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Former captain Fiona Coghlan has said she was surprised by the lack of criticism over Ireland's World Cup exit in August and that she wants women's rugby to get as much TV coverage as men's.
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People are still talking about the pitch, which is perceived to be a retaliatory effort against Pittsburgh after D-backs slugger Paul Goldschmidt was hit on the hand by Bucs reliever Ernesto Frieri Friday night. Goldschmidt suffered a fractured left hand, effectively ending his season.
In the days that followed, national media members stood in line to rail on the Diamondbacks for their tactics. CBSSports.com columnist Greg Doyel called manager Kirk Gibson a "meathead." Grantland.com's Michael Baumann skewered Gibson, calling him "the guy who tries to start a fight with a stranger and then tells his friends to hold him back."
ESPN's Keith Olbermann jumped on the bandwagon as well, naming Gibson and general manager Kevin Towers "the world's worst persons in sports" on his Monday telecast.
"Two of the best players in the National League are hurt. One gone for the year -- because of an accident -- the other gone for at least two weeks in the middle of a pennant race because a very bad baseball team run by a manager and a general manager, who have almost nothing but failure in their careers in those positions, decided to retaliate�for an accident," he ranted.
Well, Towers has a message for all the national critics who don't believe the Diamondbacks are playing the game the "right way."
"We're not a dirty organization at all," he told Doug and Wolf Wednesday on Arizona Sports 98.7 FM. "I think the people in here are good people that have been in this game a long, long time and know how the game should be played."
The general manager believes the times have changed in terms of perception when it comes to baseball matters such as this one.
"With social media and what happens nowadays -- 20 years ago, this wouldn't be a story," he said. "Now, it blows like wildfire and it goes crazy.
"But I think the one thing we all need to remember is baseball is a dangerous game. I think a lot of people think it's vanilla. I mean, the game can be very dangerous and I think we need to remind ourselves that guys are throwing the ball 95 and 96 miles per hour across the plate and guys are leaning over the plate, guys are going to get hit and it can be very, very dangerous."
Bean balls and retaliation have been prominent story lines for well over a calendar year for the D-backs. So has the subject of pitching inside to be successful. Towers reiterated his stance on the matter.
"The Pittsburgh Pirates, I think they've hit 61 hitters -- almost double the amount of hitters we've hit over this season. They pitch inside and I think that's why they've been successful over the last couple of years," he said. "What's killed us the last couple of years is the long ball. Not only the long ball, but not pitching inside effectively. If you don't pitch inside effectively, you're going to have poor results.
"My comment a year ago is we have to have allegiance to our players too. Our players and our fan base. Guys like Paul Goldschmidt, we need to be running out there every day to not only give our organization a chance to win, but he's one of our more popular players. I think our guys need to have allegiance to our own players and play the game the right way. Not to hurt anybody, but to come in there and take away the inner half of the plate. If you take the inner half away, you've got a chance to be successful -- and guys are going to get dinged at times, it's part of the game."
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Five noteworthy examples of how Kickstarter is helping make the local scene more vibrant
Amanda Palmer recently set the record for crowd-sourced fundraising among music-related projects -- a record once held by Five Iron Frenzy -- after the Kickstarter campaign to fund her new record raised $735,000 in about two weeks. The former Dresden Dolls frontwoman served up tickets, copies of the album and private concerts to fans willing to donate. For $10,000, the fortunate fan got to hang out with Palmer for the day, plus have a professionally styled photo shoot together.
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Wednesday, July 24, 2013
Mankato, Minn. - Hall of Fame inductions are nothing new to Art Westphal. For nearly 30 years, Westphal has served Bethany Lutheran College in a number of capacities including athletic director, head baseball and basketball coach, admissions counselor, and his current role of chief advancement officer. Because of his impact on the Bethany community, he gained induction into the Bethany Athletic Hall of Fame in 2006.Westphal has had an impact in... continue reading
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Bethany Lutheran College announces the hiring of Don Westphal as the new Director of Athletics. If there is anybody who is in-tune with the Bethany Lutheran community it is Westphal. He was a graduate of Bethany in 1987 and has spent the last 20 years working in the school's admissions office, the last 13 of which were as Dean of Admissions. Additionally, Westphal spent time as the Sports Information Director and as the Public Relations Director... continue reading
Wednesday, June 5, 2013
The Minnesota Private College Council announced today that Bethany President Dan Bruss will chair the executive committee beginning July 1, 2013.
The Minnesota Private College Council and its affiliate, the Minnesota Private College Fund, represent private nonprofit higher education in Minnesota. Seventeen institutions are members; they share a liberal arts focus.
