Intro to PTA Final Exam "Study Guide" Questions and answers. Rated A. 2022/2023.

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Intro to PTA Final Exam "Study Guide" Questions and answers. Rated A. 2022/2023. What was the original purpose of the Physical Therapist Scope of Practice? - ✔✔To limit the variety of defi... nitions of physical therapy Which of the following is NOT included as a test or measure in the "Physical Therapist Scope of Practice?" - ✔✔nutritional counseling What part of the physical therapy patient management model includes establishing a diagnosis and prognosis that includes a plan of care? - ✔✔Evaluation In the disablement model, functional limitations are caused by impairments. (T/F) - ✔✔True What is the name of the document produced by the APTA that describes the approach of the physical therapist to patient care? - ✔✔Guide to Physical Therapist Practice Which of the following would be outside the physical therapist's scope of practice? - ✔✔Suggesting a client double her dosage of blood pressure medication Physical therapists and physical therapist assistants are the only individuals that can legally provide "physical therapy" interventions. (T/F) - ✔✔True True or False: Physical Therapy in this country began as a profession in response to a Tuberculosis outbreak. - ✔✔False Who is responsible for establishing the physical therapy technique of application of moist heat to permit mobilizations and prevent contractures in individuals with polio? - ✔✔Elizabeth Kenny Independent and accurate judgment is inherent in every evaluation, plan of care, and discharge plan conducted by the PT. This describes which of the following criteria to define a profession? - ✔✔Autonomy of judgment The APTA vision statement indicates that by 2020, the provision of services will be by doctors of physical therapy. True or False - ✔✔True Which of the following is NOT a membership category of the APTA: - ✔✔associate Which of the following is a section of the APTA - ✔✔Hand Rehabilitation The most local organizational unit in the structure of the APTA - ✔✔District Is similar to a section in that it provides a mechanism for members with common interests to meet, confer, and promote their objectives. Is composed of members of the same class (category) and may exist at the state and national levels. - ✔✔Assembly "Must be coincide with or be confined within the legally constituted boundaries of a state, territory, or commonwealth of the United States or the District of Columbia." - ✔✔Chapter The highest policymaking body of the APTA. - ✔✔House of Delegates Give at least 3 benefits of belonging to the APTA. - ✔✔Three benefits of belonging to the American Physical Therapy Association include: 1. Continuing Education (such as the Annual Conference, Preview 2020, National Student Conclave, etc) 2. Professional Development (Student Assembly, sections, etc) 3. Research Which of the following is defined as the primary regard or devotion to the interest of clients, and placing the needs of clients ahead of the physical therapist self interest? - ✔✔Altruism The PTA caucus is at what level of the APTA? - ✔✔National What organization is responsible for developing, maintaining, and administering the national licensure examination for PTs and PTAs? - ✔✔Federation of State Boards of Physical Therapy What year was the APTA founded? - ✔✔1947 What year was the American Women's Therapeutic Association founded? - ✔✔1921 The APA was founded when? - ✔✔1922 Who was the first "P.T." in the U.S., and was first president of the "APTA"? - ✔✔Mary McMillen What is one example of a section within the APTA? - ✔✔Education An APTA membership where the person does not have to be part of the physical therapy profession? - ✔✔Honorary Who serves as the accrediting body for educational programs? - ✔✔CAPTE What year was the first PTA graduated and utilized? - ✔✔1969 What does it mean to be a profession? - ✔✔1. Lifetime commitment 2. Representative organization 3. Special education 4. Service to clients 5. Autonomy of Judgement Impairment - ✔✔Loss or abnormality of a body function or structure at the cellular, tissue, organ, or system level. Causes functional limitations. Functional Limitation - ✔✔Decreased ability of a person to perform a task w/o regard to the context or environment Disability - ✔✔Occurs if the functional limitation restricts activity in a particular context or environment What is the foremost core document approved by the House of Delegates of the American Physical Therapy Association? - ✔✔Standards of Practice for Physical Therapy According to the "Standards of Practice for Physical Therapy" which of the following is true about the "Plan of Care"? - ✔✔The PT involves the patient/client and appropriate others in the planning, implementation, and assessment of the plan of care. The determination of the predicted optimal level of improvement in function and the amount of time needed to reach that level is called the: - ✔✔prognosis What level of medical care is provided by clinicians on a referral basis? - ✔✔Secondary care Physical therapists work in which of the following levels of care? - ✔✔Primary, Secondary, and tertiary care Which of the following activities by a PT could be categorized as a quick assessment to determine if further medical services are needed by a PT or other health care professional? - ✔✔Screening Which of the following is NOT true regarding the Physical Therapist Assistant? - ✔✔the degree of supervision required for the PTA is the same in each state True or False: Only the PT can develop or modify the plan of care for a given patient. - ✔✔True In what part of the client management model would a PT obtain a recent medical history? - ✔✔Examination Which of the following tests and measures are used to assess body measurements and fat composition? - ✔✔Anthropometric characteristics Analysis of body alignment and positioning is assessed with what type of test or measurement? - ✔✔Posture Why should PTs and PTAs pay special attention to nonverbal signals that clients display? - ✔✔Over half of the impact of messages comes from facial expressions In which of the following situations would a patient be discharged from physical therapy? - ✔✔Goals and outcomes have been achieved based on the PTs judgment True or False: A PTA may complete a discharge plan and document discharge status. - ✔✔False According to your text, the majority of PTAs are female and practice in which setting? - ✔✔private office Which of the following requirements for utilization of the PTA is accurate? - ✔✔there must be regularly scheduled and documented conferences between the PTA and the PT regarding the patients under their care What document controls the day-to-day relationship between the PT and the PTA? - ✔✔State practice acts [Show More]

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