Goals written and established by the physical therapist should reflect the patient’s:

Which of the following is a step in the active listening process?

You are scheduled to work with a Korean patient who does not understand English. What should you do?

Which best describes the role of the physical therapist assistant in changing the plan of care?

During _______ a plasmid is passed from one bacterium to another through a pili.

Which of the following factors has documented negative effects on patient outcomes?

The role of the clinician in the hospital structure is to:

Research outcomes that are supported by data through study, research and objective observation of control and experimental groups.

Refrigeration of materials sensitive to high temperatures can be used as a sterilizing method.

You are working in a hospital and have two patients with pneumonia. One patient is being treated with erythromycin (a macrolide) and the other is being treated with amphotericin B (a macrolide polyene). What is the mechanism of action for each of these antimicrobial drugs? What can you conclude about the causative agents for these pneumonia patients based on their treatments?