Minnesota Private College Council's mission is to serve members' shared needs... continue reading
Friday, May 24, 2013
Dr. Peter Harstad (55) is the recipient of the 2013 Bethany Lutheran College Distinguished Alumnus Award. Harstad, the eldest of ten children, was born on November 13, 1935, to the Reverend Adolph and Martha (Tjernagel) Harstad.
Harstad is an accomplished historian with several books and publications to his credit, has taught at the collegiate level, and directed two State Historical Societies. He has earned several awards including:
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Thursday, May 9, 2013
When Bethany Lutheran College became a Division III member in 2004-05, no athletic team has ever qualified for a national tournament. That changed on Saturday. The softball team beat Martin Luther 9-0 in six innings in the UMAC championship game to win the UMAC postseason championship and earns the conference's automatic berth to the NCAA tournament.
In the cold, windy, and drizzly conditions, neither the Vikings nor the Knights could muster a... continue reading
Tuesday, May 7, 2013
Rebecca Alberts (Pine Island, Minnesota), a freshman media arts major at Bethany Lutheran College, has been named winner of the 2013 PromaxBDA Student Story Challenge. Her winning entry is titled Dreamer. PromaxBDA is self described as "a global community of those passionately engaged in the marketing, promotion, and design of television on all platforms, inspiring creativity, driving innovation, and honoring excellence."
The creative objective... continue reading
Monday, May 6, 2013
Bethany Lutheran College announces the hiring of Greg Holzhueter as the new head men's basketball coach. Holzhueter has been with the Vikings for the past two seasons working as the lead assistant and recruiting coordinator under David Balza. Bethany reached the Upper Midwest Athletic Conference (UMAC) championship game in each of those years which included the program's first regular season UMAC title in 2011-12. "I'm very excited to be named... continue reading
Friday, April 19, 2013
Thalia Pollard (Hastings, Minnesota), a senior elementary education major at Bethany Lutheran College, has been awarded the Stan Hooper Award for Educational Excellence by the Minnesota Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) Board of Directors.
Each year, Minnesota ASCD presents this award to honor exceptional students in the field of education. The award is inspired by and named for Stan Hooper, a powerful force in... continue reading
Thursday, April 18, 2013
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Bethany Lutheran College is proud to announce the winners of the inaugural Speechless Film Festival. Speechless is an international film festival for students and professionals inspired by the universal art of visual, but not silent, storytelling. The festival received 86 entries from 24 countries. Judges for the festival are Jeff Boortz, assistant professor of graphic design at Georgia State University; Lars Johnson,... continue reading
Tuesday, April 16, 2013
The Upper Midwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) Student Production Awards were announced at a ceremony on Sunday, April 14, 2013, at the Theaters at Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota. Bethany Lutheran College students received eleven nominations in eight categories and claimed five awards. Bethany and St. Cloud State University both went home with five awards followed by Minnesota State... continue reading


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Source: Bowden doesn't intend to quit
The futures of Florida State football coach Bobby Bowden and his successor-in-waiting, Jimbo Fisher, remained unsettled Wednesday while the Seminoles players sought to keep their focus on Saturday's conference game against No. 22 Georgia Tech.
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Bowden said Sunday he isn't planning on leaving the job he's held for 33 seasons, in response to the blistering critique from board of trustees chairman Jim Smith, who said the program is not viable with Bowden as head coach and the Bowden-Fisher arrangement is not working.
University president T.K. Wetherell issued a statement Wednesday assuring the Florida State community that a transition will be finalized at some point.
"Two years ago Coach Bowden and I and others stood together and announced that we were beginning a period of transition for the football program. That plan is in place and will produce results, given the opportunity and support," Wetherell said.
"I want to assure all fans, friends, supporters and alumni of Florida State University that that transition will be finalized. Jimbo Fisher will be Florida State University's next head football coach. We expect to work with Coach Fisher on a contract toward that end, and I will evaluate the program with the athletics director at the end of this season.
"Specifically, I also know that Bobby Bowden loves this university. I have talked with him at length, and I know that he will do the right thing, as he always has done. I know the man and I know what's in his heart."
Bowden briefly met with Wetherell on Monday, but a person close to the coach said the two did not discuss Bowden leaving after this season.
One of their discussion points was Smith's remarks that a coaching change needed to be made. Bowden's contract runs through the 2010 season.
