The _______________ bone is an unpaired, irregular-shaped bone• Shape resembles a butterfly• Consists of body, and greater and lesser wings

You have a post-op patient on a Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA). To assess the effectiveness of the PCA you should do which of the following?

You are a practicing physical therapist in a neuro OP clinic that universally screens for depression and anxiety using the PHQ-2 and GAD-2. Today you will be doing an initial evaluation of a 62 year old female with Primary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis that has a positive screen for depression and admits that she has been depressed lately. The first step the physical therapist should take to address these depressive symptoms is:

Which of the following are common physical symptoms of an anxiety disorder that are due to autonomic hyperactivity.   

Maladaptive coping, and illness behavior in the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health Model (ICF) would be categorized as:  

The following statement is reflective of the biopsychosocial model of care:  

Identify a standardized method of assessing a patient/client’s self-efficacy in managing health conditions:

Identify four (4) questions you would ask a primary caregiver, who is providing informal care to a family member, to screen for caregiver burden or burnout. Explain why the information obtained from each of these questions would be valuable in determining an effective plan.  

This question is based on the following case: Andy is 50 year-old male with low back pain that started about 9 weeks ago. During the patient interview he uses statements such as: “I am not sure why I am still in pain, it feels like something is wrong with my back,” “the doctor just saw me for 5 minutes and referred me to physical therapy,” “I was told everything is ok with my back, but I am still in pain, “I avoid anything that gives me pain, why should I do the exercises if I can hurt myself and make my pain worse?” and “I don’t think I will ever get better, the pain is always there.” During the treatment, you want to educate on all of the following except:

Preoccupation with one or more perceived defects or flaws in physical appearance that are not observable or appear slight to others is a symptom of which of the following conditions: