Therapeutic Relationship
This is a specific communication style to build rapport.
What is Motivational Interviewing?
This word describes keeping the patient wt centered and close to the PTA's body
Correct body mechanics
This area in the buttocks is a place of possible pressure when a patient is lying in supine.
What is the sacrum?
Normal range for respiration in a health adult is
What is 12 - 18 breaths/min
These provides health providers with a framework for safe handling of patients and equipment.
What are Standard Precautions/Universal Precautions.
This is a type of question that allows our client to provide their experience with limited direction.
What is an open-ended question?
When rolling a patient from supine to prone transitioning through L side lying, name 2 possible positions for the L arm
1. what is tucked at their side
2. what is flexed overhead
These bony protuberances in the spine are areas of pressure when seated for a long time.
What are the spinous processes in the spine?
What is the threshold for tachycardia?
What is >100bpm
A patient presents with strep throat, the health care provider needs to choose appropriate PPE to approach the patient.
What are droplet precautions?
This is the final portion of Motivational Interviewing and allows the provider to confirm understanding.
What is summarize?
A PTA prepares a patient lying in supine by assisting the patient in donning their shoes.
These leg joints are a common area for contracture when a patient is seated for extended periods of time.
What is hip flexion and knee flexion?
The hypothalamus in the brain controls what vital sign?
What is temperature?
A healthcare provider finishes helping a patient sit in her w/c and cleans their hands prior to documenting the intervention
What is hand hygiene?
Open communication and trust will build this between patient and provider.
What is rapport?
This is the position a PTA should position the contralateral limb in when rolling from supine to sidelying.
What is crossed medially over the ipsilateral LE?
This joint in the leg is an area of contracture when a patient is lying in supine or prone.
What is the ankle (into plantar flexion)
A patient's vitals signs are as follows:
130/76, 78bpm
What does this indicate?
What is: these are within normal limits for a healthy adult
What is airborne isolation
This provides safe parameters for interaction between a patient and healthcare professional.
What are therapeutic boundaries
A sheet is positioned in the middle of the bed centered under the patient
What is a draw sheet?
This bony part of the hip is a possible place for skin breakdown when a patient is lying in side lying.
What is the great trochanter?
Patient presents with orthostatic hypotension, explain what this means.
What is a drop in blood pressure during a change in body positioning?
This infection can lead to cirrhosis of the liver, jaundice and ascites
What is hepatitis?