"I don't think they're going to make him quit and I don't think he wants to," a person close to Bowden told ESPN.com's Mark Schlabach. "If the season ends on a down [note], I think he'll do exactly what he's always said he'll do -- he'll leave on his own terms. He's going to retire soon, but nobody wants to make it an ugly departure."
According to the source, Bowden remains convinced the Seminoles can turn their 2-3 season around.
"He told TK, 'Don't you quit. We have a season to save. We have some games to win,' " the person close to Bowden said.
A source told ESPN's Shaun King on Tuesday that Bowden will not be asked to step down this season, but a succession plan for Fisher to assume greater responsibility before the 2010 season has been discussed.
If Bowden remains as coach for next season, the source said, Florida State officials want a plan in place in which Fisher would have control over the Seminoles' football operations.
Fisher, Bowden's offensive coordinator, was designated the head coach-in-waiting in 2007. If he does not succeed Bowden at the end of the 2010 season, Florida State -- under the terms of its agreement with Fisher -- would have to pay him $5 million. FSU has begun working on the parameters of a five-year deal with Fisher, Smith told the Tallahassee Democrat recently.
"It's all about them not winning enough games. Everybody thought they'd be over the hump and playing better. But nobody has said, 'Bobby, it's over at the end of the season.' He has told them, 'I'll talk about it at the end of the year.' " the person close to Bowden told Schlabach.
Florida State hosts Georgia Tech (4-1) on Saturday (ESPN2, 8 p.m. ET). The Seminoles are 0-2 in the ACC for the first time under Bowden. Anxiety in Seminole Nation has reached a crescendo recently.
"It's just really sad because he has propelled FSU into a national power and we just haven't been there for really eight years now," Ron Sellers, a record-setting wide receiver from 1966-68, told Schlabach. "I really don't know what's compounding the problem.
"It's just a sad time. "I guess that people want Bobby to step down gracefully, and I want what's best for Florida State University. I'm just really saddened by where we are. I'm hurting as much as all the Seminole Nation. It's bad. The last two Saturdays have been bad. Something is amiss, and I'm not sure what it is. But we can't keep going in the direction it's going."
Sellers, who was inducted into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1988, still attends FSU football games regularly. He was at the Seminoles' 19-9 victory over FCS opponent Jacksonville (Ala.) State on Sept. 12, when FSU had to score two touchdowns in the final 35 seconds to avoid the worst loss in Bowden's tenure.
"I saw too many dropped passes, too many fumbles, too many guys dropping punts and too many people missing tackles," Sellers said. "We're just a team in disarray."
Redshirt junior defensive back Ochuko Jenije told ESPN.com's Heather Dinich that the team is trying to put its attention into preparation for the Tech game.
"[The coaching situation] hasn't really been a distraction," Jenije said. "We know how things are in the college football world. It hasn't really been a distraction. We just let them do their talking. We're just going to focus on getting better and getting the man some wins."
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Everyone who knows me knows how neuro-focused I am. It's easy to imagine me getting excited when a relatively fresh ICH patient was admitted to our facility. I felt like someone gave me a present. He'd had some complications postoperatively so he came to us prior to rehab.
As soon as I read the chart, I was already thinking of what I wanted to do. Not only was he awake, he was following commands. I teach this stuff on a regular basis. Now I could actually do what I tell others to do as well as test two of my pet theories. The patient would benefit because if anything, he'd get more therapy. This is definitely a win-win situation.
I've worked with him for three days. And to paraphrase a movie, Houston we have a problem. This guy is lazy. He doesn't want to work. He doesn't try. If it is the least bit challenging, he won't do it. My tech and I have gotten him up each day. We no more than leave the room and his wife is coming down the hall saying he's tired. He needs to go back to bed. Of course he's tired. I just wore him out.
The wife is another problem. I've never seen a family member so disinterested in therapy. She spends most of the sessions shopping on her phone. The nurses have told me she quit her job so she can stay in the room with her husband. Twice she has asked if her husband can have medical marijuana. He asks for cocaine.
I already had the nice come-to-Jesus talk. I explained what it takes to recover after a stroke. I explained how important it was for him to work with therapy and build up his endurance. I explained the criteria for inpatient rehab, which is where someone 40-something years old should go. I also explained the alternatives. I might as well have been speaking to a brick wall. No, at least the wall would have absorbed the words.
I almost want to cry. Here is someone with so much potential. This is why I do what I do. I could get him walking. Instead he wants to lie around in bed and get high. I'm going to keep trying. Maybe the light will eventually go on and he'll realize it's up to him. My tech has already told me I'm fighting a losing battle and to let it go. There is nothing I can do for someone who won't take responsibility for getting better.
