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Occupational Therapy Pocket Guide
- 1st Edition - September 20, 2023
- Author: Lyndsey Jarvis
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 3 5 0 0 - 5
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 9 3 4 7 6 - 3
Put essential OT information at your fingertips! Occupational Therapy Pocket Guide provides a quick reference that’s ideal for use in the clinical setting. From evaluatio… Read more
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Request a sales quotePut essential OT information at your fingertips! Occupational Therapy Pocket Guide provides a quick reference that’s ideal for use in the clinical setting. From evaluation and assessment through diagnoses and interventions, this handbook summarizes the details you need to know for safe, effective client rehabilitation. It also includes normal ranges for vitals and laboratory tests. Written by experienced occupational therapist Lyndsey Jarvis, this compact clinical reference makes lookup easy and helps you perform OT tasks and skills with confidence.
- Concise coverage provides a quick yet thorough overview of each OT topic
- Logical organization includes six separate sections: Assessment, Conditions, Additional Intervention, Education, Documentation, and Reference Tools.
- eBook version is included with print purchase. The eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize your content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud.
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- OT evaluation quick reference
- Section I. Assessment
- 1. Vitals
- 2. Range of motion
- 3. Muscle grades
- 4. Balance grades
- 5. Orthostatic hypotension
- 6. Pitting edema
- 7. Initial interview
- Prior to evaluation
- Initial interview
- 8. Analysis of occupational performance
- Analysis of occupational performance
- Feeding and deglutition
- Toileting
- Bathing
- Dressing
- Hygiene and grooming
- 9. Common upper extremity conditions with special orthopedic tests
- 10. Mobility and balance assessments
- 11. Functional assessments
- 12. Cognitive assessments
- 13. Home safety eval/checklist
- Common areas
- Kitchen
- Bedroom
- Bathroom
- Stairs
- Garage
- Entrance to home
- Other
- 14. Underlying dysfunction
- Underlying dysfunction
- Section II. Conditions: Description, Intervention
- 15. Aftercare following joint replacement
- Aftercare following joint replacement
- Assessment
- Intervention
- Other considerations
- 16. Alzheimer disease/dementia
- 17. Burns
- 18. Cardiovascular disease
- Cardiocascular disease/heart disease
- 19. Cerebral vascular accident/stroke
- 20. Dysphagia
- 21. Fracture
- 22. Hand injury and impairment
- 23. Low vision
- Low vision
- Other considerations
- 24. Multiple sclerosis
- 25. Osteoarthritis (OA/DJD)
- 26. Pain
- 27. Parkinson disease
- 28. Pressure ulcers
- 29. Respiratory conditions
- 30. Spinal cord injury
- 31. Traumatic brain injury
- Section III. Additional Intervention
- 32. Types of intervention
- Occupation/activity-based treatment ideas
- Activities that promote fine motor skills
- Activities that promote gross motor skills, balance, and functional activity tolerance
- 33. ADL/IADL retraining techniques
- Activity of daily living/instrumental activity of daily living (ADL/IADL) retraining techniques
- 34. PNF patterns
- 35. Adaptive equipment
- Adaptive equipment
- Section IV. Education
- 36. Energy conservation techniques
- Energy conservation techniques: General
- Energy conservation techniques: Activity of daily living (ADL) specific
- Energy conservation techniques: Instrumental activities of daily living (IADL) specific
- 37. Fall prevention
- Fall prevention
- 38. Joint protection principles
- Joint protection principles
- 39. Proper body mechanics
- Proper body mechanics
- 40. Surgical precautions: Cardiac
- 41. Surgical precautions: Orthopedic
- Section V. Documentation
- 42. Reason for referral narrative
- Hospital setting:
- Skilled nursing facility:
- Home health setting:
- 43. SOAP note/treatment encounter note
- 44. Homebound status
- Homebound status
- 45. Skilled terminology
- Section VI. Reference Tools
- 46. Anatomical planes and orientation
- 47. Muscle diagrams
- 48. Dermatomes
- 49. Lab values and implications for therapy
- References
- Index
- No. of pages: 240
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Published: September 20, 2023
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Paperback ISBN: 9780323935005
- eBook ISBN: 9780323934763