So the question arises....what are we going to do about it? What actions need to be taken to promote quality, awareness, and ethics..............
--- On Thu, 10/16/08, pat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: pat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [OTlist] Lost My Home Health Job Today... To: [email protected] Date: Thursday, October 16, 2008, 6:10 PM I agree Ron.... when I made the decision to become an OT, I never imagined how much time I would spend explaining and defending our occupation! I might have chosen differently had I known. Fortunately, I fell into a position that I love... I just don't get why we can't make people understand what we do, AND the value of it! Pat -----Original Message----- >From: Ron Carson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Oct 16, 2008 5:33 PM >To: pat <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: [OTlist] Lost My Home Health Job Today... > >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] -- Options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] -- Options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
