Trypanosoma cruzi causes _________________.

You are instructing a patient who is independent squat-pivot transfers and plans to return home using a wheelchair for mobility needs. The patient must be able to transfer independently. Which of the following instructions will you include in your training?

              You are working on the orthopedic floor in a large hospital. You are working with a 78-year-old man who has undergone left shoulder arthroplasty. You have just assisted him out of bed to the bedside chair for breakfast. After breakfast he is planning to return to her bed. As you position the patient in the chair, which of the following considerations is most important?

Medically clean can be determined by visual inspection.

These are the three hip precautions for patients with anterior total hip replacements. The patient can not: _______ USE THE ANATOMICAL TERM 

Select from the following all of the necessary patient education for a patient with a lumbar surgery:

Which of the following is a true statement about a tilt table treatment?

Which of the following is the MOST important piece of information to gather from a patient chart for a patient with a fracture prior to treatment?

Your patient is recovering from abdominal surgery and you are preparing to assist the patient from the bed to the bedside chair using a squat-pivot transfer. The evaluation states that the pt has poor LE strength B. Which of the following positions is the safest to complete this transfer?    

Your patient is a 55-year-old man who just had a transtibial amputation secondary to a work-related accident. You are working with him on functional mobility just after his surgery. Which of the following represents the best positioning for this patient?