I am with you 100 %. The sad part is that 3 out of 5 OT/COTAS I work with passionately defend those tools as valid in our SNF setting. I have lost every battle I have fought regarding getting rid of pegs, cones a, putty and that ROM arch in our clinic. There seems to be an emotional attachement ( security blanket) to those tools that make us look like such a waist of time and resources to our clients. In my perfect world (lol), there should be some mandatory occupationally-based training attached to our license renewal process . This will assist in getting rid of tools that aren't conducive to enhancing occupation but that have poor evidence-based status in specific settings. How is that for radical...:) Carmen> From: [email protected]> To: [email protected]> Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 20:44:49 -0500> Subject: Re: [OTlist] otconnection/otnow> > > That's it! There needs to be a worldwide (not just national) recall on all cones and pegs. Every single primary colored one of them.> Angela Jones-Beaulieu MOTR/L Angie <(* ) (\\) == ""\\ ==> Date: Wed, 21 Jan 2009 18:16:35 -0500> From: [email protected]> To: [email protected]> Subject: Re: [OTlist] otconnection/otnow> > You will think I'm making this up, but I promise that it's the truth.> > At work today, a nurse says to me: "Ron, when do I refer to OT". I> said, "Janet, when a person is having difficulty taking care of> themselves...., then an OT referral is indicated". The nurse responded> with "Oh good, I have a patient I wanted to refer but when I mentioned> OT to her she said she didn't want to do pegs and cones". "Pegs and> cones", can you believe it!!!> > I just about fell on the floor laughing. Of course I didn't, I> explained that some OT's yada-yada-yada...> > R> > ----- Original Message -----> From: Ron Carson <[email protected]>> Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009> To: Barbara H. Hale <[email protected]>> Subj: [OTlist] otconnection/otnow> > > RC> Maybe the OTlist motto should be: "Just say no to pegs and cones".> RC> <smile>> > > > --> Options?> www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com> > Archive?> www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]> _________________________________________________________________> Windows Live™: E-mail. Chat. Share. Get more ways to connect. > http://windowslive.com/explore?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_t2_allup_explore_012009> --> Options?> www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com> > Archive?> www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail® goes where you go. On a PC, on the Web, on your phone. http://www.windowslive-hotmail.com/learnmore/versatility.aspx#mobile?ocid=TXT_TAGHM_WL_HM_versatility_121208 -- Options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com
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