Hi everyone, hope you are having a great day! I need some adivce. I am pretty frustrated with work right now. It is kind of hard to explain but I will try. I work in the therapy department in a nursing home, I am an Occupational Therapist and the building where I work has not had a Speech Therapist for close to 6 months. I am "allowed" to go to 2 continuing ed. courses a year. Well, I saw one on stroke rehab that I was really interested in so I mentioned it to my boss. Well she turns around and denies me to go to the course and has strongly encouraged me to take on online course on Dysphagia (swalloing disorders) to help out since we currently do not have a speech therapist. This frustrated me because swallowing disorders are very complicated and something one can't really learn the complexities online. Speech Therapists go to school for 6 years to learn this and how to deal with it. If I should make an error it could lead to someone getting pneumonia and dying from it. I think the company should hire a contracted speech therapist, however they don't want to spend the money. why is it healthcare is so "cheap" money is definately not evenly distributed. The corporate office has marbled counters and flooring, the bathrooms are fully stocked and where I work, some lights are not covered, it is very hard to get raised toilet seats for those residents that need them. the list could go on. sorry for the rant, I am just thinking about it and dreading going into work.