The NPTE Podcast

The FSBPT pass rates have been dropping over the last 5 years.  Why is that?  How can you be sure to not be a part of that drop?

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What pressure injury grading is most appropriate for a wound with undermining or tunneling at its base with no muscle or bone visible?

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If a patient with a traumatic brain injury is exhibiting aggressive behavior, which of the following intervention strategies will be MOST appropriate?

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A patient with lateral medullary (Wallenburg) syndrome will most likely demonstrate which of the following clinical manifestations?

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When evaluating structural scoliosis, which of the following observations is MOST likely to be present?

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If a diagnostic test is known to have a positive predictive value of 20%, which of the following statements is true?

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Which of the following applications of cryotherapy will be MOST effective at reducing spasticity and improving therapeutic interventions?

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The clinician then performs passive hip flexion with the knee bent and observes no change in the left hip flexion range of motion.  Which of the following pathologies is MOST likely present?

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When treating lymphedema, which of the following descriptions BEST matches that of a short-stretch bandaging system?

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Second-Guessing:  The act of reading a question and artificially placing an external bias or situation that is not actually present in the context of the question.

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A patient in a long-term care facility is referred for physical therapy intervention for mobility training.  The patient’s chart indicates that the patient currently has abdominal cramping and tende…

When treating individuals with hyperthyroidism, which of the following considerations is MOST important?

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A patient reports painful cramping in the left lower extremity during walking activities that subsides with rest.  Additionally, the patient appears to have left lower extremity pallor on leg elevat…

Which of the following physiological changes is MOST likely to occur related to exercise after a patient receives a heart transplant?

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A patient with lower extremity lymphedema is being treated with complete decongestive therapy.  After several weeks of treatment, the therapist notes that the swelling in the leg has increased.  The…

Which of the following wound types will MOST likely benefit from the use of a hydrogel dressing?

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A patient’s electrocardiogram exhibits signs of consecutive p-waves at a rate of 250 per minute with QRS complexes appearing at rate of 80 per minute.  The baseline waves are identical and have a sa…

When treating patients with moderate to severe traumatic brain injuries, which of the following strategies will be MOST important to reduce aggressive and combative behavior?

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A patient is receiving gait training from a physical therapist after a surgical repair of a lower extremity fracture.  The surgeon has written orders for the patient’s weight bearing status to be pa…

An elderly patient has undergone an open reduction and internal fixation of a subtrochanteric femoral fracture that resulted from a fall.  Which of the following interventions is MOST likely to be i…