NBCOT Terms Flashcards
Low Air Mattress
type of electric pressure management device that is intended for people at higher risk for pressure sores or those who currently display a full-thickness ulcer.
Foam Mattress
means of pressure relief for an individual at lower risk for ulcers.
Air-fluidized bed
indicated for patients whose full-thickness ulcers are nonhealing.
Work Hardening Program
prepare individuals for returning to their specific job-related duties. Must be CARF certified.
Work Conditioning Program
focus on improving strength and endurance to tolerate a work day. don’t need to be accredited.
Rehab Workshop
provides individuals an opportunity to participate in a paid work environment and develop work skills.
Instrumental Group
based on health, function or prevention. Provides education, address symptoms & share resources.
Developmental Group
increase interaction between members as it progresses from a parallel group to a mature group.
Thematic Group
involves learning a specific skill
Topical Group
focuses on activities going on outside of the group.
Piaget: Sensorimotor
0-2 years
Learning is trial & error w/out symbolic thought
Piaget: Pre-operational
2-7 yrs
Starts to make sense of the world
Child is talking
Goal is symbolic thought
Memory, language & imagination develop
Piaget: Conceret Operational
-7-11yrs
-Less ego centric
-More aware of the world around them
Piaget: Formal Operation
11+ yrs
Abstract thought
Newborn Milestones
-Heads need support
-Uncoordinated movement of limbs
-Move months for crying
4 month milestones
-All 4 limbs to roll onto back
-No longer need head support
-Weightbearing
-Holding toys
2 month Milestones
-Push off ground w/arms & legs
-Arms & legs become better coordinated
-Head control (can hold head up)
6 month milestones
-Sit w/o support
-Roll from supine to prone & vice versa
-Can stand & bounce w/support
9 month milestones
-Pull to stand
-Crawl
-Transition to sitting
-Sit w/o support
12 Month milestones
-Cruising
-Walking w/o help
1.5 yrs Milestones
-Walking
-Up but NOT down stairs
2 yr milestones
-Running
-Up & down stairs while holding on
-Tip-toeing
-Climbing
-Kicking
-Throwing
3 yr milestones
-Ride a tricycle
-Running
-Climbing
-Up & down stairs
4 yr milestones
-Start school
-Hop
-Stand on 1 foot for few seconds
5 yr milestones
-Stand on 1 foot for longer
-Hop
-Somersault
-Swing
-Climb
Attentional Switching
the ability to transfer focus between tasks, such as between a card game and a phone conversation. These tasks are not completed simultaneously, as with divided attention.
Sustained Attention
the ability to focus on a desired task for a prolonged period of time.
Divided Attention
the ability to focus on multiple tasks at the same time, such as talking on the phone while making breakfast.
Selective Attention
the ability to maintain focus on a task when environmental distractions are present.
Piaget’s Mental Schemes
beliefs developed by a child’s experiences
Jean Piaget’s Operations
the ability to process experiences in order to provide a response
Piaget’s Adapted Intelligence
cognitive ability to adapt
Piaget’s Equilibrium
the balance between environmental changes and the child’s response
Piaget’s Assimilation
making a change to assimilate to existing schemes
Piaget’s Accommodation
making a change to accommodate new schemes
Left middle cerebral artery CVA
-aphasia
-apraxia
Apraxia
complete loss of the ability to carry out skilled & Intentional movements
Dyspraxia
partial loss of the ability to carry out skilled & intentional movements
Right Middle Cerebral Artery CVA
-Hemiplegia
-homonymous hemianopsia
-unilateral neglect
-impaired spatial awareness
Anterior Cerebral Artery CVA
-hemiplegia
-potential incontinence
-confusion
-inability to speak
Posterior Cerebral Artery CVA
-impaired sensation in the affected limb
-homonymous hemianopsia
-Alexia.
Alexia
The inability to comprehend or interpret written language
Exploratory Play
-Exploring the characteristics of toys, people, and the surroundings.
-Exploring the response toys, people, and surroundings to the child’s actions.
-The child plays with adults at this stage, 0 to 2 years of age.
Symbolic Play
-Improvements in language
-Child begins to play with other children
2-4 years of age)
Creative Play
-4 to 7 years of age
-child’s ability to play in groups as he
-begins to improve social, motor, sensory, and cognitive processing skills.
Game Based Play
-7 to 11 years
-Continued participation in games with other children.
-The child continues to develop skills to improve participation with peers in both cooperative and competitive environments.
Random Sampling (Research)
obtains participants by random selection.
Stratified Sampling (Research)
obtains participants based on a certain trait, such as a diagnosis.
Purposive Sampling (Research)
choosing specific participants for a study.
Systematic Sampling (Research)
obtains participants through a particular systematic method, such as choosing every fifth name in a list.
De Quervain’s tenosynovitis
pain in the thumb and wrist and can be caused by repetitive use or injury.
Right-sided CHF
decreased ability to bring in blood from the body.
Common symptoms: edema, weight gain, ascites, and cyanosis.
Left-sided CHF
decreased ability to pump blood outward to the body.
Common symptoms include dyspnea, dry cough, hypotension, tachycardia, and fatigue.
Broca’s aphasia
aka expressive aphasia.
can’t communicate their thoughts
can understand convo & directions
Wernicke’s Aphasia
aka receptive aphasia
can’t understand verbal language
true experimental design
highest quality of study with the greatest level of randomization between control and experimental groups.
quasi-experimental design
when you alter the independent variable to identify a response in a non-randomized group.
non-experimental/correlational design
determines if there’s a correlation between an intervention and a desired response.
