Ron...I see this as well....PT's in my home health setting do equipment recommendations for bathroom, shower etc.....I have tried to discuss this with them when I find it out....to let them know that i not only recommend but if at all possible go thru the actual shower etc. with the patient....when the patient is wet safety and equipment use is seen totally differently; the patient may not be as independent due to safety issues. I find the PT's do not go through the actual ADL activity with the patient. It is quite frustrating to me that they do these functional tasks and recommend equipment...I have had them not recommend the best equipment for the patient..... The PT's I work with do bed mobility, toilet transfers...etc....i think there is so much more to toileting than just the transfer, right? Re: are that practicing outside their area....not sure...i guess it depends on the state practice acts. Lisa Sloan, OTR/L
--- On Tue, 9/9/08, Ron Carson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: From: Ron Carson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [OTlist] PT's Practicign Outside Their Scope To: "OTlist" <[email protected]> Date: Tuesday, September 9, 2008, 5:27 PM Hello All: Here's a small portion of Florida's PT practice act, which can be found here: http://tinyurl.com/6rrc4l (11) "Practice of physical therapy" means the performance of physical therapy assessments and the treatment of any disability, injury, disease, or other health condition of human beings, or the prevention of such disability, injury, disease, or other condition of health, and rehabilitation as related thereto by the use of the physical, chemical, and other properties of air; electricity; exercise; massage; the performance of acupuncture only upon compliance with the criteria set forth by the Board of Medicine, when no penetration of the skin occurs;... Since starting work in home health, I had several PT's working on shower transfers, seat height adjustment for patient's s/p hip replacement, bed mobility, etc. Please look at the above excerpt and maybe review the entire act, but when PT's in Florida treat these "functional" areas, are they practicing outside their scope of practice? Thanks, Ron -- Ron Carson MHS, OT -- Options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] -- Options? www.otnow.com/mailman/options/otlist_otnow.com Archive? www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
