Which approach would you avoid when your clients goal is to improve strength and endurance after a very recent sternotomy ?

You have a home health care client who reported fainting several times in the past week while getting out of bed. You decide to check her blood pressure while laying down and then while sitting up. What are you trying to confirm?

Self-management programs are only effective if they are delivered one on one

Which of the following LEAST portrays an OT  self-management intervention for someone with a chronic condition?

The primary focus of OT for someone with emphysema in this setting is to promote strength, endurance, and mobility within the context of ADL and IADL re-training, and provide client/caregiver education, including energy conservation strategies, in order to manage conditions at home and in the community upon discharge: ________.

Self-management involves all of the following EXCEPT:

These include but are not limited to: not lifting more than 5-10 pounds, not reaching behind one’s back, not pushing, and not pulling.

You are taking vital signs on a new cardiac patient and notice he has a fistula in his left upper extremity. What do you do?

You are working with a pulmonary client in inpatient rehabilitation on dressing while seated at the edge of the bed. Suddenly, they struggle to catch their breath and O2 saturation is at 82%, what is the most important thing to do?

The new hypertension guidelines have reclassified millions of Americans as no longer being hypertensive.