NationStates Jolt Archive

Ok, so I've applied to two grad schools, and now I've applied to a third. The first two has turned me down, and one of them, I read their rejection online, and then I got a hard copy of the rejection. Well thank you NC State, something to put up on Wilgrove's Wall of Failure! Anyways, today I talked to my mom, and she brought up Occupational Therapist. Apparently there's too little of them here in the states, and they are in high demands. I could find a job anywhere in the world as an OT. The entry level jobs are $50k, and since it's in the medical field, the insurance will be great. I also won't have to take home any work like my mom does because she's a nurse. So, it sounds like a great job, but I wonder if I have the personality for it. I mean do I really have what it takes to help people who need to learn or re-learn how to do anything from getting dressed to getting around their workplace? What do you guys think?

My cousin (who's a physical therapist) is marreid to an occupational therapist and the competition for acceptance is extremely fierce for either program.

The first two has turned me down

Hopefully you grammar-check your application a bit better than you do your posts...

$50k a year at starting level isnt really that much...

At least I think im right when i convert that into about £26k a year...Well i guess your restrained though, and if there in high demand thats good. And going anywhere in the world....

Go for it?

Ok, so I've applied to two grad schools, and now I've applied to a third. The first two has turned me down, and one of them, I read their rejection online, and then I got a hard copy of the rejection. Well thank you NC State, something to put up on Wilgrove's Wall of Failure! Anyways, today I talked to my mom, and she brought up Occupational Therapist. Apparently there's too little of them here in the states, and they are in high demands. I could find a job anywhere in the world as an OT. The entry level jobs are $50k, and since it's in the medical field, the insurance will be great. I also won't have to take home any work like my mom does because she's a nurse. So, it sounds like a great job, but I wonder if I have the personality for it. I mean do I really have what it takes to help people who need to learn or re-learn how to do anything from getting dressed to getting around their workplace? What do you guys think?

I've never heard of a nurse taking work home with them, unless you have a room full of sick people on drips:p

Ok, so I've applied to two grad schools, and now I've applied to a third. The first two has turned me down, and one of them, I read their rejection online, and then I got a hard copy of the rejection. Well thank you NC State, something to put up on Wilgrove's Wall of Failure!

Being an alumnus, I can tell you that getting rejected by NC State is not something to complain about. It may very well be the best thing that ever happens to you. (There are days when I wish it had happened to me, but I'm just old and bitter. :p)

But I will put in a good word for OTs. My two-year-old son sees a pediatric OT - yes, there is such a thing as "pediatric occupational therapy", for kids who have a hard time adjusting to the extremely demanding occupation of toddlerhood. :D In my son's case, he has an eating problem; his swallow reflex isn't quite working right, so chewing and swallowing food is a much more difficult process for him than it is for most people. He actually has to think through the process when he swallows - you can tell by the look of extreme concentration he gets on his face when he does it. But that's a major improvement over a few months ago, when any attempt to swallow anything more solid than applesauce resulted in a near-instantaneous barf. I credit his OT with helping him get this far, and also for cutting down our carpet cleaning bills. Alas, she's getting married and moving to Charlotte, so we're hunting for a new therapist for my son, or else getting put on a waiting list until Duke Hospital fills her position.

What exactly is an occupational therapist. I have the strangest feeling I know someone doing an occupational theraphy course, but I'm not sure.

Therapist... that reminds me of my favourite mnemonic.

Therapist... that reminds me of my favourite mnemonic.

We demand to know of this mnemonic.

Ok, so I've applied to two grad schools, and now I've applied to a third. The first two has turned me down, and one of them, I read their rejection online, and then I got a hard copy of the rejection. Well thank you NC State, something to put up on Wilgrove's Wall of Failure! Anyways, today I talked to my mom, and she brought up Occupational Therapist. Apparently there's too little of them here in the states, and they are in high demands. I could find a job anywhere in the world as an OT. The entry level jobs are $50k, and since it's in the medical field, the insurance will be great. I also won't have to take home any work like my mom does because she's a nurse. So, it sounds like a great job, but I wonder if I have the personality for it. I mean do I really have what it takes to help people who need to learn or re-learn how to do anything from getting dressed to getting around their workplace? What do you guys think?I don't know you well enough to answer those last questions, but maybe you could answer mine (which I'm pretty sure I asked before in your "They won't let me be a teacher" thread):

Didn't you want to be an archivist? As in, being really passionate about the idea? Whatever happened to that? Or is that the reason you want to go to grad school for?
So do you definitely need an MA to be an archivist? In what, history or library science?
Isn't there any other way to become an archivist? I mean, call me crazy, but why on earth would an archivist need a graduate degree in history?
Can't you do internships in archives or something like that, get into the field like that?

We demand to know of this mnemonic.I'll wait a while to see if you can figure it out.

I also won't have to take home any work like my mom does because she's a nurse.

"emotionally" taking home work? You get that at every job. And OT is still a medical field requiring patient care where you could see some seriously disabled person and not be able to help them. ANY medical field is emotionally stressing.

"physically" ? Well, you can't either way. HIPPA Laws.....

