MERYN MADE

Category: physical therapy

  • 5 WAYS BEING A SKILLED NURSING PT HAS MADE ME A BETTER PERSON

    I first drafted this blogpost on June 4, 2020. With this being the last week of work of my first full time PT job, it’s time to reflect 1 | PatientI definitely feel like I am more patient since working with predominantly the geriatric population. I used to get irritated…

  • A LOVE LETTER TO THE SNF THAT RAISED ME

    Welcome to my diary entry, stream of consciousness on the pain and grief felt having been given one weeks notice that my position at my first job was terminated due to a dissolved business agreement. How do you say goodbye to a place that means so much? How do you…

  • SNF PT POV: COVID-19 JANUARY 2021 UPDATE

    December 22, 2020 For the first time, in a long time, I have hope I chose to get the COVID vaccine for myself, but more importantly, for my patients I can’t bring back the 14 patients who have died unnecessarily at the hand of this virus But I can do…

  • THANKSGIVING DAY REFLECTION: COVID-19

    It’s Thanksgiving Day, 2020. Here is what’s on my mind: I’ve spent a fair amount of time reflecting on the past few weeks and months living and working through the COVID-19 global pandemic. This public health crisis has brought forth a lot of change, for good and for bad –…

  • SNF PT POV: COVID-19 OCTOBER 2020 UPDATE

    In short, it sucks. I sob every day at work. Seriously, I sob. I sobbed at the first notice of positive patient cases. I sobbed when I watched a newly positive patient leave by stretcher for our sister facility. The fear and confusion on her face was enough to lead…

  • WHAT I’VE LEARNED IN MY FIRST 6 MONTHS, THEN 2 YEARS AS A PHYSICAL THERAPIST

    Happy National Physical Therapy Month! Long before I had the idea of starting this blog, I was working on a thoughtful and well-formatted running list of what I had learned in my first 6 months as a new grad physical therapist. I’ve made some minor tweaks, but the essence of…

  • TOP 10 REASONS WHY I LOVE BEING A SKILLED NURSING PHYSICAL THERAPIST

    In no particular order, the following are 10 reasons why I love being a skilled nursing physical therapist! For context, I graduated from PT school in 2018 and, at the time I’m writing this, have 1.75 years of experience working in the skilled nursing setting. 1 | Transition to HomeNine…

  • COVID-19 QUARANTINE UPDATE: TAKING THE GOOD WITH THE BAD

    Facts and StatisticsAs I type this, it is June 14, 2020. It has been 5 months since COVID-19 was declared a pandemic in the United States. As of May 27, 2020, the US had the most confirmed active cases and deaths in the world and its death rate was 285…

  • SNF PT POV: COVID-19

    Note: this initial post was written March 25, 2020. An update with more recent statistics can be found prior to the conclusion of this blog post. I knew there would be obstacles in my career a physical therapist – people will fall, mistakes will be made, people will die –…