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I'm noticing a disturbing trend. I'm always the one pointing out the bad news. I admit I do better with realistic than cheerfully optimistic, but it seems like it's always me pointing out the flaw with a plan. If I'm not pointing out the obvious, I'm explaining why the obvious isn't going to happen. It feels like everyone else is focusing on happily ever after and I'm saying not during this admission.
This is particularly true with our PM & R crew. I've complained about them before. For some reason they ignore what the patient is currently doing in favor of what the patient wants to be able to do. I've heard one of the PAs make promises to patients that aren't realistic. Giving patients hope is one thing. Setting them up for failure is another.
When I confront them, the response is always, "Well it could happen." Sometimes I feel like I'm teaching basic rehab science to an empty room. I almost like it better when they don't interact with the patients. That tends to keep the expectations more realistic.
Most of the patients in my facility are very sick. Rehab usually isn't their biggest need. They need to get well enough to do rehab somewhere else. We're not a rehab facility. We get people ready for rehab. I'm tired of constantly explaining this to people who should know better.
Oddly I have no problems with the case managers. They all seem to get that these patients aren't going home when they leave us. They work to make the transition as easy as possible.
I don't want to be negative. I just know from experience what is possible, what is not possible and how long it takes.
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I didn't think much about it until a doctor wanted a functional assessment of an incomplete SCI patient. Because I'm the neuro person, the student asked me. I tried to explain the ASIS scale to him. He didn't know what it was, which didn't surprise me. What surprised me was his attitude. He didn't want to know. He said he was going to treat orthopedic patients so it wasn't that important.
My response was pointing out there will be an ASIA question somewhere on the exam. He will need to know it to pass his neurological course. I guess he plans on memorizing for the exam and then forgetting like everything else neurological.
It seems like all students want to either do orthopedics or pediatrics. But this is the first time I've heard anyone be so dismissive of neurological principles. The sad fact is, as much as I wouldn't want to, if a total joint patient rolled into the gym I could treat the patient. I wouldn't enjoy it but I could do it. If a stroke patient ends up at an ortho clinic, they are clueless. Unless it's someone with minimal impairment, they don't know what to do.
I didn't bother to give this guy an attitude adjustment. Sometimes you just have to let nature take its course. It's bad enough that wherever I go, I hear the DPT graduates aren't prepared for anything but to be called doctor. Now I've met this guy who seems to think a good part of physical therapy education isn't necessary.
Is the problem us? Is it the programs? Did he just not say anything to anyone previously? Had he been my student, I would have called the program. All of the previous students I've encountered have been told to keep biases to themselves and concentrate on the current setting. I hope this one was the exception to the rule.
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Currently I have an elderly gentleman with a traumatic brain injury from a fall. One version says he tripped over his dogs. Another says he had a seizure. Either way he hit his head on the way down, developed a bleed and had a craniotomy. The man was clearly ambulatory and functional prior to his injury.
I'm not getting anywhere with him. It took a while for him to wake up. It took a little longer for his aphasia to improve. Lying peacefully in bed, he can speak in complete sentences most of the time. In fact he is pretty well behaved until I try to move him.
He has perceptual deficits and possibly a right visual field cut. He's a little weaker on the left compared to the right. Those are all things I can deal with. The problem is the premorbid alcoholism. According to his chart, he averaged a bottle of vodka a day. Add that to some dementia. As soon as I try to move him, he fights me.
About every third day he is relatively clear. He sits EOB with SBA. He follows commands. He even stands with assist. I could have him walking if not for the confusion and combativeness. His sitting balance is good enough for a w/c but I can't put him in one. Someone would get hurt in the process. Every day I stand in his door and try to figure out what to do.
He will discharge to a SNF, where if his behavior continues he will become bed bound. Everything I could want in an ICH patient is there except for the cognition. How many times is it the other way around? Usually I have patients who can participate but lack motor activation.
My tech is a real sport about this. He gets the brunt of the resistance. Yet he still smiles and says okay if I want to try sitting this guy up. We can't do this much longer. We're getting beaten up. Pretty soon I'm going to have to accept there is nothing I can do about this.
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This morning I was working on discharge planning with one of our case managers. A doctor was ready to discharge a patient and she had asked me for recommendations. I immediately said SNF. He wasn't able to safely transfer out of bed. I had yet to see him walk due to complaints of back pain. And he lacks insight into his limitations. The case manager agreed with me but said the patient was refusing to go anywhere but home.
