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The Alabama Administrative Code allows the physical therapist assistant to: 1. Discontinue any patient treatment he/she feels is harmful2. Perform disability assessments3. Refuse to act on delegated interventions not in the patient’s best interest4. Initiate the patient’s treatment plan

What should the PTA do if the patient always arrives late to physical therapy treatments? 

True/False Defend. Defend your answer either way! Awareness and acceptance of a patient’s racial characteristics, religious affiliations, and socioeconomic status are part of cultural diversity.

According to Sternberg’s triangular theory of love, love involves:  

Intimate relationships often include:  

______________ are people who knowingly or unknowingly protect addicts from the consequences of their behavior.  

Upon making a cultural mistake during a treatment it is best to 

True/False Defend. Defend your answer either way! With nonverbal communication the general rule is “Don’t assume anything.”

An elderly patient was referred to the outpatient clinic for knee pain. The PT has delegated massage and ultrasound to the quadriceps region from the POC to Mike Gardner, a PTA. The PT has assured Mike that the patient has stated she is comfortable working with a therapist of the opposite sex. However, as Mike begins to prepare for the treatment the patient seems uneasy but insists she is willing to proceed. What could Mike do to decrease his patient’s anxiety about the situation?

Susan is the new director of an outpatient therapy facility. She has extensively researched and respects the differences between cultures and the impact on therapy outcomes. He staff has mixed feeling about the need to consider cultural differences and to modify their treatment plans accordingly. Tammy, has been a PTA for the past 10 years, and has seen no need to modify her approach. In Tammy’s opinion, the patients should be held accountable for their behaviors and compliance with therapy, not given excuses for their failure to perform. Tammy is displaying which of the following?