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Physical therapy career help?

Help, I regret my career in physical therapy!?

  • has anyone in the health care profession (PT's, PTA's, LPN's, RN's etc) made a successful career change outside of the healthcare field? what did you do and how did ...show more

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    The fact that you seem to have a bad employer does not mean that you have entered a bad field. Your job as the professional providing the services is to do what is clinically appropriate for the patient. You give your all, try everything, give the benefit of the doubt. However, if you are pressured to keep people on caseload longer than they are benefiting from skilled therapy, or if you are told by a manager that you should see a patient for 75 minutes when you know that they can meet their goals well with 45 minutes, then you have one answer: NO. If you have an employer that is not supportive of your clinical judgement, then you should find a new one. If you are so burned out that you cannot see what benefit you can offer to the patients you see, then you should try to find a mentor or someone that you can talk to about your situation. You may need some outside input. Taking a class can be really helpful and can re-energize your thinking and your feelings about your career. I would recommend the CEEAA classes offered by the Section on Geriatrics. You can also consider a switch to a different setting, such as home health, rehab, pediatrics, or outpatient. Sometimes this can help freshen you up and get you over a period of feeling burnt out. Good luck.

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How long have you been a PT? What exactly is killing you? Most of your patients no doubt appreciate what you do for them. (And it's not like you have to do all those things on the table yourself surely?) Do you need a vacation? Are you very short staffed where you work? Your patients are not rude to you, are they? I do feel badly that you sound like you're burning out and you have my sympathy.

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I feel like you are actually living my career as a PT, only I've spent most of my career in home care. Tried outpatient twice, got tired of the shady billing practices there. Tried a SNF for a year, found the same thing. Contrary to what some people say, I have actually found that no matter what your employer says, it is ALWAYS about numbers/money and they will attempt to manipulate you into following they're plans for higher reimbursement or you'll be shunned out into other employment. I'm trying to get into teaching PT/PTA. I love to teach, but am burnt out on patients. If that doesn't work, I'm making a career change. Been a PT for going on 9 years now...

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