Believe me, this is not someone who needs to go home. He can't make it to the bathroom without assist. I don't know how he would function if he were home alone. On top of that he has a 10-step entry into his home. Finally the case manager called the man's wife. After some hemming and hawing, she stated the patient's brother had recently moved in and would be able to assist her with assisting him.
Both the case manager and I know that isn't going to work. His family isn't going to be able to manage him. The case manager informed me his insurance won't pay our facility if we say he needs to go to a SNF and he goes home. The only way we'll be reimbursed is if he follows whatever discharge plan we establish.
I get that is a problem. What I don't understand is when did we stop billing these people? Who decided and when that patients are no longer responsible for medical bills? Maybe the question is when did people stop caring whether medical bills were paid? Once again, we have decisions being made based on reimbursement that aren't in the best interest of the patient.
Both the case manager and I documented our concerns. She added a statement that his wife states she and his brother will be able to adequately care for him 24/7. Both of us know that isn't correct but there's nothing we can do about it. It'll only be a matter of time until he is readmitted, probably worse than he already is. How is this good patient care? How is this good discharge planning?
The saddest part of this is that it's not an isolated case. It goes on every day where I work and in facilities throughout the country. These people are in and out of the same facilities over and over again. Eventually the insurance companies will refuse to pay us because of multiple admissions for the same problem.
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As part of my leadership program, I attended the Texas Physical Therapy Association (TPTA) strategic planning meeting last weekend. The idea was to get newer and upcoming leaders to meet and mingle with people in leadership positions. We also got insight into how decisions are made and what is on tap for us in the future.
I loved it. I chose to participate in the professional development subcommittee. I think I have found a new niche. Right away I realized things I've been thinking and saying were parallel with what was going on. I was able to make some suggestions that were added as steps to the overall strategic plan. I want to do more of that.
There's one problem. All of the people involved beside a few leadership fellows hold elected positions. In order to attend further meetings, I need to be elected as either a district chair or to a state-level office. I'm on the nominating committee but am not chair so that doesn't help. I don't think I'd be turned down if I wanted to attend again, but I need to ask in such a way that it's obvious I will be a contributor.
It's been a while since I've done something I've actually enjoyed doing. Other than teaching and keeping up with the stroke literature, there hasn't been much. My eyes have been opened to a new avenue to pursue: leadership. I'm not sure what's out there but I need to investigate.
As a leadership fellow, I'm expected to complete a service project for the TPTA by October of next year. I have until October of this year to select what it will be. I'll be working with a mentor to complete the project. The purpose of the mentor is to problem-solve and keep me from reinventing the wheel. I brought the materials home to study. Ideally I would like to dovetail my project onto this meeting.
I also discovered that a horse show is an acceptable excuse for missing some meetings. Several others mentioned they wouldn't have been there if "blank" was going on. I can't describe how relieved I felt. It was worth it. Allie and I got three firsts but I felt I was missing an obligation. In order to run for higher office I must serve as a delegate. That requires some travel. I'm not sure how that will work out in the future but planning is everything.
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A few weeks ago, a woman was admitted to our facility with a knee injury. She appeared to have ligamentous damage on top of arthritic deformities. She came to us for medical management and antibiotics prior to surgery. Before she was admitted, her orthopedist ordered a KAFO for the involved leg.
I'm not a big believer in KAFOs. In my experience they are bulky and uncomfortable. In this case the woman weighed more than 300 pounds with chronic lower-leg edema, although her skin was intact. This meant the brace required extra reinforcement to be able to support her.
When the brace was finally completed, it cost $2,500. My facility refused to pay for it because that money would come out of their reimbursement. Management stated the brace was ordered before she was admitted and therefore wasn't our responsibility. Furthermore, the brace wouldn't be used until after the surgery, when she would transition to a SNF, so the SNF should pay for it. Naturally the brace company wouldn't release the brace to her without reimbursement.
I wish I could say this was an isolated incident. Maybe the cost is a little more than usual, but it happens all the time. No facility wants to pay for any sort of brace or orthotic. If something off the shelf can't be used, the patient must wait until transferring to the next facility or using Medicare part B if discharged home. Stroke patients do much better with hinged AFOs but they are almost impossible to get.
It almost seems like facilities and insurance companies are practicing medicine. The need is identified. The physician writes the order. Then either the insurance refuses to pay for it or the facility does. Insurances simply say the device wasn't covered. Facilities say the patient can get it at the next level of care, which also won't pay for it. The end result is something deemed medically necessary with a physician's order isn't purchased for the patient.
