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NPTE Clinical Files | Physical Therapy

Documenting Signs

NPTE Clinical Files | Physical Therapy

Kyle Rice

Health & Fitness

4.9630 Ratings

🗓️ 24 March 2021

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Jake was involved in a driver's side motor vehicle accident and has been diagnosed with a ruptured spleen. The patient complains of left shoulder pain even though the left shoulder has been cleared of musculoskeletal injury. Which finding should be documented into the patient's record:   

A. Kehr sign  

B. Murphy’s sign  

C. Blumberg’s sign 

D. Bakody's Sign

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Transcript

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0:00.0

I'm Kyle Rice, awful test taker turned physical therapists and standardized test coach for over 5,000 physical therapists worldwide.

0:09.0

It wasn't that long ago that I struggle with anxiety, lack of confidence, and the fear of failing the NPTE.

0:16.0

Fast forward through the challenges, the 13 standardized test failures, and many lessons learn, and you'll see the life

0:22.4

I have today, a life filled with love, financial freedom, and a dream job that allows me to

0:27.8

change lives every single day. I created the NPTE Clinical Files podcast to give you simple,

0:34.3

actionable strategies, along with a step-by-step walkthrough of NPTE-based questions.

0:40.5

All of this so that you can dominate your exam like I did and achieve your dream.

0:45.5

So if you're a driven PT student who's looking to pass the NPTE and start creating a life

0:50.8

you love, you're in the right place.

0:53.1

Enjoy the show.

0:56.2

For this week's clinical file, we have Jake, and Jake was involved in a driver's side motor vehicle accident and has been

1:01.7

diagnosed with a ruptured spleen. The patient complains of left shoulder pain, even though

1:08.2

the left shoulder has been cleared of musculoskeletal injury.

1:12.4

Which finding should be documented into the patient's record? So we have A, cur sign, B, Murphy sign,

1:20.6

C, Bloomberg sign, and D is Bacody sign. All right, let's go up to the top of this question.

1:27.4

And before we knock this one

1:29.2

out, like I typically say, if you are a PT student or PT graduate and you're taking the

1:35.5

MPTE this year, listen to me. You need to get into my private free Facebook group.

1:41.8

All right. Every Monday night, 6 p.m. Eastern, I'm in there giving you

1:46.3

guidance on what you need to do in order to dominate your preparation, but go into the NPTE

1:52.3

with absolute confidence. All right. So join me by going to www.mptegroup.com. And let me tell you,

2:00.4

I'm also doing interviews in there on the regular with students

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