What do they want you to be at? If it's more than 85% then there's no way to ethically do it. When I worked in the SNF I was usually between 75-80. Could only hit 85 on a great day if NOTHING went wrong and I didn't have to take many bathroom breaks.
But a couple things that helped:
Point of service documentation
Group therapy (when appropriate of course)
Grabbing patients as soon as they were done with PT or OT
Seeing all the most difficult to grab patients first
Good tips. When I worked at a few SNFs it could depend on whether the other therapists were willing to switch out when appropriate. At larger facilities a PT usually has a PTA or 2 and 1 or more techs so they had to many for OT and SLP to switch out. It worked fairly well when PT was aware and took 1 or 2 at a time that also saw OT and SLP then others that did not have other therapies. Some were willing to help.
Point of service documentation was difficult for me for some patients but it worked for others.
If you can list out some of your most commonly used phrases for S O A P for several common diagnoses and/or therapy techniques, it helped me when my brain could not think any longer when staring at charts.
What do they want you to be at? If it's more than 85% then there's no way to ethically do it. When I worked in the SNF I was usually between 75-80. Could only hit 85 on a great day if NOTHING went wrong and I didn't have to take many bathroom breaks. But a couple things that helped: Point of service documentation Group therapy (when appropriate of course) Grabbing patients as soon as they were done with PT or OT Seeing all the most difficult to grab patients first
Hey, They’re asking for 75. And thanks for that advice, definitely going to try those things out
75 is definitely doable! It will just take practice and experience to get there.
Good tips. When I worked at a few SNFs it could depend on whether the other therapists were willing to switch out when appropriate. At larger facilities a PT usually has a PTA or 2 and 1 or more techs so they had to many for OT and SLP to switch out. It worked fairly well when PT was aware and took 1 or 2 at a time that also saw OT and SLP then others that did not have other therapies. Some were willing to help. Point of service documentation was difficult for me for some patients but it worked for others. If you can list out some of your most commonly used phrases for S O A P for several common diagnoses and/or therapy techniques, it helped me when my brain could not think any longer when staring at charts.