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How Do You Motivate Staff Who Are Reluctant To Learn?
November 11, 2009 2:00 PM by Amy Reavis
I have pursued continuing education all my life. I graduated with my BA this past September. I regularly read many journals and bulletin boards about sleep. I forget sometimes that not everyone has this unending drive to learn more. This was evident when Read More...
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Sleep Patients: Do as I Say, Not as I Do
October 28, 2009 12:54 PM by Amy Reavis
How many times have you heard the saying "do as I say, not as I do?" Well, that's what I should have been telling patients this week. I try to teach our patients about sleep hygiene. I talk about sleep routines and bedroom environment and having the pet Read More...
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The Real Test: Writing BRPT Exam Questions
October 6, 2009 1:15 PM by Amy Reavis
If you think that the people who write the BRPT tests are clueless or are trying to trick you, think again. The people who write the test are you and me. The questions are gone over multiple times, trialed and reviewed again. There is science that goes Read More...
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My First BRPT Symposium
September 30, 2009 9:42 AM by Amy Reavis
Attending the BRPT Symposium for the first time was a great learning experience. Having the opportunity to meet the leadership of our test body, learn how the test is created, and see where we are going in the future was very enlightening. The meeting Read More...
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Fear of the Unknown in Accreditation
August 27, 2009 9:49 AM by Amy Reavis
We all have it. We all worry needlessly because of it. It can sometimes paralyze us. It's fear of the unknown. In this case, it's fear of the walk-through part of the accreditation process. The part I have been dreading since the day I was hired: having Read More...
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To Score or Not to Score
August 14, 2009 10:19 AM by Amy Reavis
There has been a debate about scoring on the fly for as long as I can remember. In sleep labs, there are some who say it is great because it saves paying for another staff member to do it, it saves time and it allows the person who is doing the study Read More...
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Moving Out Of Your Comfort Zone
July 28, 2009 1:19 PM by Amy Reavis
In all new positions you will be asked to do new things. This is true whether you are doing the same skills or whether you are adding skills you have never done before. In my lab, I find that the new techs have difficulty remembering how to do the paperwork Read More...
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Customer Non-Service
July 20, 2009 10:02 AM by Amy Reavis
One of my jobs as a lab manager to is to send the orders for the CPAPs, BiPAPs and oxygen to the homecare companies. For the most part, this is an easy job. I call the patients to tell them what company is going to call them to set up their equipment Read More...
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The Paperwork Monster
June 29, 2009 4:31 PM by Amy Reavis
When I started as a manager there was a great deal of disorganization. Every time there was a problem, my solution was to create a new form. And so began the paperwork monster. We all know him intimately. The paperwork monster is there whenever you decide Read More...
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A Sign of the Times: The Way We Dress
June 17, 2009 10:21 AM by Amy Reavis
I have been in health care for more than 20 years. I say this to support the fact that I am old enough to see some significant changes over my professional life. My question is: Why did we change how we dress? When I started in respiratory care back in Read More...
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Education is Everything
May 12, 2009 11:12 AM by Amy Reavis
As a sleep tech and a manager, I have learned that education is everything. The more information we give our patients, the more successful the study and (ultimately) their therapy will be. It is this part of the study that should really start at the doctor's Read More...
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Why is he here?
April 29, 2009 12:04 PM by Amy Reavis
I love my patients, but I have to admit there are some patients that make this job more challenging. They are not the patients with severe apnea or the patients who do not believe they have apnea; They are the patients who do not have anything. You know Read More...
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The Case of His and Hers: Part II - CPAP Therapy
April 15, 2009 3:26 PM by Amy Reavis
I have had a rash of husbands and wives lately. Some couples did the tests at the same time; others figured out their problem only after their mate was treated. From my days doing homecare, I know that the support a husband and wife give each other to Read More...
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The Case of His and Hers
March 31, 2009 2:27 PM by Amy Reavis
Several times over the last month I have had his and her patients. They are usually husband and wife, although I have had mother and daughter or father and son. It always amazes me that they are so incredibly linked. One particular couple snored in unison. Read More...
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Orientation: My Lesson in Patience
March 17, 2009 9:16 AM by Amy Reavis
I have been doing a great deal of orientations lately due to unforeseen staffing issue. Anyway, it is always interesting when you orienting a new person to see what they really know and what they tell you they know. Somehow they never quite meet. But Read More...
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