9/11b PPTA and Professional Topics Flashcards
Care Settings
Acute Hospital In-Patient Rehab Skilled Nursing Facility Home Care OPT
Acute care
24 hr nursing and medicine and all diagnostic services, 3 hrs of PT a day
Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF)/sub-acute rehab
24 hr nursing, Daily MD presence, some diagnostic services, daily care provided by nurse, less than 3 hrs a day of PT, each nurse covers 10-12 patients a day
Home Care
intermittent nursing; no diagnostic services
Out Patient Therapy
out patient therapy services, patient is being discharged and primarily therapy services
PT compact licensure
single license in a home state and application to practice in any state in the US that has signed the compact licensure
Inpatient Rehab
24 hr nursing, daily medical presence, some diagnostic services, high number of patients per nurse