Allied Health Clinical Skills
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Course Introduction
Allied Health Clinical Skills provides students with foundational knowledge and practical experience in essential clinical procedures utilized across various allied health professions. The course emphasizes the development of competencies such as patient assessment, vital signs measurement, infection control, safe handling of medical equipment, and basic therapeutic techniques. Through a combination of lectures, demonstrations, and supervised laboratory sessions, students gain confidence in applying best practices to support patient care in diverse healthcare settings. This course is designed to prepare students for hands-on roles in multidisciplinary healthcare teams and to ensure readiness for further clinical training.
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Mobility in Context Principles of Patient Care Skills 1st Edition by Charity Johansson
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Chapter 1: Establishing the Therapeutic Alliance
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Q1) Which of the following statements is true about interactions with patients?
A) Our attitudes are expressed at a conscious level as well as an unconscious level.
B) Our past experiences have little to do with our present therapeutic relationships.
C) Our past experiences shape our attitudes toward our patients, but not our beliefs.
D) Unchallenged assumptions about our patients generally are favorable.
Answer: A
Q2) Which of the following has been described as "the last acceptable form of prejudice"?
A) HIV/AIDS bias
B) Mental illness bias
C) Obesity bias
D) Substance abuse bias
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: The Mechanics of Movement
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Q1) Your patient just had surgery on her right knee to repair an injury she sustained while playing volleyball. The physician has ordered "open chain" exercises. Which of the following activities would be most appropriate for this patient?
A) Mini-wall squats with the right foot up on a step
B) Sitting on the mat and straightening the right knee
C) Knee flexion and extension with resistance tubing while standing on the tubing
D) Supine bridging with both legs
Answer: B
Q2) Tension/tensile forces
A)Pulling that tries to stretch or lengthen tissue
B)The amount of force across a given area
C)The force applied to a given area
D)Twisting force about a structure's axis
E)Two opposite direction forces, parallel to contacting surfaces
Answer: E
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Chapter 3: Special Environments
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Q1) List four health conditions commonly experienced by persons who are homeless. Answer: Trauma, overexposure to the elements, sleep deprivation, dehydration, urinary incontinence, infectious disease, uncontrolled diabetes, arthritis, fractures, circulatory foot problems, malnutrition
Q2) Which statement regarding heart-monitoring devices in the cardiac care unit is true?
A) Femoral vein monitors are the most informative cardiac monitoring devices.
B) In general, it is more serious to disrupt a venous line than an arterial line.
C) In general, the closer a device is to the heart, the riskier its disruption is.
D) Nurses and physicians are the only professionals trained to read the cardiac monitors.
Answer: C
Q3) List two things you should watch for when you are working with patients in special environments such as the ICU.
Answer: Skin color, alertness and responsiveness, nonverbal signs of pain or discomfort, physiological changes
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Chapter 4: Keeping It Clean: Maintaining Cleanliness in the Clinical Environment
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Q1) You are treating a patient on the bone marrow transplant unit. Which of the following would you be most likely to encounter during the treatment of this patient?
A) The patient has two small plants in the room when you enter.
B) The patient is placed in a private room with negative air pressure.
C) When you arrive to see the patient, you find her in the dining room eating lunch.
D) When you arrive at the patient's room, you find her returning from the radiology department wearing a mask.
Q2) During which of the following situations would the wearing of gloves be most appropriate?
A) You are cleaning the therapy treatment area at the end of the day in your inpatient rehabilitation unit.
B) You are opening packages of clean linens to place in the covered linen storage shelves.
C) You are providing education for the patient and family.
D) You have an open wound on your forearm where your kitten scratched you.
Q3) List two precautions that health-care facilities take to limit the spread of infection caused by visitors.
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Chapter 5: Assessing Physiological Status: Vital Signs
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Q1) When assessing a patient's carotid pulse, which of the following would you most likely do?
A) Palpate one artery with a light, circular massaging motion during assessment.
B) Palpate both arteries simultaneously for accurate comparison.
C) Stand on the opposite side of the artery you are assessing.
D) Use two fingers to palpate just to the side of the larynx.
Q2) Your new patient has a diagnosis of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. In addition to heart rate and blood pressure, which vital sign measurement would generally be the most meaningful in this patient?
