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I am missing some lymph nodes in my dominant arm and really shouldn't lift more than 30ish pounds, especially repetitively. I had wanted to be an RN forever. I tried the CNA class a few years ago. I liked it but when I got to clinicals, it just wasn't happening for me because of patient transfers and my lifting restrictions. So, that put an end to my nursing dreams.
I volunteer in the PICU at a big, freestanding children's hospital. I run into all sorts of different medical personnel there and am becoming more and more interested in OT.
I LOVE peds patients and envision myself doing pediatric OT.
Some questions:
1. Can you tell me a little more about lifting as it pertains to early intervention and outpatient pediatric OT? If it is mostly younger children, that's fine. I used to volunteer at church pre-school and was fine to be lifting 3 year olds for hours at a time. I just can't be lifting teens that are the size of adults and minimally mobile all day.
2. I worry about making it through school; I don't want a repeat of what happened to me with the CNA class where I had to drop out because it just wasn't happening with my hand/arm. Is it reasonable to request lifting accommodations for clinicals during an OT master's program? I would need to call the patient's nurse to do the lifting/patient transfers for me on inpatient rotations. Is this a reasonable accommodation?
Thanks for reading and take care!
I volunteer in the PICU at a big, freestanding children's hospital. I run into all sorts of different medical personnel there and am becoming more and more interested in OT.
I LOVE peds patients and envision myself doing pediatric OT.
Some questions:
1. Can you tell me a little more about lifting as it pertains to early intervention and outpatient pediatric OT? If it is mostly younger children, that's fine. I used to volunteer at church pre-school and was fine to be lifting 3 year olds for hours at a time. I just can't be lifting teens that are the size of adults and minimally mobile all day.
2. I worry about making it through school; I don't want a repeat of what happened to me with the CNA class where I had to drop out because it just wasn't happening with my hand/arm. Is it reasonable to request lifting accommodations for clinicals during an OT master's program? I would need to call the patient's nurse to do the lifting/patient transfers for me on inpatient rotations. Is this a reasonable accommodation?
Thanks for reading and take care!