Pediatrics - Documentation Flashcards
What are the 3 team models?
- Transdisciplinary
- Interdisciplinary
- Multidisciplinary
Which team model has health professionals work independently, but be aware of the value of other professions?
Multidisciplinary
Which team model is focused on functioning as a team or unit?
Interdisciplinary
Which team model is focused on transcending disciplines?
Transdisciplinary
What organization is driving the increased need for documentation?
Medicare
Why does documentation lead to better care?
- Includes evidence
- Communicates with other individuals
- Reflects thoughts and decision making of therapist
What is performed during the examination?
- History
- Systems review
- Various tests and measures
What is performed during the history?
- Chart review of past and current medical and social information
- Confirmation of correct information
What 2 identifiers should be used when interview a child?
- DOB
- Child’s name
How can information be collected non-verbally during an interview?
Through care observation
What are important items of a pediatric history?
- Mother’s pregnancy and complications
- Birth history
- Neonatal history
- Current health
- Age at different developmental milestones
- Social information on child and family
- Understanding of family’s knowledge/ attitude related to the child’s diagnosis
What are the 4 main categories of a systems review?
- Cariopulmonary
- Integumentary
- Musculoskeletal
- Communication (verbal/ non-verbal)1
What system review items are unique to pediatric cases?
- Consideration of child’s safety, well being, nutrition, behavior, attention, self determination
What is the purpose of a system review?
- Determine need for referral
- Determine complicating factors
What are the 2 categories of tests and measures?
- Body structure
- Participation and Activity
What are normal pediatric tests and measures?
- Developmental milestones
- Transitional movements
- ROM
- Reflexes (affect movement? protective reflexes?)
- Strength (usually a functional test)
- Tone
- Posture
- Extremity alignment
- Gait
- Sensory
- Balance
- Fitness Level- Endurance
- Adaptive equipment/ assistive technology
- Pain (determined at mid and end of treatment)
- Mobility
- Oral motor skills & feeding
What are especially important pediatric tests and measures?
- Sensory (autistic)
- Reflexes
- Developmental milestones
- Tone
Are children more varus or valgus at birth? As the child weightbears?
Birth: Varus
WB: Valgus