A) Pedal pulse
B) Urinary output
C) Respiration
D) Temperature
Q3) The openness of arterial vessels is called ____________________.
Q4) List four factors that can affect a person's heart rate. ____________________
Q5) List four factors that can affect blood pressure. ____________________
Q6) Explain how "counting from 1" is done when assessing pulse rate.
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Chapter 6: Draping for Minimum Exposure and Maximum
Dignity
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Q1) List three benefits of draping patients:
Q2) Which of the following positions generally creates the greatest feeling of vulnerability for the patient?
A) Standing
B) Sidelying
C) Sitting
D) Supine
Q3) You have just received a new referral for a female patient of Asian descent who has undergone total hip arthroplasty. Which of the following responses is consistent with culturally related concerns more common within Asian populations?
A) She prefers to work with a clinician of the opposite gender.
B) She is very uncomfortable with your touching her affected leg.
C) She is very uncomfortable with wearing a hospital gown because it has been worn by other patients.
D) She is very uncomfortable with having her legs exposed in your presence.
Q4) Experiences of sexual and physical abuse can elicit patient responses that are similar to those associated with which disorder? ____________________
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Chapter 7: Positioning Your Patient for Mobility
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Q1) You are working with a 94-year-old woman with severe thoracic kyphosis who fell and bruised her right hip. Which of the following patient positions would be best for inspecting the skin on her back for evidence of trauma?
A) Long sitting on the bed
B) Prone with a small pillow under her abdomen
C) Sidelying on her left side
D) Sidelying on her right side
Q2) Which of the following methods should you use to screen for patient tolerance of pressure on the skin?
A) Press firmly with one or two fingers on the skin in question, hold for 30 seconds, then release.
B) Press firmly with one or two fingers on the skin in question, hold for 1 minute, then release.
C) Press gently with one or two fingers on the skin in question and quickly release.
D) Press gently and quickly with one or two fingers on the skin in question three or four times, then release.
Q3) List three basic principles that apply to both short-term and long-term positioning.
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Chapter 8: Transferring Dependent Patients
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Q1) Your patient is an 88-year-old man who underwent left total hip arthroplasty (using a posterior approach) 3 weeks ago because of severe joint degeneration. After his surgery he developed pneumonia. He is recovering and does not have weight-bearing restrictions, but he continues to demonstrate generalized weakness. You are going to transfer him from the bed to a bedside chair using a total body lift. Which of the following is the best method for positioning the lift sling underneath him?
A) Ask the patient to use both legs to bridge the hips with assistance as necessary while you slide the sling under him.
B) Ask the patient to lean forward into long-sitting and then place the sling behind his back.
C) Ask the patient to roll onto his left side, place the sling under his hips, and have him roll back into supine.
D) Ask the patient to roll onto his right side, place the sling under his hips, and have him roll back into supine.
Q2) "Super obesity" is defined as a body mass index (BMI) of 30 kg/m<sup>2</sup>.
A)True B)False
Q3) Describe the Trendelenburg position.
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Chapter 9: Maintaining Capacity for Mobility Through Range of Motion
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Q1) Internal and external rotation at the hip is movement in the ___________plane.
A) axial
B) coronal
C) sagittal
D) transverse
Q2) Your patient is a 17-year-old boy who is in the intensive care unit after a severe motorcycle crash. You have orders to begin passive range of motion exercises with him, and you want to teach his family, who are with the patient most of the time, how to perform them. What information regarding passive range of motion for the patient is important to share with the family?
A) Passive range of motion exercises will help maintain the patient's strength.
B) Passive range of motion activity will help maintain the patient's range of motion for functional activities.
C) Passive range of motion exercises will improve the patient's proprioception.
D) Passive range of motion activity will prevent pressure ulcers from developing.
Q3) Define range of motion. Be complete in your answer.
Q4) Maintaining maximum joint motion has long been considered a critical element of recovery. List at least four effects of passive range of motion exercises.
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Chapter 10: Bed Mobility
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Q1) Which position is typical for guarding an unstable patient during bed mobility tasks in sitting?
A) Behind the patient
B) In front of the patient
C) To the left side of the patient
D) To the right side of the patient
Q2) Your patient is a 79-year-old woman who fell on the ice and fractured her hip. She underwent a surgical procedure to repair the fracture and is now non-weight-bearing on the right leg. Which technique would you most likely use to assist her in scooting up in the bed?
