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    four tunnels, four peanut balls, and three round balls. There is four different types of swings, a slide, a shoe rack, a basketball hoop, a trampoline, and a large red mat on the floor where the physical therapists and the occupational therapists do their treatments. The gym is big enough for all the therapists to perform their treatments. There is a closet that

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    be used is doctors’ offices, hospitals, eye doctors, physical therapy offices, dentist offices, and pretty much any medical office you could find this. An example of professional writing in any of these settings and probably the most common would be writing in a patients file that show progress from the last time that they were in. I’m focusing on the type of professional writing that is used by physical therapists. Typically, physical therapists do daily writing, and weekly writing. There isn’t a

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    Interprofessionalism in the Health Care System Gisselle Molina Diaz Keiser University Interprofessionalism in the Health Care System Many years ago in the primitive age men used to work in different disciplines where the primary goal was protect their communities to survive. In that Era, farmers, hunters and fishermen formed an interdisciplinary team in the same environment to provide wellbeing to their tribes. Likewise, nowadays health care providers can collaborate in different

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    The third career that suits me well is Athletic training. Athletic trainers are still the same as physical assistant and medical assistants in some kind of way. Athletic trainers treat muscles and bone injuries and certain illnesses. Providing first aid or emergency care is a duty. At a sporting event athletic trainers will go see the hurt athlete and to see where their discomfort is at. Athletic trainers can determine whether or not an athlete is able to continue to compete after hitting his/her

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    Experiences in Physical Therapy On November 1, from 9 to 11, I shadowed Cassie Hayes, a Physical Therapist’s Assistant at McCook Therapy & Wellness in Salem, South Dakota. Prior to my shadow date, I made sure I had the proper attire for a job shadow at a physical therapy office: khaki pants and a polo. When it was finally the day of my shadow, I drove myself out to Salem, and with the help of Google Maps, I was able to locate McCook Therapy. The first thing I did when I arrived was I went to the

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    like to become a physical therapist. I chose this career because I want to help people with injuries. Being a college student is tough and have many weaknesses in the physical therapy field, but as I overcome them in my college career I will turn those weaknesses into strengths. My ideal work day as physical therapist will consist of about 80 percent of my time in patient care with the other 20 percent is mainly doing paperwork such as patients progresion or worsening in the physical therapy room and

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    professional conduct. Let’s talk one after one, where each health care professional missed their duties. The 60 years old man was referred for the home physical therapy after the uncemented hip total arthroplasty. He had five days of stay at the acute care hospital and after that he was referred for the home health care agency for further home physical therapy. Now the first loop hole in this entire scenario is the therapy prescribing physician. The physician wrote in his note that the patient needs

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    Chaplain, Pharmacist, Administrator, Therapist, Nurse, Doctor, and other health care professionals. They all have one purpose, which is to provide the best quality of care to patients with compassion and respect. One health care profession that I believe is essential to health care and that plays a major role in the quality of life in numerous ways, are Physical Therapist. Career Description. Young, old, athletic, big, small and even sick, Physical Therapists are health care professionals who can

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    services from nurses, nursing assistants, a physical therapists, and an orthopedic. A nurse will be able to assist Mrs. Fox by monitoring her, providing support for her and her family, giving her medicine, keeping track of her pain level and symptoms, and making sure she is healing properly. If anything in her healing process goes wrong it is the nurse's job to notify a doctor or another professional to fix the problem. With nurses comes nursing assistant. Nursing assistant will assist the nurses by

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    Kassandra Morales Southwestern Community College 2017 PTA Candidate Writing Prompt This statement means to me that within the physical therapy profession there are a set of values-based behaviors that are expected to be followed by a licensed practitioner. One of the values-based behaviors responsibility is incredibly important in regards to the PTA. Practicing responsibility in both the classroom and clinical setting helps to effectively communicate between colleagues and patients, learn and

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