Hello Jenny: Tell us more about how you practice, especially about what's different about you compared to other OT's!
Thanks, Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: Jenny Daup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, January 12, 2007 To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subj: [OTlist] Acute Care OT? JD> I don't know about the rest of you, but I always found the most difficult JD> part of working for any company (now I privately contract and have more JD> control over my time) was the amount of time they expected me to bill vs. my JD> planning time for treatment sessions...gathering supplies, etc. Many times I JD> was in a clinic that had a couple splints, cones, clothes pins, and weights. JD> There are always the reachers, sock aids, etc. But if I wanted to really get JD> down to my clients personalized life tasks I had to do all the planning and JD> gathering of supplies on my own personal time because "productivity" was JD> such a focus. After gaining a number of years of experience I started doing JD> a little bit of PRN contract work and I noticed that I started being a JD> little stronger in my conviction that I was going to do what was best for JD> the patient...not necessarily what was the status quo of the facility. More JD> clients and families started commenting and asking for me specifically JD> because their experiences with previous OTs had been different and they JD> didn't necessarily see the benefit of their past OT experience. Now that I JD> only work on a PRN contract basis (there is enough work in my area that I JD> could work 80 hours a week if I wanted) I make it very clear that I may be a JD> different breed of OT than they are used to and after I've worked at a JD> facility for a period of time, they are free to take my services or leave JD> them. I've never lost a contract and most of them beg me to come on JD> full-time (which I won't do because I have tried it too many times and been JD> in situations where I'm being pressured to do "standard" care or up my JD> productivity). I've been out of OT school since 1995 and I've only worked JD> with ONE other OT who has had a similar style...he is a COTA in my area and JD> the finest OT I've ever had the opportunity to work with. I'd clone him in JD> an instant if I could. And he is leaving the profession! I end up spending a JD> lot of extra time with some of my clients and much less with others (as JD> compared with other OTs). By the way, if anyone needs a new area to move to, JD> contact me. I live in an area with a HUGE need for OTs and I could point you JD> in the right direction (I'm in central Nebraska). JD> Jenny Daup JD> -- JD> Options? JD> www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com JD> Archive? JD> www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] JD> ************************************************************************************** JD> Enroll in Boston University's post-professional Master of JD> Science for OTs Online. Gain the skills and credentials to propel JD> your career. JD> www.otdegree.com/otn JD> ************************************************************************************** -- Options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] ************************************************************************************** Enroll in Boston University's post-professional Master of Science for OTs Online. Gain the skills and credentials to propel your career. www.otdegree.com/otn **************************************************************************************