A) Ask her to bend her left leg only and bridge, using her arms to assist.
B) Ask her to bridge and use her arms to help move herself up in bed.
C) Ask her to use the overhead trapeze and pull herself up.
D) Move her up using a draw sheet with two assistants.
Q3) During assisted bed mobility activities, the pelvic and shoulder girdles are considered
A) Centers of mass
B) Points of control
C) Prime movers
D) Stabilizing points
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Chapter 11: Horizontal Transfers
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Q1) Which of the following statements is true regarding use of a gait belt during transfers?
A) The belt can always prevent a patient from falling.
B) The belt is used primarily to control the motion of an unstable patient.
C) The belt provides the clinician with leverage to lift the patient effectively.
D) The belt should be used for all seated transfers.
Q2) Your patient is an 80-year-old woman who has just sustained a middle cerebral artery stroke and has been transferred to rehabilitation after a short acute hospital stay. You are going to transfer her from the bed to the wheelchair for the first time. Her left side is affected, with significant arm and leg weakness. Which of the following transfers would you be most likely to choose?
A) Squat-pivot transfer to her left side
B) Squat-pivot transfer to her right side
C) Standing-pivot transfer to her left side
D) Standing-pivot transfer to her right side
Q3) Bare feet are a good alternative to slippery bedroom slippers for transfers.
A)True
B)False
Q4) List two advantages of seated transfers over standing transfers.
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Chapter 12: Vertical Transfers
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Q1) A backward lift transfer from the floor into a wheelchair requires which of the following?
A) A soft wheelchair cushion on which to transfer the patient.
B) A wheelchair with a seat that is lower than those of standard wheelchairs.
C) Adequate patient ankle strength and range of motion.
D) Adequate patient shoulder strength and range of motion.
Q2) Your patient has recently undergone total right knee arthroplasty and is seated on a plinth with both feet resting on a stepstool. How should you instruct your patient to step down off the stepstool and onto the floor?
A) Step down first with the right foot.
B) Step down first with the left foot.
C) It does not matter which foot steps down first.
D) Step down with both feet simultaneously.
Q3) The turnaround into quadruped technique to move from a wheelchair to the floor requires that the patient rise from the seat and turn around before lowering the body to the floor.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 13: Seated Mobility: Sitting but Not Sitting
Still--Fitting and Propelling a Wheelchair
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Q1) You are instructing a patient about wheelchair propulsion in a nursing home setting. Assuming that the patient has adequate strength and range of motion, what instructions should you give the patient for the most efficient forward propulsion using both hands?
A) Place one arm behind you and one slightly in front of you (at the 10 o'clock and 12 o'clock positions on the pushrims).
B) Place both arms behind you (at approximately the 10 o'clock position on the pushrims).
C) Push the pushrims forward with long strokes, releasing them at about the 4 o'clock position on the pushrims.
D) Push the pushrims forward with short, quick strokes.
Q2) List at least four factors that must be considered in wheelchair selection.
Q3) Wheelchair selection is the domain of the durable medical equipment vendors and as such does not fall within the scope of skilled patient care.
A)True
B)False
Q4) What is meant by "90-90-90"? ____________________.
Q5) Why is a wheelchair considered a mobility orthosis?
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Chapter 14: Navigating the Challenges of Ambulating
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Q1) How much knee flexion range of motion is typically needed to descend steps?
A) From 7° to 65°
B) From 10° to 92°
C) From 20° to 87°
D) From 25° to 95°
Q2) Cannot be used when non-weight-bearing status on one extremity is required
A)Hemi-walker
B)Loftstrand or Canadian
C)Parallel bars
Q3) Which of the following is true of weight-bearing restrictions in general?
A) Non-weight-bearing is preferred over toe-touch weight-bearing because non-weight-bearing produces less force on the hip of the involved extremity.
B) Weight-bearing status is determined by the patient's weight rather than by injury or pathology type.
C) Weight-bearing prescriptions are commonly expressed as percentages of body weight based on a typical adult's body weight.
D) Partial weight-bearing is universally recognized to mean 25% of the patient's body weight.
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