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Occupational Therapy Assistant

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Sylvia is an outpatient with a developmental disability. She has developed carpal tunnel syndrome from the job she was assigned to do at her sheltered workshop. Sylvia’s sister complains to you that the workshop will not place Sylvia on an alternate job. How do you respond?
  1. You discuss the situation with your OT department, which contacts the workshop to chastise it for not providing Sylvia with an alternate job.
  2. You discuss the situation with your OT department, which contacts the workshop to tell it that Sylvia should not be working until her carpal tunnel syndrome has resolved.
  3. You discuss the situation with your OT department, which tells Sylvia’s sister to find a different sheltered workshop for Sylvia to attend.
  4. You discuss the situation with your OT department, which contacts the workshop to observe Sylvia working at her job.
Explanation
Answer: D. You discuss the situation with your OT department, which contacts the workshop to observe Sylvia working at her job. To determine if the carpal tunnel syndrome is the result of the job and whether or not Sylvia should move to another job, she must be observed completing the job tasks.
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