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Final Exam
Article Code CEA0816
The Role of Occupational Therapy in Reducing Hospital
Readmissions • August 22, 2016
To receive CE credit, exam must be completed by
August 31, 2018.
Learning Level: Entry
Target Audience: Occupational Therapists and Occupational Therapy
Assistants
Content Focus: Category 2: OT Process; Category 3: Professional Issues
1. Which of the following medical conditions is not currently
being measured by the Centers for Medicare &
Medicaid Services and used in the Excess Readmission
Ratios?
A. Pneumonia
B. Total hip arthroplasty
C. Myocardial infarction
D. Spinal cord injury
2. Hospital readmissions began to decline in the first
several months after mandated measuring went into
effect in 2012.
A. True
B. False.
3. The following strategy is within the scope of occupational
therapy services.
A. Recommending changing the timing of when a drug is
taken
B. Recommending different dosage amounts to clients
C. Encouraging a client to increase dosage of pain
medication
D. Reviewing medication information sheets
4. Evidence-based risk factors for hospital readmission
includes which one of the following:
A. Increased functional impairment
B. Low social support
C. Racial minority
D. Low socioeconomic status
5. Evidence-based fall prevention strategies does not
include which of the following:
A. Home assessment to identify fall hazard
B. Home modifications and/or adaptive equipment
C. Review of medication by pharmacist for interactions
D. Home exercise program
6. High quality fall prevention treatment does not include
one of the following:
A. In-home assessment
B. Recommendation of adaptive equipment
C. Home hazard checklist
D. Training on home modifications
7. When making recommendations for assistive technology
(AT), occupational therapy practitioners should include
one which of the following:
A. Personal factors and environmental factors
B. Standardized recommendations
C. Environmental factors
D. Referral to durable medical equipment provider for
recommendations
8. Occupational therapy has unique expertise to address the
following areas in the discharge planning process except:
A. Community mobility needs
B. Identification of pre hospitalization roles
C. In-home care coordination
D. Training and/or modifications to address unmet activities
of daily living needs
9. Environmental barriers can be identified correctly
through the following process:
A. Interview the client while he or she is inpatient
B. Conduct an in-home assessment with the client present
prior to discharge
C. Ask family members about how the home is set up
D. Have the family member conduct a home hazard
checklist
10. All of the following practice areas are common settings
during which community reintegration can be emphasized
except:
A. Home health
B. Outpatient therapy
C. Private practice
D. School-based settings
11. All the following are common reasons for non-use of
assistive technology except
A. Realistic expectations of the AT
B. Difficulty using the AT
C. Lack of social support
D. Inappropriate AT instruction
12. The role for occupational therapy practitioners is expected
to expand over the next decade?
A. True
B. False
CE-8 ARTICLE CODE CEA0816
AUGUST 2016 l OT PRACTICE, 21(15)