ISBN:
9780323934794
Copyright:
2025
Publication Date:
12-26-2023
Page Count:
240
Imprint:
Elsevier
List Price:
$50.99
Occupational Therapy Pocket Guide - Elsevier E-Book on VitalSource (Retail Access Card), 1st Edition
by Lyndsey Jarvis, OTR/L
Elsevier eBook on VitalSource - Access Card
ISBN:
9780323934794
Copyright:
2025
Publication Date:
12-26-2023
Page Count:
240
Imprint:
Elsevier
List Price:
$50.99
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Put essential OT information at your students’ fingertips! Occupational Therapy Pocket Guide provides a quick reference that’s ideal for use in the clinical setting. From evaluation and assessment through diagnoses and interventions, this handbook summarizes the details that students and clinicians need to know for safe, effective client rehabilitation. It also includes normal ranges for vitals and laboratory tests. Offering a matching eBook version free with each print purchase, this compact clinical reference helps students learn to perform OT tasks and skills with confidence.
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- Concise coverage provides a quick yet thorough overview of the essential aspects of each OT topic
- Logical organization includes six separate sections: Assessment, Conditions, Additional Intervention, Education, Documentation, and Reference Tools.
- eBook version is included with print purchase. The eBook allows students to access all of the text, figures, and references, with the ability to search, customize content, make notes and highlights, and have content read aloud.
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SECTION I ASSESSMENT
1. Vitals
2. Range of Motion
3. Muscle Grades
4. Balance Grades
5. Orthostatic Hypotension
6. Pitting Edema
7. Initial Interview
8. Analysis of Occupational Performance
9. Common Upper Extremity Conditions With Special Orthopedic Tests
10. Mobility and Balance Assessments
11. Functional Assessments
12. Cognitive Assessments
13. Home Safety Eval/Checklist
14. Underlying Dysfunction
SECTION II CONDITIONS: DESCRIPTION, INTERVENTION
15. Aftercare Following Joint Replacement
16. Alzheimer Disease/Dementia
17. Burns
18. Cardiovascular Disease
19. Cerebral Vascular Accident/Stroke
20. Dysphagia
21. Fracture
22. Hand Injury and Impairment
23. Low Vision
24. Multiple Sclerosis
25. Osteoarthritis (OA/DJD)
26. Pain
27. Parkinson Disease
28. Pressure Ulcers
29. Respiratory Conditions
30. Spinal Cord Injury
31. Traumatic Brain Injury
SECTION III ADDITIONAL INTERVENTION
32. Types of Intervention
33. ADL/IADL Retraining Techniques
34. PNF Patterns
35. Adaptive Equipment
SECTION IV EDUCATION
36. Energy Conservation Techniques
37. Fall Prevention
38. Joint Protection Principles
39. Proper Body Mechanics
40. Surgical Precautions: Cardiac
41. Surgical Precautions: Orthopedic
SECTION V DOCUMENTATION
42. Reason for Referral Narrative
43. SOAP Note/Treatment Encounter Note
44. Homebound Status
45. Skilled Terminology
SECTION VI REFERENCE TOOLS
46. Anatomical Planes and Orientation
47. Muscle Diagrams
48. Dermatomes
49. Lab Values and Implications for Therapy
References
Index
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