Thanks Pat!! You know, it's not the loss of the full-time job that hurts so much, because I will probably make just as much money working PRN. But, it's the "slap in my OT face" that really hurts.
I just don't understand why OT is so stinkin' far behind other professions, namely PT. Ron -- Ron Carson MHS, OT ----- Original Message ----- From: pat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subj: [OTlist] Lost My Home Health Job Today... p> I'm sorry to hear that Ron, I guess it doesn't always pay to be ethical. p> This could be a blessing in disguise though... you should be getting a p> higher hourly rate for PRN, plus it frees you up to also work PRN at p> other facilities. I don't know about you, but I am constantly getting p> calls and mail from headhunters looking for PRN OTs. There are quite a p> few agencies out there that are always scouting OTs. p> Pat p> -----Original Message----- >>From: Ron Carson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Sent: Oct 16, 2008 4:18 PM >>To: [email protected] >>Subject: [OTlist] Lost My Home Health Job Today... >> >>Well sort of. >> >>I was asked to revert back to PRN status because my productivity is >>not high enough. The goal is 30 visits/week and I've only been as high >>as 24. >> >>I guess I'm to blame because I give patients ONLY what they need. If a >>patient needs 5 day/week, that what they get. If they don't need any >>OT, then that's what they get. I guess I could just see all patients >>3x/week and that would take care of the productivity, but I don't feel >>that's appropriate. >> >>I told my supervisor that I can not see patients if I don't get the >>referrals. I told my supervisor that I've always thought OT should be >>the premier discipline but I don't think she agreed. I also had to >>counter the OT = upper extremity "thing" at least three times. It >>seems that no matter how many times I explained that my OT is not >>about UE, she just didn't get it. She did ask me to do an inservice >>for the nurses, but I'm not too optimistic... >> >>I must say that my poor little OT feelings are deeply hurt. The agency >>just hired 2 new PTA's. I must say, I do get a wee bit tired of >>fighting this battle. >> >>Thanks for listening to me "cry". >> >>Ron >>-- >>Ron Carson MHS, OT >> >> >>-- >>Options? >>www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com >> >>Archive? >>www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] p> -- p> Options? p> www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com p> Archive? p> www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] -- Options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
