chapter 3 - The Process of OT Flashcards
Standard precautions
Includes a group of infection prevention practices that apply to all patients, regardless of suspended or confirmed infection status.
These include hand hygiene; use of gloves, gown, mask, eye protection, or face shield, and safe injection practices.
Assume that every person is potentially infected with an organism that could be transmitted.
Contact Precautions
A. isolation room
B. Gloves when entering, remove before leaving room
C. Gown when entering room and remove before leaving room
D. Single-patient-use equipment
E. Limit transport and movement of patient to essential purposes only.
Use precautions when transporting to minimize spread risk to other patients and risk of contaminating environment
Airborne Precautions
A. Respiratory isolation room
B. Wear respiratory protection (mask)
C. Limit movement and transport of patient to essential purposes only
Mask patient when transporting out of area
ex. measles, chicken pox, myobacterium tuberculosis
Droplet precautions
A. Isolation room
B. Wear respiratory protection (mask) when entering room
C. Limit movement and transport of patient to essential purposes only
Mask patient when transporting out of area
ex. mumps, rubella, pertussis, influenza
Hand hygiene
A. Before direct contact w/ patients
B. After contact with blood, bodily fluids, mucous membranes, nonintact skin, or wound dressings.
C. After contact with intact skin (BP, pulse)
D. If hands move from contaminated body site to non-contaminated body site during patient care.
E. After contact with inanimate objects in vicinity of patient
Types of Developmental Groups
Parallel: individual tasks in the presence of others
Project: Shared short-term activity
Egocentric-cooperative: members select and implement a long-range activity which requires group interaction to complete
Cooperative: group activity which facilitates the free expression of ideas and feelings
Mature: members assume all functional socio-emotional and task roles within a group
Medicare Indicators for Group Membership
The individual is able to:
A. Engage willingly
B. Attend to group guidelines/procedures
C. Actively participate in group process
D. Benefit from group leadership input/peer input
E. Respond appropriately throughout group process
F. Incorporate feedback
G. Completes activities towards goal attainment
H. Attain greater benefit from group intervention than from 1:1 intervention
Intervention Prioritization
A. values, interests, and needs of individual/family
B. Client’s current and expected roles and environmental context
C. Treatment setting’s characteristics, resources, and limitations
D. Likelihood that the problem will respond to intervention within the given setting
