Midterm Review

Question 1

What are the three kinds of tort?

Answer 1

Negligence, intentional, and liability

Question 2

What are the three risk management strategies?

Answer 2

Avoidance, transference, and retention

Question 3

What are the four forms of crendentialing at the state level?

Answer 3

Certification, licensure, registration, and exemption

Question 4

Who initiates a criminal case? A civil case?

Answer 4

Criminal= prosecuter
Civil= plaintiff

Question 5

Determining how well an individual will do in a role by using employment criteria is utilizing what?

Answer 5

Validity

Question 6

What does FTE stand for? HCU? How many HCUs is a full time AT worth?

Answer 6

Full time equivalent; health care unit; 12

Question 7

What is not a financial component of an ATs job?

Answer 7

Insurance

Question 8

What would a repair of a modality fall under in terms of a budget?

Answer 8

Expendables (you don’t plan for it)

Question 9

What would maintenance of a modality fall under in terms of budget?

Answer 9

Purchased services

Question 10

What are some ways to ensure you inventory is good?

Answer 10

Inventory often, centralize the storage, and have maintenance/inventory reminders

Question 11

What percentage of a salary does benefits normally account for?

Answer 11

20-25%

Question 12

Is ventilation a specialized or non-specialized area in terms of facility design?

Answer 12

Non-specialized

Question 13

What are three ways to help fund a major project? Why not an endowment?

Answer 13

Commercial loans, bonds, and capital campaign (not endowment because those are better for smaller projects)

Question 14

What are the two types of budget models?

Answer 14

Spending-ceiling and spending-reduction

Question 15

What are the 5 selection activities when it comes to the selection staff?

Answer 15

Hiring, promoting, demoting, performance evaluation, and retention

Question 16

How many years should medical records be stored?

Answer 16

10 years

Question 17

Where would you see focused charting used? Narrative charting?

Answer 17

College/university; doctor’s office

Question 18

What does FERPA stand for?

Answer 18

Family educational rights and privacy act

Question 19

What does HIPAA stand for?

Answer 19

Health insurance portability and accountability act

Question 20

If a PT were to refer a patient to an AT, what would be the steps of the referral process?

Answer 20

• clear the transfer of care with the patient and AT first
• have the PT discharge the patient
• have the AT conduct a new eval and develop a new plan of care

Question 21

What type of legal issue would be at stake if someone due a grade 5 manipulation even though the were not trained?

Answer 21

Malfeasance

Question 22

What are the three reasons to break confidentiality?

Answer 22

• Pt is in imminent and clear danger
• Pt is a threat to others
• You have legally been called upon to speak in the court of law

Question 23

Do Fair Labor Standards apply to ATs?

Answer 23

Not really because we’re salaried so we’re not as concerned with “overtime”

Question 24

What may determine the salary a potential employee is offered?

Answer 24

Experience, education, specialization, cost of living, and full time or part time

Question 25

What is abandoment?

Answer 25

Discharging a patient without their consent

Question 26

What would be some reasos for an immediate hire?

Answer 26

Death, early retimrement, termination, unplanned leave, work related injury/illness

Question 27

In an ATR, where are GFIs needed?

Answer 27

With all modality outlets and those in wet areas

Question 28

When storing items, where should you keep the heavy items? Most commonly used items?

Answer 28

Heavy= waist height
Common= eye level

Question 29

Would a physician owned company be profit or non-for profit?

Answer 29

Non-for profit

Question 30

What are some examples of minor capital equipment? Major? Expendables?

Answer 30

Minor- dumbballs, balls, etc.
Major- Modalities, whirlpool, (things over $500
Expendables- tape, ice bags, etc.