NBCOT COTA EXAM Questions and Answers

Anterolateral hip replacement precautions - ANSWER Hip extension, hip adduction, and hip external rotation Common observable clinical signs of dysphagia - ANSWER Drooling, pocketing of food in the mouth, coughing, or ...

Anterolateral hip replacement precautions - ANSWER Hip extension, hip adduction, and hip external rotation Common observable clinical signs of dysphagia - ANSWER Drooling, pocketing of food in the mouth, coughing, or a gurgly speech. Contraindicated foods for clients with dysphagia - ANSWER Items such as dry foods (bread, crackers, chips), chewy foods (meat, candy), thin liquids (water, soda), and food with mixed consistencies (casseroles, soups) Aphasia - ANSWER Absence of cognitive language processing ability which results in deficits in speech, writing, or sign communication. Can be receptive, expressive, or both. Anomia - ANSWER Loss of ability to name objects or to to recognize or recall names; can be receptive of expressive (type of aphasia) Broca's aphasia - ANSWER Expressive aphasia- difficulty speaking Wernicke's aphasia - ANSWER Receptive aphasia- difficulty understanding language Common problems after cerebellum strokes - ANSWER Abnormal reflexes of the head and torso, coordination, and balance problems, dizziness, problems with swallowing and articulation, and cranial nerve deficits Common problems after brainstem stroke - ANSWER Strokes in the brainstem are often life threatening because the brainstem is the control center for essential life functions such as breathing, heart rate, blood pressure, and arousal. As with cerebellum stroke, survivors of brainstem stroke may also present with dizziness, problems with swallowing and articulation, cranial nerve deficits, and paralysis Left-sided CVA - ANSWER MOTOR- Right-sided paralysis/paresis, decreased motor control of repetitive movements (dysphagia *) / SENSORY- Right-sided sensory loss / VISUAL- Right visual field cuts (visual neglect) / PERCEPTUAL- Impaired right/left discrimination, verbal apraxia (hemi-inattention, motor apraxia) / COGNITIVE- Decreased analytic thinking, impaired logic, impaired time concepts, impaired memory associated with language / BEHAVIORAL- Slow performance, cautious behavior, depression / SPEECH AND LANGUAGE- Aphasia, agraphia, dyscalculia, decreased understanding of gestures, impaired