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Get Patients Motivated
by Veronica Haywood

Exercise is a very important part of what we do as physical therapists, but most patients hate to exercise. I know that sometimes I even need the extra motivation to get up and go to the gym. So...what is a good way to get them motivated to exercise? Read More...

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More Than Massage
by Veronica Haywood

OK. This is another side track from the disparities blog. But, why is it that the first thing people say when I tell them that I am a PT student or PT aide is "Oh, so you give massages?" The first few times it happened, I just thought it was sort of funny, Read More...

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Trusting the Health Care System
by Veronica Haywood

I've previously spoke on the importance of patients having health care providers they feel they can relate to. Whether it be having a provider of a certain sex, race or religion. Surprisingly, those that predominately seek urgent care are lacking in the Read More...

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Choosing a Specialty
by Veronica Haywood

Sorry to side note from the discussion on disparities, but I was curious as to how people chose their specialties and why they chose them. I'm currently trying to decide on what I want to take as an elective. I have been racking my brain every day because 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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I’m Human
by Veronica Haywood

Last week Karen brought up a very good point when commenting on my blog (hope you don't mind my reposting). She said, "I believe it is the cost of the health care workers that have driven up costs. Let's say we pay you less than what you think you are Read More...

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Patient Advocate
by Veronica Haywood

OK, so this is a little random, but I realized something today. I LOVE those who advocate for their patients. This came about randomly while I was watching ER today. There is one character (whose name slips my mind) who is constantly advocating for her Read More...

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With School Comes Stress
by Veronica Haywood

School has officially started and I am already stressed. I am, however, very excited about the classes that I will be taking. Some of the classes I am taking include biomechanics, LE orthopedics, neuro-anatomy, medical neuroscience and life span development. 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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Patient Preferences - Part II
by Veronica Haywood

I hope everyone had a great holiday! Now to continue on with last week's blog... I still have timeliness, healing behaviors, and cultural preferences to discuss. Now when I was on my internship these were things that I recognized as being important, however, Read More...

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Be Sensitive to Patient’s Preferences
by Veronica Haywood

As I mentioned previously, cultural competence is very important especially when working in health care. Each one of us identifies ourselves through our culture in one way or another. It involves parts or all of our belief systems, values, customs and 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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Patience is a Virtue
by Veronica Haywood

This is now week three of my internship, and I only have one more week left. I will be very sad to leave as I have thoroughly been enjoying my internship. During this past week I have had the opportunity to work with patients alone. I did not realize 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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