Posts Tagged Assistants
Nationwide Are Physical Therapy Assistants Or Lpn’s Better For Getting A Job?
Posted by admin in Careers in PT on February 19, 2010
Which one is a safer career to get a job in . Please let me know asap .
Question For Physical Therapy Assistants Or Physical Therapists?
Do you like your job?
What are pros& cons?
What’s an average day like for you?
How would u describe the education process?
I’m thinking about this career path…especially PTA. I’m a certified nursing assistant, was planning to become a nurse. But there are several things I don’t like about nursing: (feel like a pill-pusher, ultra-competitiveness, hardly any actual time or contact with patients, too much time doing administrative duties, management, and delegation, and not enough one-on-one work that makes a difference, extremely stressful, etc.)
I know there will be stressful parts of being a PTA as well, and some things i don’t like. But my grandma is in a LTC getting rehabilitation after breaking several bones, and my family feels that the PT’S and PTA’S are the ones who are really helping her. Any thoughts?
Occupational Therapy Assistant And Physical Therapy Assistants- Is This A Good Career?
Posted by admin in Careers in PT on January 10, 2010
I need help to determine if this is the right career for me…Do you like your jobs? Is it exciting or does it become mundane after a while? What age groups do you primarily work with? What is your hourly wage? Do you work in a hospital or clinic? Do you wish you became a straight OT or PT instead?
How Important Are Math Skills In A Physical Therapy Assistants Career?
Posted by admin in Careers in PT on December 31, 2009
As someone who teaches business math and has students in every single program, including medical-related, I can honestly say that math is used in virtually everything.
Will you use math when assisting patients with their PT exercises, no? But you’ll have to write a series of progress reports on such things as by what percent they improve and over how long a period of time.
You may also have to provide some stats on the number of patients you’ve handled, breaking them down into things like gender, age, income level, injury types, etc.
And if you begin to rise up the ladder and actually supervise others, you’ll have a number of performance ratios to do when it comes to job evals.
And if you have patients who are taking meds, you’ll have to know how various dosage levels can effect their performance and progress.