OT / Client
Your client knows you are getting married and has offered you her wedding ring, she is very persistent, and places it on your finger: How do you react?
Set a clear boundary with the client, possible answer: “this is a really beautiful ring and I appreciate it but my husband and I already have plans”
OT is better than PT
True or false?
TRUE!!
What two things do professional boundaries do?
Professional boundaries set limits and define parameters
Should Rhonda go on a date with Jose?
NO, this a professional boundary.
Your client is being discharged and wants to buy cookies for the staff, is this crossing professional boundaries?
NO, small tokens of appreciations are appropriate, but accepting gifts of value is a conflict of interest.
PT comes to your patient and talks about how OT is only to treat hand related problems, you overhear this conversation - what do you do?
Approach the PT and have a discussion about OT scope of practice
You are working in a SNF and a person asks you to break them out, they offer you $10,000 if you can help them. Respond with a possible action, positive outcome, and negative consequence.
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Your professor says they will change your exam grade to an A if you go on a date with them. Who can you tell about this breach in professional boundaries?
- University Human Resources
- another trusted professor
Rhonda should flirt back with Jose but not accept his request for a date.
No, Rhonda should maintain a professional relationship with Jose.
Your clients states that he called PT “pure torture” and OT “other torture”
Using the ethical dillema framwork: provide a possible action, positive outcome, and negative consequence
Possible action: ignore the comment
Positive outcome: avoid confrontation
Negative consequence: didn’t defend the profession and address why treatment feels like torture
You just got accepted in the OT graduate program, on the first day of class you realize your professor is an ex. Who should report the relationship?
What three CORE VALUES are associated with professional boundaries
Altruism, truth, prudence
If Rhonda engaged in a sexual relationship with Jose, what principle would Rhonda be violating?
Principle 2G: Avoid in engaging in sexual activity with clients