Question

Application 1. You are on the first day of a clinical experience at a skilled nursing facility and observe one of the PTAs working with a patient who had a right hip replacement because of severe osteoarthritis. The patient is receiving interventions that include ice packs, active assistive range of motion and strengthening exercises, gait training, transfer training, and bed mobility training. The patient's goals include being able to get out of bed independently, transfer independently, and ambulate independently using a wheeled walker within 3 weeks, and to go back to living alone in his home. Based on the following interventions and topics, list at least two additional questions that the PTA needs to be thinking about to gather enough information to write a comprehensive daily note. Pain 1. Where did the patient report feeling pain? Gait training 1. How far did the patient ambulate in today's intervention session? Ice packs 1. To what part of the body were the ice packs applied?

Answer 1

1. Pain :-

- Does the pain increased with activity

- At what time the patient has more pain

2. Gait training :-

- How mauch time did the patient walk today

- How much assistance did he need today

3. Ice packs :-

- How many ice packs were needed

- Did the ice pack application decreased the pain

4. Exercise :-

- How many exercises were performed today

- Did he faced any difficulty during exercise