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Outpatient Physical Therapy and Psychiatric Help
by Veronica Haywood

OK, so I just want to start by saying I LOVE MARQUETTE PT AND ALL MY TEACHERS. Just as a clarification. While I was working in an outpatient practice I realized that it was not easy to handle situations where patients needed possible psychology/psychiatric Read More...

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Treating Complex Patients
by Veronica Haywood

The past week has been quite exciting. I now have patients with polymyositis, post reactive streptococcal arthritis that lead to a total shoulder arthroplasty, MS status post ORIF, and a post polio syndrome/post cervical fusion patient who is now fused Read More...

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Paperwork, Paperwork, Paperwork!
by Veronica Haywood

My caseload is rapidly increasing and I love it! Well, most of it. For some reason I don't think I realized just how much paperwork is involved. There's evaluations, daily notes, progress notes, discharge summaries, billing. I'm officially convinced that Read More...

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A Different Perspective
by Veronica Haywood

I am loving my internship! I have finally gotten to the point where I pretty much have my own schedule of patients. The ones that I evaluate independently are the ones that I treat in addition to some of my CI's other patients. I am not going to lie, Read More...

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Disparities in Health Care
by Veronica Haywood

Disparities in health care can be viewed from different perspectives. It can be viewed looking at the disparities when it comes to service and the disparities examined within each field. Now when I say disparities in service, this is more or less in reference Read More...

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Cultural Preference
by Veronica Haywood

One more week before I start classes! Hope everyone had a great new year! While on my internship, I realized just how important the last thing that I want to talk about is: cultural preference. Though it doesn't apply to everyone and this is just based Read More...

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The End of an Internship
by Veronica Haywood

My internship has ended and it was GREAT!!! I have had the wonderful opportunity to work with many health care professionals, but most of all I had the opportunity to work with an excellent CI. She was able to help me grow so much during the course of Read More...

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PT Takes a Toll
by Veronica Haywood

I have just completed my second week at my internship! I cannot believe how fast time flies. I feel like I have learned so much in such a little time. The one thing that has become very obvious to me is that this profession takes a toll on your body. Read More...

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Week One
by Veronica Haywood

I have officially completed an entire week of my internship. So far everything is awesome. It sort of took a few days to get used to the environment, since I am not used to being in a long-term care facility, but I have become much more comfortable there. Read More...

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Motivation Makes a Difference
by Veronica Haywood

So I am officially a rehabilitation aide! After hours of orientation and shadowing, I will pick up my first real shift by myself in a few days! In the one week that I have been at the hospital, I have been able to gain a whole new appreciation for PTs, Read More...

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