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Occupational Therapy

University of Nebraska at Omaha

2020

Occupational therapy

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Challenges Associated With Occupational Therapy In Nebraska, Delaney Simmonds May 2020

Challenges Associated With Occupational Therapy In Nebraska, Delaney Simmonds

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As part of a fast-growing field, occupational therapists (OTs) in Nebraska face many challenges. This project utilizes interviews with local OTs, analysis of scholarly articles, and online databases in order to understand the challenges faced by OTs and how they may be improved upon at both an individual and a state level. The three most common settings for occupational therapists to be placed for fieldwork assignments and for work post-graduation are hospitals, schools, and skilled nursing facilities (AOTA State Affairs Group 2017). Interviews were carried out with occupational therapists working in these three settings in order to examine the similarities …