Don’t sweat the small stuff

Sometimes it just takes a bad day for some probation.

Tonya Cook, a physical therapist assistant, forged the signature of a patient on a timecard, indicating she had seen the patient that day when she had not. She lost her job, got six months probation and had to take a class in ethics.

I wanted to make this entry because it illustrates the vast spectrum of wrong doings in professional medicine. You don’t need to hurt a patient to be sanctioned by the state board.

What is also interesting is that Cook’s locality is listed as Greenville, N.C. A Google search left me with no results for her in that area.