NPTE Practice Test

NPTE Practice Test What technique should a PT use when assisting a patient with hemiparesis and pusher's syndrome? - ANS - have the patient keep hands clasped together (helps to limit pushing with sound extremity); if ...

NPTE Practice Test What technique should a PT use when assisting a patient with hemiparesis and pusher's syndrome? - ANS - have the patient keep hands clasped together (helps to limit pushing with sound extremity); if the therapist tries to increase symmetry by standing on the weak side and pushing the patient's trunk to the other side, the patient will push harder using the strong side When a patient lies on the hemiplegic side, how should they be positioned? - ANS - shoulder protracted, elbow extended, forearm supinated, wrist in neutral NOTE: - ANS - Repeatedly DF the feet (ankle pumps) can ameliorate symptoms of orthostatic hypotension. What are the 3 recommended therapeutic interventions for treating a patient with heterotropic ossification? - ANS - 1) maintaining available ROM 2) avoiding vigorous stretching 3) achieving and maintaining optimal WC positioning Systolic BP should increase with increasing workload by ~___ mmHg per 1 MET increase in workload. - ANS - 10 mmHg What type of dressing is used for non-infected wounds with minimal to moderate exudate? - ANS - hydrocolloids At how many weeks post surgical rotator repair are maximal exercises indicated? - ANS - week 4 What is the best self-assessment of exercise intensity? - ANS - rating of perceived exertion (RPE) Walking in the home and community using only AFOs would be possible for a child who has a ___-___ myelomeningocele. - ANS - L4-L5 Walking in the home and community using KAFOs would be possible for a child who has a ___- ___ myelomeningocele. - ANS - L3-L4 What are the 4 steps to donning medical equipment prior to changing a large, draining wound? - ANS - 1) wash hands 2) don a mask 3) don a sterile gown 4) don sterile gloves _______ can refer pain to the pelvic area and hip that is relieved with passing gas. The patient will likely exhibit full, pain-free hip/lumbar ROM and normal LE strength as well as no change in pain with walking or lying supine. - ANS - Crohn disease _______ is caused by gallstones, alcoholism, substance abuse, etc. and is characterized by acute "band-like" pain which can radiate to the back and is worse in supine position and with walking. It may be accompanied by hypotension, tachycardia, nausea, and vomiting. - ANS - acute pancreatitis _______ causes epigastric and LUQ pain that is characterized by anorexia, nausea, vomiting, constipation, flatulence, weight loss, and steatorrhea (greasy stools). - ANS - chronic pancreatitis Patients who have _______ may appear to have short transverse lines across the nail (Mees lines) or a brownish distal 1/3 end of the nail (half-and-half nails). - ANS - renal failure Patients who have _______ may have transverse depressions (Beau lines) or a nail bed that is white and extends 2/3 of the length of the nail (Terry nails). - ANS - liver dysfunction The elbow extensors are innervated by ___. - ANS - C7 The shoulder ABDs are innervated by ___. - ANS - C5 The wrist extensors are innervated by ___. - ANS - C6 The cervical spine lateral flexors are innervated by ___-___ nerve roots and the _______ nerve. - ANS - C3-C4 and spinal accessory nerve NOTE: - ANS - Neck flexion along with a SLR may indicate irritation to the dura and may indicate a disc lesion. If the pain is very severe, it may warrant a referral, but it is a common sign found with disc lesions. What type of data is known as the classification scale as it involves variables that are mutually exclusive and exhaustive categories so that each object or person can be assigned to only 1 category? It is qualitative rather than quantitative. - ANS - nominal Blood type, type of breath sound, and type of arthritis are examples of what type of data? - ANS - nominal What type of data is known as the ranking scale as the data is ranked on the basis of a property of the variable but the intervals between the ranks may not be equal or known? - ANS - ordinal MMT grades, levels of assistance, pain, and joint laxity grades are examples of what type of data? - ANS - ordinal What type of data is there equal intervals between adjacent values but there is NO true zero point? - ANS - interval Temperature and some developmental and functional status tests are examples of what type of data? - ANS - interval What type of data in