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Ap Psychology Chapter 1 Essay

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Answer the following questions after reading Chapters 1 and 2 in the text book.

1. List the three factors that are described in chapter 1 that create a need for screening. Discuss the significance of each one as to why they are key factors. (3 pts)

Three factors that create the need for screening are side effects of medicine, comorbidities and Visceral pain mechanisms (Goodman & Snyder, 2013). Physical therapists as direct access providers, have the responsibility to communicate with attending physicians when one of these factors are obvious or even suspected in a patient. Each factor can affect the outcome of a plan of care.
The side effects of medicine can be as mild as a headache or as dangerous as coma and death. A personal example …show more content…

Goodman and Snyder (2013) states that according to the Guide to Physical Therapy Practice, “the Systems Review is defined as a “brief or limited exam of the anatomic and physiologic status of the cardiovascular/pulmonary, integumentary, musculoskeletal, and neuromuscular systems” (p.20). The System Review is completed as the examination and assesses communication and cognitive ability, affect, language and learning style (Goodman & Snyder, 2013). The Review of Systems (ROS) looks at the history and clinical presentation for conditions that may point to systemic disease and is completed after conducting an interview and assessment of pain. (Goodman & Snyder, 2013). The systems review looks at the “whole person” while the ROS looks at possible symptoms of systemic disease (Goodman & Snyder, 2013). In other words, the System Review briefly exams the health status of a system. The ROS looks for a cluster of symptoms and signs that may point to a systemic disease. The Systems Review is more in line with what a physician would check in a basic exam. In the ROS, the therapist may uncover information that a patient has forgotten or does not think is important (Goodman & Snyder, 2013). The Systems Review checks for specific information during an examination. The ROS is a way for a therapist to determine if a cluster of signs should initiate a referral to a physician for further analysis (Goodman & Snyder, 2013). Therapists do not identify a specific disease in an ROS; however after classifying the clusters may determine a problem outside the scope of practice. (Goodman & Snyder, 2013). The physician may begin with a Systems Review when the patient is referred back with the addition of the cluster signs found in the Review of

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