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The Skilled Nursing Facility Conundrum
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Toni Patt
Last week I was involved in a discussion regarding membership in the APTA. For once the topic wasn't new graduates but therapists who were members but no longer are. The question was, what would it take to bring them back in? What do they value? I responded
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Treating a Difficult Patient
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Toni Patt
"I'm paying to be here and be taken care of. You will do what I tell you." It's bad enough we struggle for respect from physicians and occasionally other disciplines. I would say the majority of the population doesn't know what we do or the amount of
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Offering a Therapist Recommendation
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Toni Patt
"I need therapy. Refer me to someone who knows what they're doing." This was an actual request to me last week. One of our CNAs has an Achilles tendon injury. She has been wearing a moon boot for a few weeks. Last week her physician ordered physical therapy
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No Lifting Rules
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Toni Patt
I have a new thing to be upset about, mechanical lifts. Yes, they've been around awhile. Yes, we've all used them. It's pretty much a given that any transfer performed with one is not a functional transfer. Still, as therapists we managed to avoid their
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Things Have Changed Since I Went to PT School
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Toni Patt
Lately I've been getting comments on my blog posts from people seeking advice about entering the PT profession, and asking how or why I became a physical therapist. The answers to both of those questions are complex. The medical environment today is significantly
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An Instructor's Perspective on a CEU Course
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Toni Patt
While I was teaching last week, it dawned on me that I have a unique perspective on continuing education courses. I've been on both sides of the projector. When I teach, I'm not listening. I'm trying to remember to say everything I want to on a topic.
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The Criteria for Our Priority List
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Toni Patt
Last weekend I was at a horse show, which means I was off on Friday. One of the things I do is manage our list for who gets out of bed over the weekend. We start the list on Monday, adding names as the week progresses. We have a tech who works the weekend,
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Making a Successful Case
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Toni Patt
A few weeks ago, I expressed my frustration with our capital budget process . While I was gone, my coworkers submitted a request for, among others things, a stand lift transfer device. To say I was shocked was an understatement. Since that time I've campaigned
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I'm Not Going to CSM Next Year
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Toni Patt
For the past few weeks, I've been receiving email reminders that early registration for the 2015 APTA Combined Sections Meeting (CSM) is underway. Separate emails inform me of how to reserve housing. Another batch tries to entice me with the various topics.
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Sometimes You Say the Right Thing
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Toni Patt
Last week I wrote about my latest conflict at work . The others want to use capital budget to purchase a mechanical lift. I am opposed because mechanical lift transfers aren't functional. The patient is a passive participant. Last Saturday I was teaching
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Promoting Functional Transfers
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Toni Patt
My facility is looking at capital budget for next year. We've all been asked to submit requests for equipment. The process is pretty simple. We submit a list of items we desperately need. Later we're told we can have one or two of them sometime during
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Making the Right Rehab Choice
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Toni Patt
I've previously mentioned my disappointing stroke patient . First he had a stroke. Then he had almost every possible complication. Finally he's doing better and getting ready to go to rehab. Everyone agrees he needs to go to rehab. Now there's disagreement
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Working in a Wheelchair
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Toni Patt
No, I'm not the one using a wheelchair. One of my fellow therapists is. She has chronic knee and ankle problems. It started out as wearing a walking boot, then progressed to a knee brace and either a walker or a wheelchair to get around. She chose the
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My Disappointing Stroke Patient
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Toni Patt
Everyone who knows me knows how neuro-focused I am. It's easy to imagine me getting excited when a relatively fresh ICH patient was admitted to our facility. I felt like someone gave me a present. He'd had some complications postoperatively so he came
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The PTA Student Who Only Wants to Do Orthopedics
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Toni Patt
Last month we had a PTA student at my facility. The other PT was his CI because while schedule facilitates time at the barn, no one else wants to start work at 6 in the morning. From the beginning, the student made it clear he planned to work in an outpatient
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