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[Anonymous]

Actually, this was my college major.

"It's not just base pay. It is also that trained and educated professionals who are sold a bill of goods before they sign on quickly realize that the methods used produce poor results and that the treatment of the patients is unethical and ineffective. In a matter of days or weeks they begin to see the true nature of the problem and choose to move on to a position that does not compromise their ethics."

" I don't think parents realize just how underqualified the general staff are at these places."

"24/5, low pay, sounds like a ripe situation for restraints for convenience?"

Actually, there hasn't been a restraint in my group in nearly 11 months since a camper attacked another.

[Anonymous]

How do you do that convenient box quote thing?

[Deborah]

Click "Quote", right below the text box.

[bandit1978]

Technicians take vital signs and report them to the nurse.  Technicians do not interpret vital signs, and they certainly do not write progress notes!  

At PCS, the staff write SOAP notes and other progress notes.  At a legitimate facility, this could never happen!  Only licensed staff (RN, MD, PT, ect...) may write progress notes.  

Not only that, a child's advancement in the PCS program is based on these progress notes plus whatever other claims the staff may have regarding the pt's "progress".

[Anonymous]

On 2006-05-17 00:07:00, bandit1978 wrote:

"Technicians take vital signs and report them to the nurse.  Technicians do not interpret vital signs, and they certainly do not write progress notes!  



At PCS, the staff write SOAP notes and other progress notes.  At a legitimate facility, this could never happen!  Only licensed staff (RN, MD, PT, ect...) may write progress notes.  



Not only that, a child's advancement in the PCS program is based on these progress notes plus whatever other claims the staff may have regarding the pt's "progress".    
"

Trippy ain't it.

At some major facilities counselors meet with family service workers who are not certified therapists and come up with treatment plans for specific treatment issues.

Now that is scary.