If you follow me on social media, you know that I just got out of quarantine after testing positive for COVID-19 and wanted to share my experience with this virus. My symptoms were thankfully mild for the most part, but still present. I get tested twice a week with a PCR so on Mondays and…
I never thought I would become so passionate about the legislative side of physical therapy, but here we are. I even did an interview with Dr. Mercedes Aguirre, PT, DPT (@theptadvocate) on the issue. This concept seems so logical and simple to execute on a national level in order to make licensing for PTs and…
Moreso the Covid unit. Even the covid unit isn’t full of strictly covid patients either. Confused yet? Well, I promise you will be by the end of this post. Let me start by saying that the rules/protocols were changing everyday, and they are still changing now. So something I say now, could easily be different…
My biggest concern going into travel was housing. Planning stresses me out and does NOT come naturally to me, unlike my mother. Also, making decisions on housing just STRESSES me out. When I’m planning a trip, I look at several options to compare prices, aesthetic/comfort, area, past reviews, etc. This obviously isn’t a bad thing,…
Because everyone aspires to work in a skilled nursing facility right? I get it, and if you have read any of my other posts, you would know the last place I wanted to work was a SNF. However, in the current market after PDPM changes (NOT the COVID market), SNFs became a more popular setting…
Missouri, where do I even start other than to say it’s just another way to spell “misery” *insert punchline drum effect*. I was placed in 3 towns in what they call the “boot heel” of Missouri and each town had a population of roughly 1,000 people. I stayed in 2 air bnb’s while I was…
I loved the LTAC in Memphis. I was confident in my knowledge and abilities as a therapist. I went to the weekly interprofessional meetings to discuss patients as the face of the therapy department. And I loved the speech therapist. She was cool and very knowledgeable in both her field and diagnoses beyond her field.…
My first assignment was short and sweet, but I miss that setting all the time. It was a 4 week rotation in a Long Term Acute Care Hospital (LTAC) in Memphis, TN. I was told I would be filling in for a PT going on vacation and I would be the only PT. Mind you,…
I’m often asked “what made you choose travel therapy?”, and this is a blog all about travel therapy after all isn’t it? During PT school I felt so lost with everyone knowing what setting and/or specialty they wanted to go into. All I can remember thinking is “Anything but a SNF” (this statement will come…
I decided to start this blog to give a true glimpse at the life of a travel therapist. I went into this without much advice from experienced travel therapists (a motif of my academic/career choices thus far). Of course a recruiter will do his/her best to sell you, meaning you only hear the good things.…
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