Professionalism and safety

How many days does a PT have to respond to request for medical information after a patient requests?

What is IDEA short for?

T/F: If a child had disabilities, PT acts as a consultant to the IEPs (individualized education plans) to guide and meet the physical, mental and emotional health of the child.

How long is a typical PTA degree program?

Can a PTA interpret exam results?

Can PTAs perform exams and gather patient information?

If proven competent, the PTA can change treatment program for the best interest of the patient.

Can the PTA adjust a specific procedure due to changes in patient's status?

T/F: When a patient asked about their prognosis, the PTA can check the documentation and tell them about it.

T/F: The PT must be on site when PTA is working with a patient.

What type of communication must be available if the PTA is seeing the patient by themselves?

Frequency of supervisory visits if a patient primarily works with PTA?

Can PT aides provide hands-on treatments?

Can PT aides provide ambulation training, routine exercises, hot/cold packs?

Can PTA supervise PT aide?

T/F: If you are supervising a PT student, it is the CI's responsibility if the student makes a mistake.

Three requirements for negligence to occur:

Is malpractice a type of professional negligence?

Under which circumstances do the supervisor or the superior assume liability?

Can a patient contribute to negligence?

Who assumes liability if the patient is harmed as a result of environmental problem?

Who assumes liability if the PT is not licensed or is incompetent?

Can a facility be sued if the PT is incompetent?

A patient walks in with smell of alcohol and is unable to follow PT directions. What should the PT do?

If the local government fails to provide funding for the healthcare of elderlies >65 y.o., which act are they violating?

If a patient is <65, but has long-term diabilities and require dialysis, do they need to pay for it themselves?

Which organization regulate Medicare and Medicaid programs?

Which organization set standards and rules for employee safety?

Which organization helps with voluntary accreditation of facilities?

T/F: The accrediation process only involves the clinical director.

Who does the Medicare program cover?

If the policy is mostly related to making healthcare affordable, it is most likely related to the _______.

What is the terminology for one-sided termination of services by a healthcare provider without patient consent or agreement?

To be eligible to home health, ______ certification is required. Patient must be predominately _______ (at least ________ or _______ are needed). And the patient has a potential to _______.

Medicare eligible patients receiving home health must be re-certified in ____ days.

If the patient cannot get to the bathroom in time or safely, what should you recommend?

What should you recommend if the patient is able to get inside the bathroom but has difficulty performing some ADLs?

Who makes the final call about which assistive device to use?

Under which of the following situations should you terminate PT at home setting?
1. patient is not compliant with medications or is having some side effects.
2. Patient seems to be deteriorating
3. you suspect substance abuse

What is the goal that allows PT treatment to be performed in school?

You just opened a PT clinic but you have not received your provider number yet. Can you tell your patient you take their insurance?

T/F: PT service is optional in a hospice care setting.

According to Medicare and Medical, ___% of hospice care is provided at home.

To be qualified for reimbursement for hospice care, the physician must provide a letter to certify ______, which means ____ of life.

Which facility provides services for 60 days or longer?

You are working in a SNF and making D/C decision for a patient who is permanently disabled due to a nonreversible illness. His family members are unable to take care of him. Where should you recommend to DC?

A hospital that coordinates medical, social, rehab, education and vocational services for patients to maximize their functionality when returning to life is likely a ________.

To qualify as a SNF, nursing must be provided __ days/week and rehab must be provided ___ days/week.
Patient must NOT be ______.

T/F: Nursing must be 24/7 at a SNF.

Medicare requires orders of SNF coverage provided every __ days.

Time of D/C in an acute-care setting.

Order for putting on protective garments:

Ways to isolate patient with Tuberculosis or measles:

Droplet precaution:

Contact precaution diseases:

Protocol for contact precautions

What is the most effective way to disinfect areas of body fluid contamination?

T/F: You have to double-glove to treat a patient with open wound if you also have an open wound.

Where should you recommend for a patient to be d/c to if they require ventilator, have major complications and have pressure ulcer that requir 24-hour physician and nursing care along with PT?

Average stay at a long-term care hospital?

How long must a patient participate in rehab if they stay in an acute rehab hospital?

Hospice care is authorized for 2 ___ -day benefit periods and unlimited _____-day extensions.

How can supplemental equipment be reimbursable for patients d/c to home?

Which items are reimbursable when ordered at home?

How often must a private clinic submit re-evals for reimbursement purposes?

How large must an employer be to contribute to worker's comp?

T/F: if you have HMO, you cannot seek care 'out of network'.

Patient has HMO, can you initiate PT PoC without physician's authorization?

Can PTAs write interim progress notes?

Can a PTA supervise a PT aide?

Can PT aide carry out patient transportation?

Can a PT volunteer set up patient care?

Can a PT volunteer transfer patients?

Can a PT volunteer clean whirlpools?

Can a PT volunteer maintain equipment?

Can PTA or Nurse practitioner write PT orders?

Differentiate EIP and IEP

Can you instruct an RN to carry out ROM, Bed exercises, transfers, and ambulation?

Patient on restraint needs to be checked every _____.