OTNotes Greatest Hits Volume I: 2008-2012

As part of my blogiversary, I wanted to celebrate entries that have gotten lots of views, lots of comments, or that I felt were p…

Pregnant in Healthcare: diseases to avoid

This is a hard article to entitle. Obviously, no one wants to be exposed to contagious diseases at any time, but by virtue of wor…

Adventures in Scheduling

With all the crazy scheduling that is required as a therapist, you'd think they'd make you do logic puzzles as part of an…

Acute Care Tricks

There are so many OTs in the Acute Care/Hospital setting, and yet sometimes it's as if we're the black sheep of the OT fa…

random thoughts of an insomniac OT

Can't sleep and it's before six a.m. on a day I have off. Awesome. But here are some of my thoughts on things that have b…

Who gets to go home? 3 short case studies

One of my biggest responsibilities from a hospital standpoint is providing discharge recommendations. Hospital stays are notoriou…

Adventures in Serial Casting Part II: Review of the Evidence

The term "serial casting" refers to the use of plaster casts applied over time to gradually increase PROM, decrease abn…

Looking forward to 2011

Goodbye 2010. I don't have the energy for a LONG year in review, but... I will touch on a few ups and downs of the year. Firs…