PTP Final Exam Questions With Correct
Answers
Acute Care - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-*Setting*: a hospital
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*Types of patients*: typically, quite ill' may be so critically ill that they require
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admission to the ICU or cardiac care unit (CCU)
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*Focus of treatment*: 1-2 times a day to restore the patient's ability to get up
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and out of bed to return home when possible
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*Length of stay*: a typical hospital stay in 3-5 days
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Rehabilitation Hospital - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-*Setting*-specialized facility most
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often in a separate building from an acute care hospital
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*Types of patients*-patients of all ages (not all rehab hospitals accept children)
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most often admitted from an acute care hospital due to an extensive neurological
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or musculoskeletal involvement
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*Focus of treatment*-3 hours of therapy twice a day to restore function or
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learning how to compensate for a newly acquired physical disability such as a
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spinal cord injury, head trauma, stroke, or motor vehicle accident
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*Length of stay*-often 1-2 weeks to 6 weeks
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Outpatient clinic - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-*setting*-may be a free standing facility
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or a pT departments located within a hospital
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*types of patients*-patients with short-term musculoskeletal problems such as
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back pain, or neck pain; often includes patients who have had orthopedic surgery
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,to repair a ligament, muscle, or tendon; patients discharged from hospitals or
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skilled care also often return for therapy as outpatients
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*focus of treatment*-restoration or rehab of neuromusculoskeletal problem
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*length of stay*-patients often treated for shorter periods such as several times a
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week for several weeks
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Skilled Nursing Facility - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-*seeting*-may be a "nursing
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home" type of setting or a separate floor or building associated with an acute
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care hosp. |
*types of patients*-usually older patients who require additional therapy or care
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that cannot be provided at home;patients admitted here often come from an
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acute hospital stay | |
*focus of treatment*-1.5 hours a day to restore the patient's ability to function
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independently enough to care for themselves or to a level where others at home
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can care for them
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*length of stay*-anywhere from a couple of weeks to a couple of months
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Extended Care Facility - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-*setting*-commonly referred to
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as a "nursing home" , these facilities are most often free standing
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*types of patients*-generally, elderly patients who have such extensive, long term
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care needs that family cannot care for them at home and the patients that do
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not have enough rehab potential to qualify either for rehab placement, skilled
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care, or assisted living
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*focus of treatment*-resolution of recent decline in function
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*length of stay*-often remain in extended care for the remainder of lifespan
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, Assisted living facility - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-*setting*-often associated with a
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skilled care or extended care facility
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*type of patients*-often includes the elderly population who only need
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assistance with meals or medications; residents are unable to live independently
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but do not require significant amount of health care services; admission requires
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person be independently mobile (either by walking or wheelchair)
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*focus of treatment*-resolution of recent decline in function
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*length of stay*- often remain in assisted living facility for remainder of lifespan
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or until transfer to extended care becomes necessary
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Home Health Care - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-*setting*-person's residence
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*types of patients*-adults of all ages
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*focus of treatment*-rehabilitating the patient to a functional level (and get
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outpatient therapy instead of home health if additional therapy is needed)
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*length of stay*-several weeks| | |
HICPAC - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-to prevent the spread of infections, the centers