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Last month I went to an onsite CEU course. Back in the day, I was a CEU junkie. I'd go not just for CEUs but if the topic sounded interesting. More recently I've had to cut back and limit myself to CSM. This year I got burned by the stroke course at CSM. Needless to say, I was a little nervous about this one.
The topic was motor learning. It was taught by someone I'd heard speak previously. He was interesting a few years ago. More importantly I was positive he knew more about the topic than I did. I was correct. It wasn't so much that I learned new information. I learned better application of what I knew and gained some insight into why I see some of what I do.
It was nice to sit in the class for a change. I didn't have to watch the clock. I didn't have to be on for 6 straight hours. I could go to the bathroom whenever I wanted. People attending a class don't realize this. They can get up and run to the bathroom whenever they want. The instructor can only go on the breaks.
I realize the more I know about a topic, the less there is for others to teach me. I'm trying to pick things that are newer or unfamiliar. Having written course descriptions and the like, I'm getting better at reading between the lines.
It was a nice experience to sit back and listen to someone else for a change. Not once did I have to sit on my hands to keep from correcting him. Nor did I have the urge to cite literature contradicting what was being said. More importantly, I actually received useful treatment suggestions for application in the clinical setting. I didn't agree with everything he said, but he supported what he said with research so I understood how he drew those conclusions.
When I attend courses, I try to be considerate. I keep quiet if I disagree or have evidence otherwise. If I want to discuss something, I wait until the break. It was nice to actually get more than my money's worth this time.
Using gait training equipment to harness the power of neuroplasticity.
The facility I work in isn't very large. We have a cafeteria that's only open a few hours at time. For lunch we have two entrees, soup or the grill. Just like everywhere else I've worked, we all complain how expensive it is. When you check out, there's a small cup for pennies. The cup rarely holds just pennies. There are usually a few dimes, nickels and even a quarter. It's never empty.
At first I would drop in the pennies I got in change. Then I started adding more. I'm afraid I'll be short one day when buying lunch. I put more in so I won't feel guilty if I have to rely on it to make up the difference. Now I probably put in anywhere from 50 cents to a dollar each week.
A few days ago I was behind someone who was 20 cents short. The woman was going to run back to her purse and get the difference. The cashier grabbed the difference from the change cup and told her not to worry. When I checked out a few minutes later, I added the difference to the cup from my change and told her not to worry.
Since that time, I've seen the same thing happen three times. Now I know why the change cup is always full. We're all putting in extra change to cover everyone else.
Wouldn't it be nice if we could do that on a larger scale?
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Last weekend I was describing a difficult patient I had worked with earlier in the month. It was someone with several chronic and out-of-control problems, obesity and medical noncompliance. I summarized my statement with, "I don't feel sorry for him. He created his situation."
I was immediately taken to task by someone who overheard some of what I said. I was told I shouldn't be working at that facility, much less in the profession if I don't feel sorry for my patients. This was someone who never works directly with patient care. She also only eavesdropped on part of the conversation because the statement made more sense in its entirety.
My eavesdropper apparently has equated good, quality care with feeling sorry for a patient. I don't feel very sorry for people who bring it upon themselves by neglecting diets, skipping medicines and becoming obese. That doesn't mean I won't provide the best care I can for them. Nor does it mean I don't want them to improve. I don't have to feel sorry for you to treat you to the best of my ability.
The sad truth is much of what we do involves working with people who don't want to do therapy. Or who don't want to get better. Or who don't want to take responsibility for anything. They would rather have a PT lay hands on and heal them. Once they leave the facility, it's only a matter time before they return with exactly the same diagnosis and deficits.
One such patient was an obese gentleman who came to us with an infection and chronic back pain. He didn't want to walk because it was painful. He couldn't move enough to make exercises effective. The only thing that was going to significantly help his pain was weight loss. He didn't think weight loss would work because he'd always been big-boned. That was not someone who was easy to help.
People don't always make the best choices. Just because I don't feel sorry for you for making bad choices doesn't mean I won't help you try to get better.
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This creates many problems. Once the chair goes into a room, I'm not allowed to remove it. This decreases my already limited supply of chairs for patients. I'm not allowed to remove the chair to keep the patient or family happy. Currently I know of two chairs being used as recliners in rooms where the patient isn't on caseload.
If I point out I need the chairs for patient comfort, I'm told to make do with what I have, but make sure the patient is happy. Usually this means rotating the chairs between several patients so everyone gets out of bed but for a limited time.
To make matters worse, whenever a chair is commandeered it's always one of the newest ones. Family members sit in the newer chairs. Patients sit in the older, less comfortable ones. I'm already forever searching for wheelchairs that have been commandeered to transport family members, then left in the room so the visitors have some place to sit. Now I have this.
