Go to www.apta.org, please answer the following questions. 

Questions 1-4: (max 2 points each)

1. In your own words, what does the APTA do?  _______    ___________________________________________________________________     

2. In your own words, summarize the APTA’s Vision Statement.      ______   

  

3. Under the “Current Students” section, what do you find most interesting or useful and why?  ______________________________________________________  _________________________     

4. Under the “Practice & Patient Care- Practice Administration” section, read about Peer Review. In your own words, describe what Peer Review is.       

a. How does the peer review process maintain quality within the operation of a physical therapy practice or department?         

 

5. What are the Values-based Behaviors for PTAs? Give an example for each behavior. (max 16 points)

  

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6. Under the “Practice and Patient Care” section, find the Standards of Ethical Conduct for the Physical Therapist Assistant (Appendix 2). Print out a copy and highlight which standard you most identify with. Attach the standards to this assignment. Choose a bullet underneath the highlighted standard you chose and in the space provided below explain why you feel it is important. (10 pts.)

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

Review the Episodic note case study your  instructor provides you for this week’s Assignment. Please see the  “Course Announcements” section of the classroom for your Episodic note  case study.

• With regard to the Episodic note case study provided:
  • Review this week’s Learning Resources, and consider the insights they provide about the case study.
  • Consider what history would be necessary to collect from the patient in the case study.
  • Consider what physical exams and diagnostic tests would be  appropriate to gather more information about the patient’s condition.  How would the results be used to make a diagnosis?
  • Identify at least five possible conditions that may be considered in a differential diagnosis for the patient.

The Assignment

1. Analyze the subjective portion of the note. List additional information that should be included in the documentation.
2. Analyze the objective portion of the note. List additional information that should be included in the documentation.
3. Is the assessment supported by the subjective and objective information? Why or why not?
4. What diagnostic tests would be appropriate for this case, and how would the results be used to make a diagnosis?
5. Would you reject/accept the current diagnosis? Why or why not?  Identify three possible conditions that may be considered as a  differential diagnosis for this patient. Explain your reasoning using at  least three different references from current evidence-based  literature.

  

Week 6: Assessment of the Abdomen and Gastrointestinal SystemABDOMINAL ASSESSMENTSubjective:•CC: “My stomach hurts, I have diarrhea and nothing seems to help.”•HPI: JR, 47 yo WM, complains of having generalized abdominal pain that started 3 days ago. He has not taken any medications because he did not know what to take. He states the pain is a 5/10 today but has been as much as 9/10 when it first started. He has been able to eat, with some nausea afterwards.•PMH: HTN, Diabetes, hx of GI bleed 4 years ago •Medications: Lisinopril 10mg, Amlodipine 5 mg, Metformin 1000mg, Lantus 10 units qhs•Allergies: NKDA•FH: No hx of colon cancer, Father hx DMT2, HTN, Mother hx HTN, Hyperlipidemia, GERD •Social: Denies tobacco use; occasional etoh, married, 3 children (1 girl, 2 boys)Objective:•VS: Temp 99.8; BP 160/86; RR 16; P 92; HT 5’10”; WT 248lbs•Heart: RRR, no murmurs•Lungs: CTA, chest wall symmetrical•Skin: Intact without lesions, no urticaria •Abd: soft, hyperactive bowel sounds, pos pain in the LLQ•Diagnostics: NoneAssessment:•Left lower quadrant pain •GastroenteritisPLAN: This section is not required for the assignments in this course (NURS 6512) but will be required for future courses.