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Rehabilitation and Restorative CareWhat is an orthotic device?
A device that is applied externally to a body part to support or control movement
An artificial replacement for a missing body part
A device that makes a part of the body work better
All of the above - answer A device that is applied externally to a body part to support or
control movement
Who is primarily responsible for planning and providing restorative care to patients?
Physicians
The nursing team
The physical therapy team
The patients' family - answer The nursing team
What should you do if a patient begins to feel dizzy while you are helping with breathing
and coughing exercises?
Note it in the patient chart and allow the nurse to handle the situation
Ask the patient to "work through it" to improve their recovery
Report it to the supervisor immediately.
Monitor the situation over the course of your shift - answer Report it to the supervisor
immediately.
Cold applications have a numbing effect. What benefit does this result in?
Reduced swelling
Decreased bleeding
Pain relief - answerPain relief
After lowering a falling patient to the floor, what should you do?
Find a wheelchair
Leave the patient and go get a nurse
Stay with the patient and call a nurse
Help the patient get up and walk back to the room - answerStay with the patient and
call a nurse
Which of the following is true?
People with poor balance should never use canes.
The handlebars of walkers should be level with the patient's hips.
All patients with crutches use the same gait.
When using axillary crutches, patients should rest their weight on the axillary bars. -
answerThe handlebars of walkers should be level with the patient's hips.
Which of the following is a way to help patients be as independent as possible?
, Force a patient to complete a task.
Offer as much assistance as possible.
Help a patient with a task only if assistance is needed.
Get frustrated when a patient asks for help completing a task. - answerHelp a patient
with a task only if assistance is needed.
Describe elderly people's sensitivity to temperature.
They have the same sensitivity to temperature as younger people.
They have less sensitivity to temperature.
They have more sensitivity to temperature. - answerThey have less sensitivity to
temperature.
What should a health care worker do if the patient begins to fall?
Try to prevent the fall
Help patients safely to the floor
Rush the patient back to the room
Step away and move furniture around the patient - answerHelp patients safely to the
floor
When helping a patient to ambulate, where should the health care workers stand?
To the patient's unaffected side and in front of patient
Directly beside the patient's affected side
Behind the patient, holding the transfer belt
To the patient's affected side and slightly behind patient - answerTo the patient's
affected side and slightly behind patient
Which of the following is a compressive garment that is applied to the abdomen, chest,
or perineal area?
A compressor
A bandage
A dressing
A binder - answerA binder
Which type of cane provides patients with the minimum amount of stability and support?
Single-tipped canes
Multiple-tipped canes
Hemiwalkers - answerSingle-tipped canes
For eating, a health care worker opens containers and packages, puts condiments on
food, cuts food, and opens the napkin. What type of activities of daily living (ADL)
training is this an example of?
Hand-over-hand
Demonstration
Setup
Verbal cues - answerSetup
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