When I brought the problem to administration, everyone agreed it was a problem. Everyone agreed the patients needed the chairs. Currently there is no money in the budget to buy recliners, or any other chair for visitors. It wasn't budgeted for. That's interesting. This problem has existed for years and no one has thought to budget for even one chair.
This is another one of those battles I cannot win. More chairs are not the answer. I got more chairs this year. I can't keep them in the department.
PTs can play a prominent role in educating patients on proper ergonomics at work and home.
Last week I completed an electronic survey asking if new graduate DPTs were ready to enter the clinic. Then it asked about specific areas of education and characteristics of new graduates and how they related to the first answer. It's about time someone looked at this. In my experience, no new graduate is completely ready to be thrust into a caseload but recent graduates seem less prepared than in previous years.
Every new graduate faces an adjustment period from student to clinician. Some transition easily, others take time. In previous years, the students had a fundamental understanding of what to do and why to do it. I'm not seeing that now. This is a common lunch topic when I teach. Many other therapists are saying the same thing.
The schools try to address things such as professionalism, punctuality, readiness to learn and patient-centered therapy. They don't seem to be spending as much time on fundamental knowledge. Or, maybe it isn't soaking in as much as it used to. Students vary in ability and knowledge but I hear this across the nation. We can't all be getting weaker students.
I don't think teaching methodology has changed that much. The problem lies elsewhere. I've had more than one person tell me new grads don't know anything but how to be called doctor. Obviously something is missing in the education because they should know many things.
Not that long ago I worked with a new grad who thought he knew everything. The material he knew, he knew well. He either didn't know there was more knowledge out there or didn't think it was necessary. As a result, all of his patients did the same things all of the time. There was no telling him anything because he didn't listen.
I hope this survey helps someone quantify what the rest of us are describing.
Last week as I was preparing to do an evaluation, I overheard one of our case managers talking to a family member of one of my patients. Nearly everything the case manager said started with, "Rehab will take care of that." They were discussing gait training and preparing the patient for discharge home. That would have been wonderful except for one small problem.
The patient's chart was talking about end-of-life issues. The patient was not expected to survive long enough to be discharged and if she did, it would be to another care facility due to vent dependence and dialysis. There was a palliative care consult in the chart. Everything I read implied the patient wasn't going home.
Now, I can understand the family asking those questions. Patients and families always believe they will be the one out of a million who gets better. What I don't understand is why the case manager, who should have also read the chart, wasn't redirecting the conversation somewhere else. At least she could have prefaced her responses with, "If the patient improves" or "If the patient goes home." Give them hope but try to be realistic.
Now I, meaning therapy, will be the bad guy here. I'm not going to be doing what the family expects because the patient won't tolerate it. Someone with a resting heart rate over 120 isn't going to jump out of bed and walk to the bathroom. She didn't even tolerate transitioning to sitting.
It isn't that I don't want to progress the patient. Walking to the bathroom would be great. It just isn't going to happen any time soon, if at all. However, since the case manager talked about therapy walking the patient to the bathroom, the family probably thinks it is possible. Sooner or later, I'm going to be explaining why I'm not doing something with a patient who couldn't do it in the first place, because someone thinks it should be done.
I wish the case manager would have limited what she said to, "If that happens" or included a timeline to keep the expectations in line with reality.
How physical therapy can help patients who need palliative care.
The other day, I was sitting at a nursing station and overheard a conversation between a patient and a physician. I wasn't trying to eavesdrop. The patient was very hard of hearing and the doctor had to yell to be heard. The patient was yelling back. I realized I was overhearing a major HIPAA violation. Between the two of them, they were broadcasting protected information down the hall.
First of all, the doctor should have closed the door. I still might have been able to hear but wouldn't have understood what was being said. A nurse walking by did almost immediately after the conversation started.
With the onset of electronic charting, facilities have been stressing precautions to protect the data. I think everyone knows to limit exposure to printed information and throw it in the shred box when finished. Passwords must be changed every few months. We go out of our way to not say patient names in hallways, elevators and the like.
What about the patients who can't hear us unless we yell? I can talk loud enough that even those with the poorest hearing can understand me. I have to remember to close doors and have conversations is relative privacy. It just dawned on me how much protected information I've been given at full volume.
Doctors seem to be the worst. They have conversations in the hall. They see people in the rehab gym doing therapy. One had a conversation with a patient in the bathroom. I know this because I was in the bathroom with the patient. That was seriously wrong. He should have asked the patient's permission for me to be present. It wasn't anything I didn't already know, but that isn't the point.
