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TASK
Physical Therapists
ID
work_healthcare_practitioners/physical_therapists
Type
TASK
Children
24
Child Nodes (24)
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Plan, prepare, or carry out individually designed programs of physical treatment to maintain, improve, or restore physical functioning, alleviate pain, or prevent physical dysfunction in patients.
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Perform and document an initial exam, evaluating data to identify problems and determine a diagnosis prior to intervention.
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Record prognosis, treatment, response, and progress in patient's chart or enter information into computer.
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Instruct patient and family in treatment procedures to be continued at home.
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Evaluate effects of treatment at various stages and adjust treatments to achieve maximum benefit.
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Confer with the patient, medical practitioners, or appropriate others to plan, implement, or assess the intervention program.
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Administer manual exercises, massage, or traction to help relieve pain, increase patient strength, or decrease or prevent deformity or crippling.
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Obtain patients' informed consent to proposed interventions.
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Test and measure patient's strength, motor development and function, sensory perception, functional capacity, or respiratory or circulatory efficiency and record data.
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Direct, supervise, assess, and communicate with supportive personnel.
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Review physician's referral and patient's medical records to help determine diagnosis and physical therapy treatment required.
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Identify and document goals, anticipated progress, and plans for reevaluation.
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Provide information to the patient about the proposed intervention, its material risks and expected benefits, and any reasonable alternatives.
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Provide educational information about physical therapy or physical therapists, injury prevention, ergonomics, or ways to promote health.
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Inform patients and refer to appropriate practitioners when diagnosis reveals findings outside physical therapy.
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Discharge patient from physical therapy when goals or projected outcomes have been attained and provide for appropriate follow-up care or referrals.
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Administer treatment involving application of physical agents, using equipment, moist packs, ultraviolet or infrared lamps, or ultrasound machines.
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Refer clients to community resources or services.
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Construct, maintain, or repair medical supportive devices.
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Evaluate, fit, or adjust prosthetic or orthotic devices or recommend modification to orthotist.
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Teach physical therapy students or those in other health professions.
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Conduct or support research and apply research findings to practice.
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Participate in community or community agency activities or help to formulate public policy.
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