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NPTE Clinical Files | Physical Therapy

Integumentary Outcome Measures

NPTE Clinical Files | Physical Therapy

Kyle Rice

Health & Fitness

4.9631 Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Mohammad is documenting outcomes for a patient who has been treated for a venous ulcer. Which of the following improvements is the MOST significant to report?

A) The patient reports a decrease in pain from 6/10 to 2/10

B) The patient's walking distance has increased from 100 meters to 300 meters

C) The wound size has decreased from 6 cm² to 3 cm²

D) The patient's lower leg swelling has reduced by 50%

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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.

0:08.0

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

0:15.0

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

0:22.5

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

0:27.7

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.

0:40.4

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

0:45.4

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

0:51.5

you're in the right place. Enjoy the show.

0:56.2

For this week's clinical file, we have Muhammad, and Muhammad is documenting outcomes for a patient who has been treated

1:00.8

for a venous ulcer. Which of the following improvements is the most significant to report?

1:07.5

So we have A, the patient reports a decrease in pain from 6 out of 10 to 2 out of 10.

1:13.1

B, the patient's walking distance has increased from 100 meters to 300 meters.

1:18.8

C, the wound size has decreased from 6 centimeters squared to 3 centimeters squared.

1:24.9

And D is the patient's lower leg swelling has reduced by 50%. All right. Let's go up to the top of this question. This one is

1:32.2

really quick. And sometimes you're going to get MPTE questions that are just like this. They're very short.

1:38.3

You've got to interpret the question really quickly and boom, lock in that answer. So Hustle Nation, let's get to it. So we got Muhammad

1:46.1

is documenting outcomes for a patient who has been treated for a Venus ulcer. So pretty

1:53.2

straightforward first sentence, keeping in mind that it is talk about documenting outcome measures

1:58.8

and the patient's condition is that venous ulcer. Now it says

2:03.4

which of the following improvements is the most significant to report. That's it. That's all they

2:09.3

give us. Let's go ahead and look at those answer choices again and lock in that answer.

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