because, in my experience, JA>> it happens all the time. It is so rare to speak with someone in the JA>> medical field that utilizes OT for clients with occupational JA>> performance issues. On those rare occasions that someone does JA>> mention OT, it has been from an orthopedic setting and they refer JA>> to OT for upper extremity issues.... YUCK! JA>> Ron JA>> P.S. Just needed to vent! JA>> *****************************��********************************** JA>> To remove yourself from the OTnow mail list, send a message to: JA>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] JA>> In the message's *body*, put the following text: JA>> unsubscribe OTlist JA>> - JA>> List messages are archived at: JA>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] JA>> *****************************��*********************************** JA>> *****************************��********************************** JA>> To remove yourself from the OTnow mail list, send a message to: JA>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] JA>> In the message's *body*, put the following text: JA>> unsubscribe OTlist JA>> - JA>> List messages are archived at: JA>> http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] JA>> *****************************��*********************************** JA> *****************************��********************************** JA> To remove yourself from the OTnow mail list, send a message to: JA> [EMAIL PROTECTED] JA> In the message's *body*, put the following text: JA> unsubscribe OTlist JA> - JA> List messages are archived at: JA> http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] JA> *****************************��*********************************** JA> *****************************��********************************** JA> To remove yourself from the OTnow mail list, send a message to: JA> [EMAIL PROTECTED] JA> In the message's *body*, put the following text: JA> unsubscribe OTlist JA> - JA> List messages are archived at: JA> http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] JA> *****************************��*********************************** *****************************��********************************** To remove yourself from the OTnow mail list, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the message's *body*, put the following text: unsubscribe OTlist - List messages are archived at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED] *****************************��***********************************
