Exam 1 (Pertilo Ch. 1&2 and PT Rules and Regs up to 342)

Question 1

Morality

Answer 1

What one believes is right and wrong

Question 2

Moral Duty

Answer 2

Ones need or obligation to respond to a situation based on his/her experiences

Question 3

3 Subgroups of Morality

Answer 3

Personal, Societal, Group

Question 4

Personal Morality

Answer 4

a collage of values, duties, actions, and character traits each person adopts as relevant for his or her life. It is “who you are”.

Question 5

Societal Morality

Answer 5

Values and ideas of duty that spring from deep religious, philosophic, and anthropologic beliefs about humans and their relationship with God, with each other, and with the natural world. Codified in laws, customs, and policies.

Question 6

Group Morality

Answer 6

Moral guidelines adopted by a group. Ex: Professional morality- Embraces moral duty, values, and character traits that do not apply equally or at all to others in society.

Question 7

Key difference between Laws and Ethics

Answer 7

A law is what you “Must do” and ethics is what you “Should do”

Question 8

Patient-Centered Care, or client-centered care

Answer 8

Adopted in the health professions’ clinical and ethical literature to emphasize the imperative that professionals keep a focus on the well-being of the whole person.

Question 9

Accountability

Answer 9

Holding one to account for one’s actions, assumes that one is not only capable of acting in a certain way and has the appropriate knowledge to do so but also is free to go ahead unimpeded.

Question 10

Responsiveness

Answer 10

Willingness to engage with the other to gain a deep awareness and understanding of the person. It’s the ability to adapt one’s learning and experience to discern what the moral and ethical thing is to do in a certain situation.

Question 11

CAPTE

Answer 11

Commission on Accreditation for Physical Therapy Education

Question 12

The 6 qualifying referral sources

Answer 12

physician, physician assistant, podiatrist, dentist, chiropractor, and advance nurse practitioners

Question 13

Methods of referral

Answer 13

written documentation (including faxed and emailed)
verbally, in person or by telephone, but still must be recorded to include all the information a written referral would.

Question 14

Who can change/modify the treatment goals and/or plan of care

Answer 14

The PT but not the PTA

Question 15

When should a PT reeval a patient

Answer 15

At minimum, every 60 days according to the Rules and Regulations. However, medicare requires every 30 days

Question 16

When should a PTA include the name of the supervising PT in his documentation and when should the PT sign in Texas

Answer 16

Every session and the PT should sign documentation weekly

Question 17

List 5 ways the Board may deny license for practicing in a manner detrimental to public health and welfare

Answer 17

• failing to document physical therapy services, inaccurately recording, falsifying, or altering patent/client records
• obtaining or attempting to obtain or deliver medications through means of misrepresentation, fraud, forgery, deception, and/or subterfuge
• failing to supervise and maintain the supervision of supportive personnel, licensed or unlicensed, in compliance with the Act and rule requirements
• aiding, abetting, authorizing, condoning, or allowing the practice of physical therapy by any person not licensed to practice physical therapy
• permitting another person to use an individual’s physical therapist’s or physical therapist assistant’s license for any purpose

Question 18

If a person fails, the exam twice but not with very low scores, what must the applicant take before the next exam

Answer 18

CCU’s

Question 19

Max number of times an applicant can take the exam

Answer 19

6

Question 20

How long is a temporary license valid

Answer 20

Until the applicant receives the score report from the board, or until the last day of the third month after the month the license is issued.

Question 21

Who must be an on-site supervisor for an applicant with a temporary PTA license

Answer 21

A licences PT only