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Occupational Therapy Pocket Guide

  • 1st Edition - September 20, 2023
  • Latest edition
  • Author: Lyndsey Jarvis
  • Language: English

Put essential OT information at your fingertips! Occupational Therapy Pocket Guide provides a quick reference that’s ideal for use in the clinical setting. From evaluatio… Read more

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Put essential OT information at your fingertips! Occupational Therapy Pocket Guide provides a quick reference that’s ideal for use in the clinical setting. From evaluation and assessment through diagnoses and interventions, this handbook summarizes the details you need to know for safe, effective client rehabilitation. It also includes normal ranges for vitals and laboratory tests. Written by experienced occupational therapist Lyndsey Jarvis, this compact clinical reference makes lookup easy and helps you perform OT tasks and skills with confidence.

Key features

  • Concise coverage provides a quick yet thorough overview of each OT topic
  • Logical organization includes six separate sections: Assessment, Conditions, Additional Intervention, Education, Documentation, and Reference Tools
  • eBook version is included with print purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud

Table of contents

SECTION I ASSESSMENT

1. Vitals

2. Range of Motion

3. Muscle Grades

4. Balance Grades

5. Orthostatic Hypotension

6. Pitting Edema

7. Initial Interview

8. Analysis of Occupational Performance

9. Common Upper Extremity Conditions With Special Orthopedic Tests

10. Mobility and Balance Assessments

11. Functional Assessments

12. Cognitive Assessments

13. Home Safety Eval/Checklist

14. Underlying Dysfunction

SECTION II CONDITIONS: DESCRIPTION, INTERVENTION

15. Aftercare Following Joint Replacement

16. Alzheimer Disease/Dementia

17. Burns

18. Cardiovascular Disease

19. Cerebral Vascular Accident/Stroke

20. Dysphagia

21. Fracture

22. Hand Injury and Impairment

23. Low Vision

24. Multiple Sclerosis

25. Osteoarthritis (OA/DJD)

26. Pain

27. Parkinson Disease

28. Pressure Ulcers

29. Respiratory Conditions

30. Spinal Cord Injury

31. Traumatic Brain Injury

SECTION III ADDITIONAL INTERVENTION

32. Types of Intervention

33. ADL/IADL Retraining Techniques

34. PNF Patterns

35. Adaptive Equipment

SECTION IV EDUCATION

36. Energy Conservation Techniques

37. Fall Prevention

38. Joint Protection Principles

39. Proper Body Mechanics

40. Surgical Precautions: Cardiac

41. Surgical Precautions: Orthopedic

SECTION V DOCUMENTATION

42. Reason for Referral Narrative

43. SOAP Note/Treatment Encounter Note

44. Homebound Status

45. Skilled Terminology

SECTION VI REFERENCE TOOLS

46. Anatomical Planes and Orientation

47. Muscle Diagrams

48. Dermatomes

49. Lab Values and Implications for Therapy

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: December 26, 2023
  • Language: English