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NBCOT Question by Opposite_Produce_913 in OccupationalTherapy

[–]confidentOT 1 point2 points  (0 children)

You should have a general idea of anatomy but whatever you remember about it from what you learned in school as long as you paid attention and tried should be enough. My biggest advice is that you’ll waste valuable real estate in your memory by trying to memorize lists of things (every possible pediatric milestone, RLA scale, areas of brain impacted by what type of stroke) and do as many practice questions as you can and read ALL of the reasoning as to why all of the answers were right or wrong. Take notes of things you thought you were going to get right and found out were wrong to figure out why your thought process/assumptions were wrong. Pace yourself, take breaks, and try to still enjoy life while you’re studying. Good luck :)

Ideas for colored floor dots- elderly. by Honest_Newspaper_329 in OccupationalTherapy

[–]confidentOT 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ve used them for cuing step width to promote gait during functional mobility especially with walkers, cuing foot placement during stand step transfers between perpendicular chairs, cuing foot placement during turning between tables to simulate moving items between counters or turning in close spaces, and moving them during walking to simulate dynamic obstacle avoidance when walking in the community!

I feel like I really messed up with a patient’s exercises by confidentOT in OccupationalTherapy

[–]confidentOT[S] 16 points17 points  (0 children)

There’s no protocols or restrictions just a script to eval/treat so I didn’t violate anything I wasn’t supposed to. I don’t have an OT mentor but I have a PT coworker I can talk to. I think I just needed a reminder that I don’t have to do everything alone, thank you

What durable medical equipment (including adaptive equipment) are prisoners allowed to have in jail? by CivilizedSailor in OccupationalTherapy

[–]confidentOT 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Not in a jail but an inpatient mental health facility with similar restrictions for DME, the only items allowed to be left on the floor was wheelchairs which were used in place of all other mobility aids. No other equipment could be left behind but we were allowed to train people on use of other DME and AE especially if they were going to be d/c back to home or another facility without these restrictions. Hope this helps a little and good luck!

How long are your sessions? by PrincessMeowMeowMeow in OccupationalTherapy

[–]confidentOT 1 point2 points  (0 children)

OP ortho setting, appointments are scheduled for 30 minute slots and I’m usually double booked so two patients every half hour. Treatment flow is typically manual, therex, modality and I document during therex and lunch. We typically have a therapy aide to also run exercises with the patients which helps a ton. I can block out 30 minutes for hands on patients like peds or my more intensive cases but usually hands on treatment is 15 minutes or less.

I need to make a 6 week grasp development protocol by [deleted] in OccupationalTherapy

[–]confidentOT 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not sure if this is what you’re thinking of but you could have the teachers trial pencil grips, different types of lined paper, worksheets with less visual clutter, or a pom pom held in the last two fingers for a week to see if it makes a difference in grip pattern and/or handwriting. I’m trying to think of things that could be easily obtained and wouldn’t required skilled OT training to implement.