Hello and Welcome Debbie! I didn't find your message bitter!
Write more when you can. Ron ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, August 26, 2007 To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subj: [OTlist] SNFs oac> Jenny and Bill, thank you so much for writing this rant. I am a COTA who has worked in oac> pediatrics for 7 years and I just recently moved to?a state where I have found there is not oac> much opportunity for COTA's with pediatric exp. unless it is in the school system and I can oac> not afford to be out of work for three months of the year. So, I went to the contract oac> companies and I am now working in an SNF and I love the clients. And, hate all this paper work oac> and productivity, stuff. Last week I found myself speaking to the regional manager who came in oac> to do an audit on the SNF, and I remember thinking to myself what does any of this have to do oac> with OT or the welfare of my patients. Infact, her visit has managed?to upset my boss who is oac> now a real monster to be around. So now I am pondering the whole field of OT. I moved here to oac> go back to school to be an OTR, but ouch! I have had to do a lot soul searching, still am. I oac> have not written to this list yet so please do not think I am always this bitter, it is just oac> that working with children I could match an activity with the child's personality, there was oac> room for creativity and I just dont see this happening in an SNF (at least not where I am at). oac> It is all?transfer belts and machines, wee haaaa!!! With all this said, I still have to earn a oac> living, and while I am hunting down that just right job, can anyone give me?some?examples of oac> SOAP notes or where I might find some online. Seems mine are oac> not?relaying skilled OT. I wish I oac> had longer to write. You all seem like very nice people so thank you for?letting me share with oac> you. oac> Debbie? oac> Tnow.com oac> Sent: Sun, 19 Aug 2007 7:31 pm oac> Subject: Re: [OTlist] SNFs oac> Bill, oac> My experience is a mirror reflection of yours. I was so fed up with working oac> my tail off in nursing homes, doing absolutely terrific therapy and spending oac> tons of time thinking out of the box while chasing my tail in circles to oac> meet my quotas that I burned out too. When I finally returned I insisted on oac> working only PRN as a contract therapist (with my OWN contract). I explained oac> that I don't waste a single minute but that I would be billing for all of my oac> time so don't waste it with extra paperwork or cleaning the therapy room oac> unless you want to pay a therapist's wage to have the work done. oac> (Fortunately, my husband has the benefits so I could do this.) We just oac> decided that we were going to do therapy our way (my husband was an OT at oac> the time) and that was the way it was. I talked to administration-types and oac> was very up front with my focus and if my way of doing therapy didn't jive oac> with their ideas, I didn't take the job. I have had to bounce around from oac> time to time as administration changed but in the end, I felt great about oac> sticking to my morals. I often ended up working in high need areas where an oac> OT was hard to find. Once they got me in their facilities, they were oac> thrilled with the patient's progress and the family's satisfaction (as oac> compared with the contract companies who had breezed in and out and left the oac> patients with a sense of "what did I just spend the last hour doing that oac> would help me get better?" I now work in a different field within OT and oac> have only self-induced pressure. I make sure I'm making a profit or breaking oac> even for my employer each month and everyone is happy. The high pressure, oac> money chasing life just wasn't for me. oac> Jenny oac> -- oac> Options? oac> www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com oac> Archive? oac> www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] oac> ************************************************************************************** oac> Enroll in Boston University's post-professional Master of Science for OTs oac> Online. Gain the skills and credentials to propel your career. oac> www.otdegree.com/otn oac> ************************************************************************************** oac> ________________________________________________________________________ oac> Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com -- 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 **************************************************************************************
