tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21050713.post5467170595130080148..comments2023-10-31T11:30:53.528-04:00Comments on Master of Irony: Invisible MeJust Mehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01085642883987294862noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21050713.post-23036708793624729682013-09-20T00:55:36.792-04:002013-09-20T00:55:36.792-04:00I should add that part of this is so that I can st...I should add that part of this is so that I can still say "I'm an OT". I don't like saying I'm disabled because people look at me and think I'm fine and retired makes people look at me like I'm weird. I need the identity though, as small a thing as that is.Just Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01085642883987294862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21050713.post-29677442313315629052013-09-20T00:55:35.313-04:002013-09-20T00:55:35.313-04:00I should add that part of this is so that I can st...I should add that part of this is so that I can still say "I'm an OT". I don't like saying I'm disabled because people look at me and think I'm fine and retired makes people look at me like I'm weird. I need the identity though, as small a thing as that is.Just Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01085642883987294862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21050713.post-5945362059995553012013-09-20T00:55:32.038-04:002013-09-20T00:55:32.038-04:00I should add that part of this is so that I can st...I should add that part of this is so that I can still say "I'm an OT". I don't like saying I'm disabled because people look at me and think I'm fine and retired makes people look at me like I'm weird. I need the identity though, as small a thing as that is.Just Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01085642883987294862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21050713.post-31241316423462368962013-09-20T00:53:53.675-04:002013-09-20T00:53:53.675-04:00Outpatient would have benefits. However my anato...Outpatient would have benefits. However my anatomy knowledge sucks. My OT school stopped cadavers with my class but didn't purchase the substitute software until the next year. I have a general grasp but not enough to do OP well. If this were a city and I could do just neuro OP I'd be fine because I've done a lot of CEUs on CVAs. But hands or anything anatomy based would not be very easy and my splint making is limited to very, very few. I could learn all that I suppose but my memory is not good enough right now to make that much information easy to assimilate.<br /><br />Home health worked for me but I worked really hard to stay organized. The company I worked for made that easier.<br /><br />The truth is that the last months I worked I was in over my head. One little change in COTA supervision (I didn't have one so it was supervising myself) and documentation made work too much. Nursing homes have changed since I was last there and have the same type of issue. <br /><br />I'm just not sure. I do think I'm going to do my CEUs and keep my license/certification from expiring. I am just going to stick to cheap and easy online CEUs. I have to figure out when NBCOT is due. The only way I can do it is to space the money out. <br />Just Mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01085642883987294862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21050713.post-22776387477470651912013-09-12T09:09:02.111-04:002013-09-12T09:09:02.111-04:00Maybe outpatient would be a better arena for you i...Maybe outpatient would be a better arena for you in OT? You work very specific hours, and a lot of places are looking for per diem or evening/weekend coverage for just a few hours. I don't know how you did homecare- I am not that organized. I need my patients to come to me! I have a lot of last edition hand therapy books if you ever want them (and nothing has changed that much in the new editions). <br /><br />But even in outpatient, I do put in more time than scheduled, usually because of the paperwork. Occasionally because of an urgent tendon repair or splint that needs to be seen.Jean Greyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13826037279061710386noreply@blogger.com