Patients forget this a lot. Many of them yell information into the phone. Either they speak loudly, the other person can't hear or both. I've noticed there is no privacy during phone conversations. They'll share everything.
There isn't too much we can do about patients with loud voices but we can be aware of what we're doing. We can also close the door when the doctor forgets.
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I always enjoy talking to the therapists who come to my course. Last week I met a PT I'll call Dottie. I don't want to use her real name, but she reminds me of someone named Dottie. Dottie has been a therapist since back in the day. She graduated years before I even thought about PT school and is still going strong.
Dottie is a home health therapist and has been for many years. She beams when she talks about her work and patients. She prides herself on always doing the most she can for them. Currently every patient on her caseload is someone who she'd seen previously and specifically asked for Dottie to be the treating therapist.
The thing that struck me most about her was how happy she was. She loves talking about her work. A friend accompanied her to my course because he sometimes translates for her. He wanted to know what she was learning so he could be more help to her. I found out later he also teaches boxing to handicapped children in his spare time.
Both of them are of an age where they don't have to be doing anything. Yet here they are. I've never done home health but I can't imagine it would be easy. Unlike most settings, the home health therapist has limited access to things we take for granted in the clinic. Plus, that seminar was in Los Angeles. The traffic was terrible. Dottie drives in it every time she goes to work.
It was refreshing to see someone who loves what she does. I hope I'm the same way when I reach that point in my career.
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Final version. This is the
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Final version. This is the one done for MxMo as this month it's Tiki's. Also slightly updated the Castaway for it as well.
Curated slightly to change
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Curated slightly to change grapefruit juice with a note of Izze Grapefruit soda into Grapefruit Soda, Izze, which reflects the cited blog post.


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Sitting here with snow and ice falling from the sky, the Oswego Public Library invites you to send or drop off your favorite summer pic of Oswego. We will post these pics, along with your first name and last initial, in the main reading room near the Young Adult collection. A great time to drop them off would be during the Friends of the Library's mini golf event from 10 to 4 on Monday, January 19th. Just leave them on the main desk as the library is closed to regular business on this special day.
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I really like this book for what it has to say, but I wish they had gotten another narrator. The narrator takes the authors words and makes them sound arrogant and scolding, when I can't imagine that that tone of voice is what the author had in mind when she wrote those words. I'm learning a lot from this book, but it's taking a lot of work to get past the narrator's annoying tone and just listen to what the original intent of the author is. I really wish they'd re record this book with another narrator that doesn't sound so snotty.


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First work at photoshop
Posted 21 April 2005 - 05:54 AM
And no need to tell me they suck, i know that.
Just started using photoshop..No former GFX experiences either. Advice is welcome.
Posted 21 April 2005 - 10:16 AM
Pic 1: Possibly the best one, but it looks like you just took a few pictures, and added the motion blur/overlay effect to simulate rain (nothing wrong with the rain effect, just the picture doesn't show much effort).
Pic 2: Seems like you just used the difference clouds filter, and set the layer to overlay, not much to be done there.
Pic 3: Simple resized pic? Anyone can do that in photoshop. The 'Z' just doesn't fit, especially the coulour, but that might be my opinion. Still, the 'Z' is too pixelated for my liking.
My advice would be to learn some drawing techniques, and to substitute techniques like using the cloud render for other things like abstract brushes (good idea to try and make your own, becomes more original.)
EDIT: The rain in the first pic overlaps the border, making it look wierd.
Posted 21 April 2005 - 10:45 AM
The firsy picture is a excellent start to photoshop you have used about 4 or 5 diffrent things in creating the picture which is more than i managed on my first attempt. i would suggest going to a photoshop tutorial website - just google it. The from there build up your skills.
By creating these pics you have show you can use the basic functions all to do know is master the rest of the program. And as said above originality is the key with photoshop if you want stunning work. Well done and stick at it.
Posted 21 April 2005 - 11:59 AM
Just incase you didnt know these
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Posted 21 April 2005 - 12:02 PM
EDIT: a good site for tutorials is pixel2life, and deviantART might have some as well (haven't been there lately)
EDIT 2: WTF? the post above me wasn't there 2 minutes ago.
Posted 21 April 2005 - 12:05 PM
I just messed around with the Hue/Saturation. (And followed the tutorial..)
Posted 21 April 2005 - 04:39 PM
I like the second to last one, but maybe you shoukd change the font, arial is just very plain. Try something a little more interesting, I personally prefer pixel lettering
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