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for disease control/hospital infection control practices advisory committees in
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Atlanta, has issues voluntary guidelines for isolation precautions in hospitals
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Standard Precautions - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Formerly known as universal
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precautions with all patients | | |
Transmission based isolation precautions - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--patients
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documented or suspected to be infected/colonized | | | | |
-with pathogens that are highly transmissible (particularly contagious) for which
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additional precautions are needed beyond | | | |
Answers
Acute Care - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-*Setting*: a hospital
| | | | | |
*Types of patients*: typically, quite ill' may be so critically ill that they require
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
admission to the ICU or cardiac care unit (CCU)
| | | | | | | |
*Focus of treatment*: 1-2 times a day to restore the patient's ability to get up
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
and out of bed to return home when possible
| | | | | | | |
*Length of stay*: a typical hospital stay in 3-5 days
| | | | | | | | |
Rehabilitation Hospital - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-*Setting*-specialized facility most
| | | | | |
often in a separate building from an acute care hospital
| | | | | | | | | | |
*Types of patients*-patients of all ages (not all rehab hospitals accept children)
| | | | | | | | | | | |
most often admitted from an acute care hospital due to an extensive neurological
| | | | | | | | | | | |
or musculoskeletal involvement
| | | |
*Focus of treatment*-3 hours of therapy twice a day to restore function or
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
learning how to compensate for a newly acquired physical disability such as a
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
spinal cord injury, head trauma, stroke, or motor vehicle accident
| | | | | | | | |
*Length of stay*-often 1-2 weeks to 6 weeks
| | | | | | |
Outpatient clinic - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-*setting*-may be a free standing facility
| | | | | | | | |
or a pT departments located within a hospital
| | | | | | | |
*types of patients*-patients with short-term musculoskeletal problems such as
| | | | | | | | |
back pain, or neck pain; often includes patients who have had orthopedic surgery
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
,to repair a ligament, muscle, or tendon; patients discharged from hospitals or
| | | | | | | | | | | |
skilled care also often return for therapy as outpatients
| | | | | | | | |
*focus of treatment*-restoration or rehab of neuromusculoskeletal problem
| | | | | | | |
*length of stay*-patients often treated for shorter periods such as several times a
| | | | | | | | | | | |
week for several weeks
| | | |
Skilled Nursing Facility - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-*seeting*-may be a "nursing
| | | | | | | | |
home" type of setting or a separate floor or building associated with an acute
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
care hosp. |
*types of patients*-usually older patients who require additional therapy or care
| | | | | | | | | | |
that cannot be provided at home;patients admitted here often come from an
| | | | | | | | | | | |
acute hospital stay | |
*focus of treatment*-1.5 hours a day to restore the patient's ability to function
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
independently enough to care for themselves or to a level where others at home
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
can care for them
| | | |
*length of stay*-anywhere from a couple of weeks to a couple of months
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Extended Care Facility - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-*setting*-commonly referred to
| | | | | | | |
as a "nursing home" , these facilities are most often free standing
| | | | | | | | | | | |
*types of patients*-generally, elderly patients who have such extensive, long term
| | | | | | | | | |
care needs that family cannot care for them at home and the patients that do
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
not have enough rehab potential to qualify either for rehab placement, skilled
| | | | | | | | | | | |
care, or assisted living
| | | |
*focus of treatment*-resolution of recent decline in function
| | | | | | |
*length of stay*-often remain in extended care for the remainder of lifespan
| | | | | | | | | | |
, Assisted living facility - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-*setting*-often associated with a
| | | | | | | | |
skilled care or extended care facility
| | | | | |
*type of patients*-often includes the elderly population who only need
| | | | | | | | | |
assistance with meals or medications; residents are unable to live independently
| | | | | | | | | | |
but do not require significant amount of health care services; admission requires
| | | | | | | | | | | |
person be independently mobile (either by walking or wheelchair)
| | | | | | | |
*focus of treatment*-resolution of recent decline in function
| | | | | | |
*length of stay*- often remain in assisted living facility for remainder of lifespan
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
or until transfer to extended care becomes necessary
| | | | | | |
Home Health Care - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-*setting*-person's residence
| | | | | |
*types of patients*-adults of all ages
| | | | |
*focus of treatment*-rehabilitating the patient to a functional level (and get
| | | | | | | | | | |
outpatient therapy instead of home health if additional therapy is needed)
| | | | | | | | | |
*length of stay*-several weeks| | |
HICPAC - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-to prevent the spread of infections, the centers
| | | | | | | | | | |
for disease control/hospital infection control practices advisory committees in
| | | | | | | | |
Atlanta, has issues voluntary guidelines for isolation precautions in hospitals
| | | | | | | | |
Standard Precautions - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Formerly known as universal
| | | | | | | |
precautions with all patients | | |
Transmission based isolation precautions - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--patients
| | | | | | |
documented or suspected to be infected/colonized | | | | |
-with pathogens that are highly transmissible (particularly contagious) for which
| | | | | | | | | |
additional precautions are needed beyond | | | |
