Nursing Case Study Pt

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What information do you need to know from the other discipline? While collaborating, it would be imperative for both disciplines to share information about all screens, tests and measures performed and the results obtained from each. It would be important for each discipline to know about the focus of the other discipline’s patient program in order to avoid repeating interventions and make sure that the patient is being treated using a holistic approach.. It would also be logical to share with one another an area of concern that may be treated better in the environment of the other discipline. For example, a PT may work on functional wrist activities with the patient, however, may ask the OT to specifically work on operating the shower and …show more content…
The PT is implementing more of a biomechanical approach to restore Emma’s strength, endurance, and ROM after the injury. On the other hand, the OT focused on the psychosocial issues and cognitive deficits that present as occupational barriers to Emma’s performance in daily occupations. Both disciplines have the same “goal”, which is to provide the patient with the best level of care they can provide under their respective discipline’s scope of practice but the approach to delivering this optimal level of care differs as the OT look at more contextual factors in comparison to their PT …show more content…
Clear communication, remaining objective, and being flexible and open to others ideas are essential skills that each member of an interdisciplinary team needs have in their “tool box” in order to ensure that the team is in agreement with the plan of care moving forward, and that the team can present this plan to the patient while making it apparent that the patient is the number one priority for all parties involved. The referring physician, a neurologist, her school's athletic trainer, and a social worker are other health care professionals that could be included in this case to guarantee that the Emma and her family receive family-centered care, and that they have the information and resources they need to ensure that Emma adheres to the therapists’ and doctors’ recommendations after discharge. After revisiting and revising Emma’s goals twice in a 4-6 week period the OT could refer Emma and her family to an OT that specializes in adolescent mental health. Also a neurologist should be involved in Emma’s care as concussions can be very debilitating due to the wide range of symptoms that last for varying duration of time and can have lasting effects, especially for teenagers