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A Problem
by Jason Marketti
But first an update: A while back I spoke about my CPR Instructor course and no one wanting to pay for it through CEU money and me hoping that our administrator would pay. Well, no one paid for it. Now for the difficult part. I work with a PT who is constantly Read More...
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Father's Day
by Jason Marketti
Men's Health Week has passed but June is also considered Men's Health Month. As I placed information about men's health on our rehab door at the beginning of the month, I realized I should probably get a check up. But time passes too quickly and eventually Read More...
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Litigation
by Jason Marketti
I have never been hauled into court over what I have or have not done. No jury has appraised me for what I look like and no attorney has battered me on the stand. I recently read Gloria Allred's book "Fight Back and Win." I think if she took on the health Read More...
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Is There an 'S' on my Chest?
by Jason Marketti
I see patients that often require two people to assist with transfers or the nursing staff uses mechanical devices to get these people up in a chair. The problem is that I don't always have a second person to assist me when I get someone up in a chair Read More...
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Max Level Performance
by Jason Marketti
I write about complaints I have experienced and concerns I have about the health care industry. But some of my comments are only to make us perform better. Imagine if you never had a thorn in your side asking questions trying to absorb and understand Read More...
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When the PTA Knows More
by Jason Marketti
I have worked with new grad PTs and those with many years of experience, and there will always be times when I know more than a PT, just as they will, at times, know more than me in relation to patient care and progression. Over the years I have learned Read More...
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Progression
by Jason Marketti
Therapy treatments should show progression, and insurance companies will approve treatments as long as the patient will progress. This is probably why few PTs are in hospice care. But what about PD and dementia-related diseases that are slowly progressive Read More...
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The Fathers Network--Part Two
by Jason Marketti
I met James May approximately 10 years ago when he was invited to speak at an Early Head Start program in Lewiston, Idaho. With multiple advanced degrees in Applied Behavioral Science and Mental Health (he is a licensed mental health counselor), and a Read More...
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“I’m not a nurse!”
by Jason Marketti
This phrase comes up way too often in nursing facility therapy departments. If a patient needs an assessment on blood pressure, oxygen saturation, pulse rate, respirations, etc., therapists often divert to nurses. WHY? The therapy community is trying Read More...
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Desk Space
by Jason Marketti
I have had two desks in my career. One was when I worked acute care (many years ago) and the other was last year in a SNF. Currently my "desk" is the top of the therapy steps where it is level with a shelf. This is where I chart on a computer notepad. Read More...
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Being Physical
by Jason Marketti
I see some "heavy" patients. By heavy I mean they are difficult to position and transfer; some require two people to transfer from the mat to the wheelchair and back. The aide and myself have a pretty good routine when doing this and we ensure we are Read More...
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Men's Health
by Jason Marketti
Why is it that there is very little in the way of men's health in therapy? There was the Men's Health Week in June, then everything disappeared. There are sections for women's health, but what about us guys? We have our own unique code and ideas about Read More...
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PT Techs
by Jason Marketti
Therapy aides and technicians are valuable members of the therapy team. However, I have seen them overused in their role and some therapists rely on an aide so much they are unable to carry out a treatment if the aide is not present. One PT I spoke with Read More...
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PT/PTA Relationships
by Jason Marketti
The PT asked me one day if there was anyone I thought was appropriate for the restorative nursing assistants (RNAs) to work on. Well, if a PT asks for my input I am not shy about giving it. I listed about five patients and the reasons why the RNAs should Read More...
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Reading My Documentation
by Jason Marketti
Before computors I wrote all my notes out in long hand and could scrible the "n's" and "m's" or add a dot above the word if I wasnt sure the word had and i or an e. There was no spell check with red underlnes or grren wavy lines if the sentances didn't Read More...
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