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Journal Entry Today we started off busy during the morning. We had open hand clinic which included pts walking in and getting fitting for orthotics. While the OT was doing that I lead all clients’ activities! I enjoyed it, but it may have been more than I was supposed to do. I enjoyed this morning because it was super-fast and kept me occupied. It allowed for the day to go by quicker and abled me to have responsibilities that I will have once I start working. We had four clients at one time because two showed up later than their scheduled appointments. They all had shoulder and elbow injuries so we worked on a lot of ROM today. Question What is the ethical issue with having two or three clients in one hour? Observation I watched …show more content…

I enjoyed treating the pts although I was unable to pick and choice the activities which would have been extremely unethical. I think my confident level with this population of clients has increased a lot which as aloud me to open and learn so much about the clients and who they are as a pts. I was unable to lead an activity because I lead a lot of activities that morning, but they all were picked out by the therapist, but I could administrate it and correct the client to do the correct motion to get the maximum efficiency out of their effort. S.O.A.P. Note Background info: Pt is a 55 yr old African American female with a wrist fracture. She has been receiving OT for increasing wrist ROM. (S) Subjective She talked about how her wrist has been good since her last visit. Pt stated that she had been doing the home exercises that the OT had given her a couple of visits prior. The pt said that she “is done with OT after this visit because they have helped her reach her goals.” (O) Objective Pt range of motion in extension and flexion of the wrist was WNL, but her ulnar and radial deviation was a couple of degrees short. She completed all activities that were assigned to her WNL. (A) Assessment Pt is doing extremely well for the number of visits that she has received. This is because of her hard work at home which has contributed to her fast recovery. Her ulnar/radial deviation lacks because of the muscle tightness which could be loosened

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