I'll wait a while to see if you can figure it out.

I'll inform you in advance that I won't be able to. :(

What exactly is an occupational therapist. I have the strangest feeling I know someone doing an occupational theraphy course, but I'm not sure.

Wilgrove put it very well in his original post: "Do I really have what it takes to help people who need to learn or re-learn how to do anything from getting dressed to getting around their workplace?" It's related to physical therapy, and there's a lot of overlap, but OT is focused a lot more on everyday processes and movement. My son's therapist has a bumper sticker that says "Occupational Therapy: Skills for the job of Living", which I think sums it up pretty well. A lot of OTs work with people who have had strokes or similar brain damage and who need to re-learn some pretty basic functions, such as eating or walking. Or, like in my son's case, they work with kids who are having trouble learning to eat, or to walk, or with similar physical processes.

Here's a link to the Wikipedia article if you want more info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupational_therapy

I'll inform you in advance that I won't be able to. :(Well the therapist appears to be the rapist. c.c

I'll inform you in advance that I won't be able to. :(
Maybe it's to remind him on which trees and walls exactly he relieved himself last night while drunk?

Maybe it's to remind him on which trees and walls exactly he relieved himself last night while drunk?buh? That would be an odd mnemonic...

buh? That would be an odd mnemonic...

Well, you were drunk at the time, what do you expect?

Well, you were drunk at the time, what do you expect?I suppose... now if only the mnemonic had worked. Then I could check who else had been leaving their scent where I did.

buh? That would be an odd mnemonic...

is a mnemonic one of those things you use to remember stuff?

like I remember how to spell success "double the c, double the s and you will always have success"?

because if it is, you could use something similar to remember how to spell therapist.......but it's not exactly therapeutic.....it's actually traumatic.

is a mnemonic one of those things you use to remember stuff?

like I remember how to spell success "double the c, double the s and you will always have success"?

because if it is, you could use something similar to remember how to spell therapist.......but it's not exactly therapeutic.....it's actually traumatic.

Yup. Another one is "Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain" for the colours of the rainbow.

Yup. Another one is "Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain" for the colours of the rainbow.

I learned Roy G. Biv.......hmm.

I know a lot of programing mnemonics.....they are almost always pornographic, as are all the medical mnemonics my husband learned while he was in anatomy.

In fact I am having to try to learn non-porny ones to teach my kids.......so I come up with idiotic ones like

"King Phillip Came Over For Great Steaks"

instead of

"Kinky People Can Ordinarily Find Great Sex" :P

Yup. Another one is "Richard Of York Gave Battle In Vain" for the colours of the rainbow.

Or the infamous Roy G. Biv. (I think he was in my third period class last year.)

What happened to being an archivist? I thought that was your passion. If it is, then keep pursuing it. There are a lot more grad schools out there. Or try internships and volunteering; even if you don't get paid it's a great way to network and you may be able to finagle your way into a paid position.

Why are you only now considering OT? And wouldn't you have to get a lot more training, and/or a whole new degree?

What happened to being an archivist? I thought that was your passion. If it is, then keep pursuing it. There are a lot more grad schools out there. Or try internships and volunteering; even if you don't get paid it's a great way to network and you may be able to finagle your way into a paid position.

Why are you only now considering OT? And wouldn't you have to get a lot more training, and/or a whole new degree?
^ See? See?

What she said. :)

So you'll be like Dr. Swanson from Office Space?

I don't know you well enough to answer those last questions, but maybe you could answer mine (which I'm pretty sure I asked before in your "They won't let me be a teacher" thread):

Didn't you want to be an archivist? As in, being really passionate about the idea? Whatever happened to that? Or is that the reason you want to go to grad school for?
So do you definitely need an MA to be an archivist? In what, history or library science?
Isn't there any other way to become an archivist? I mean, call me crazy, but why on earth would an archivist need a graduate degree in history?
Can't you do internships in archives or something like that, get into the field like that?

1. Yes I did want to be an archivist but there's not that many jobs open in that field. Most employeers are looking for someone with an MLIS or MILS. Basically if I choose to go the Archivist route, I'll have to take any job that I can get and they can pay me whatever they way, I got nothing.

2. However as an OT, there's jobs all across the country, and they're willing to pay anything to get an OT, thus I'll have more control over my situation, and plus I'll need the job security, espically if I get married and start raising a family. Plus with $50k, I can buy that airplane I always wanted! :D

So you'll be like Dr. Swanson from Office Space?

Well I won't be a doctor, but close enough lol.

Anyways, I will be volunteering at a clinic for 40 hours to see how I like it.

I have a sister-in-law in OT and my daughter is taking OT at Maryville U. in St. Louis.

My S-I-L has never had a problem with getting or changing jobs. The company she works for in Kansas City will hire any that comes in the door. They are desperate for workers. My daughter worked there right out of High School and they paid her double minimum wage just to be a helper.

OT doesn't work with "sick" people as much as "recovering" people. They teach people to help themselves after the loss of some physical mobility or ability. A lot of the things they use are easier for "normal" people. Sometimes that is as simple as getting silverware with bigger handles.