Potpourri
ICF
Subjective
Objective
Objective
100

Components of this type of note are: Examination, Evaluation, Diagnosis, Prognosis, Plan of Care

What is Initial Evaluation/Examination?

100

Abnormalities in body structure or function

What are impairments?

100

Acceptable ways to start a sentence in this section

What is “pt reports,” “pt complains of” or “pt states”

100

Document: 

The patient is able to bend his right knee to 85 degrees, starting from straight

What is: 

R knee AROM 0-85 degrees

Or

AROM R knee 0-85⁰?

100

Document: The patient complained of 8/10 pain in his right knee while trying to stand up from the chair.

What is “Pt. attempted STS from chair and was unable 2⁰ 8/10 R knee pain?”



200

The words in the acronym “SOAP”

What are Subjective, Objective, Assessment and Plan?

200

Examples include: inability to walk without a device, difficulty bathing, needing assistance with transfers

What are activity limitations?

200

When you ask a patient about their cardiovascular system, GI health, vision, etc.

What is Review of Systems?

200

Document:

The patient is able to safely move from the bed to the chair without any help.

What is 

“Pt. transfers bed to chair I or Bed to chair transfer w/ I?”

200

Document: The patient and therapist walked 75 feet in hallway one time with the therapist providing min assist to help the patient maintain her balance because of dizziness. Pt. used front wheeled walker.

What is: Pt. amb. 75’ on level surface, FWW, min A x1 for balance?

300

Where you describe the home set-up (stairs, etc).

What is subjective and living environment?
300

Decreased strength in B quadriceps and decreased knee range of motion 

What is body structure and function (impairments)?

300

The patient wants to accomplish these in PT

What are patient goals?

300

Document:

Your patient walks with a limp and keeps his knee straight on his right side due to pain

What is “Pt. amb with antalgic gait and decreased R knee flexion? Or Pt. amb w/ R antalgic gait, decreased R knee flexion during heel off and swing phases.”

300

Document: PT helped patient a little bit while walking outside on the grass for 5 minutes with no assistive device.

What is Pt. amb. X 5 min. w/ min A x1 on uneven grassy surface.

400

Within how many hours should you have your documentation finished after you conclude treatment?

What is 24 hours?

400

Category where you would put the info about a high school student being unable to attend class due to difficulty negotiating the stairs.

What is participation restriction?

400

The acronym you learned to obtain details about a patient’s symptoms

What is OLDCARTS?

400

What is included when documenting PROM.

What is: the side, the range, and the end feel?

400

Document: Patient is able to move right shoulder into 180 degrees of flexion and left shoulder into 90 degrees of flexion. Right shoulder moves into 180 degrees abduction, while left still needs 20 degrees to go through the full range. The PT is able to move the patient’s left arm into 180 degrees flexion and abduction, with soft end feel.


500

How you sign a note as a student

What is SPT?

500

Examples include: motivation, values and culture

What are personal factors?

500

This part of the subjective describes the story of why the patient is in physical therapy at this time

What is history of current condition / chief complaint?

500

Document:

A patient cannot get to the end range of knee flexion because of pain. What word would you use to document the end feel?

empty

500

Document: hip flexors 4/5 RLE and 3/5 LLE. Quads RLE 4/5, 3/5 LLE. Both gluts 5/5.

                     R              L

Hip flexors    4                  3

Quads           4                 4

Gluts             5                 5