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A physical therapist assistant employed in an inpatient rehabilitation center works with a patient rehabilitating from a total knee replacement. Which treatment activity would be the MOST appropriate to delegate to a physical therapy aide?

A 16 year old female accompanied by her mother receives exercise instructions. During the treatment session the mother makes several comments to her daughter that appear to be extremely upsetting and result in the daughter losing concentration. The MOST approprite physical therapist assistant action to have a productive remainder of the treatment session would be to:

Based on a patient’s immediate response, a physical therapist assistant determines an ultrasound treatment to be contraindicated.  What should the PTA do FIRST?

A physical therapist and physical therapist assistant work as a team in an orthopedic private practice. Which activity would be most inappropriate for a physical therapist assistant?

A physical therapist assistant works in a clinic in a state that doesn’t require physical therapist assistants to earn continuing education credits.  The physical therapist assistant begins to feel “rusty” in the use of modalities, which are used frequently in the clinic. What does the American Physical Therapy Association document “Standards of Ethical Conduct for the PTA (2010)” have to say about what the PTA should do?

A Physical Therapist asks you to perform a discharge evaluation. In order to practice legally and ethically, what would be the most appropriate response as a Physical Therapist Assistant?

A patient that a physical therapist assistant is seeing for neck pain returns to the clinic after the past weekend with new physician orders due to complaints of ankle pain. The ankle pain seems like a simple ankle sprain. What should you do?

What direction do the American Physical Therapy Association ethical documents provide the Physical Therapist Assistant (PTA) in terms of how/when the PTA can modify a patient’s plan of care?

A physical therapist assistant prepares to use soft tissue massage as part of a treatment plan for a patient with an adductor strain. The most appropriate therapist action prior to initiating treatment is:

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