Occupational Therapy (OT Assistant)
An occupational therapy assistant is a person who has graduated from an occupational therapy assistant program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education (ACOTE) or predecessor organizations, has successfully completed a period of supervised fieldwork experience required by the accredited occupational therapy assistant program, has passed a nationally recognized entry-level examination for occupational therapy assistants, and fulfills state requirements for licensure, certification, or registration. An occupational therapy assistant provides interventions under the supervision of an occupational therapist which emphasize the therapeutic use of everyday life activities (i.e., occupations) with individuals or groups for the purpose of facilitating participation in roles and situations and in home, school, workplace, community and other settings. Occupational therapy services are provided for the purpose of promoting health and wellness and are provided to those who have or are at risk for developing an illness, injury, disease, disorder, condition, impairment, disability, activity limitation, or participation restriction. Occupational therapy assistants address the physical, cognitive, psychosocial, sensory, and other aspects of occupational performance in a variety of contexts to support engagement in everyday life activities that affect health, well-being, and quality of life.
Occupational Therapy Assistants in Spokane, WA
Occupational Health Nurse Practitioner
Occupational Health Nurse Practitioners in Spokane, WA
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
Mt. Spokane Pediatrics is an Acute Care Nurse Practitioner practice in Spokane, WA
with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in diagnosing and treating a variety of acute but severe illnesses, sometimes over long periods.
Acute Care Nurse Practitioners at Mt. Spokane Pediatrics perform
treatment for critically ill patients. Acute Care Nurse Practitioner is
practiced in emergency rooms, urgent care centers, intensive care units, surgical units, and nursing homes. Significant diseases and conditions treated at
Acute Care Nurse Practitioner practices include flu complications, broken bones, concussions, heart attacks, seizures, or shock.
Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Acute Care Nurse Practitioner
practices include ordering and performing diagnostic tests, creating treatment plans, applying sutures and splinting broken bones, prescribing medication, monitoring treatments and medical equipment, referring patients to specialists, collaborating with specialists, and discharging patients.
Acute Care Nurse Practitioners in Spokane, WA
Speech-Language Assisting
Speech Language Assistants in Spokane, WA
Feeding, Eating & Swallowing Occupational Therapy
Mt. Spokane Pediatrics is a Feeding, Eating & Swallowing Occupational Therapy practice in Spokane, WA
with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in holistically evaluating and resolving eating and swallowing dysfunctions by addressing environmental, cultural, physiological, and psychosocial interventions.
Feeding, Eating & Swallowing Occupational Therapists at Mt. Spokane Pediatrics perform
holistic care in neonatal intensive care units, outpatient clinics, rehabilitation hospitals, mental health facilities, nursing facilities, and hospices. Feeding, Eating & Swallowing Occupational Therapy is
comprehensive management of feeding, eating, and swallowing challenges. Significant diseases and conditions treated at
Feeding, Eating & Swallowing Occupational Therapy practices include difficulty raising food to the mouth, aspiration, dementia, and psychologically based eating disorders.
Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Feeding, Eating & Swallowing Occupational Therapy
practices include videofluoroscopy, ultrasonography, electromyography, swallowing technique education, behavior modification program, environmental modification, providing adaptive equipment, and neuromuscular electrical stimulation.
Occupational therapists provide interventions to clients of all ages with feeding, eating and swallowing difficulties. Occupational therapists provide comprehensive rehabilitative, habilitative, and palliative dysphagia care, which includes collaborating with clients to provide individualized compensatory swallowing strategies, modified diet textures, adapted mealtime environments, enhanced feeding skills, preparatory exercises and positioning to clients, reinforcement of mealtime strategies to enhance and improve swallowing skills, and training to caregivers to enhance eating and feeding performance. Occupational therapists provide screening and in-depth clinical assessment which may include instrumental dysphagia assessments including videofluroscopy.
Feeding Eating Swallowing Occupational Therapists in Spokane, WA
Nurse Practitioner
A registered nurse provider with a graduate degree in nursing prepared for advanced practice involving independent and interdependent decision making and direct accountability for clinical judgment across the health care continuum or in a certified specialty. (2) A registered nurse who has completed additional training beyond basic nursing education and who provides primary health care services in accordance with state nurse practice laws or statutes. Tasks performed by nurse practitioners vary with practice requirements mandated by geographic, political, economic, and social factors. Nurse practitioner specialists include, but are not limited to, family nurse practitioners, gerontological nurse practitioners, pediatric nurse practitioners, obstetric-gynecologic nurse practitioners, and school nurse practitioners.
Nurse Practitioners in Spokane, WA
Speech-Language Pathology
Mt. Spokane Pediatrics is a Speech-Language Pathology practice in Spokane, WA
with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in preventing, assessing, diagnosing, and treating speech, language, cognitive communication, and swallowing disorders arising from illness, injury, deficiency, or congenital birth defect.
Speech-Language Pathologists at Mt. Spokane Pediatrics perform
testing, evaluation, and treatment of disorders relating to how patients form words, communicate, and process the speech of others. Speech-Language Pathology is
a medical specialty that deals with disorders related to how patients form words, speak, and understand what others are saying to them. Significant diseases and conditions treated at
Speech-Language Pathology practices include speech disorders like stuttering and dysarthia, language disorders like articulation and phonological processing disorders, social communication disorders, cognitive-communication disorders, voice disorders, and swallowing disorders that may arise from conditions like stroke, dementia, brain injury, multiple sclerosis (MS), Parkinson's disease, autism, hearing loss, or congenital birth defects.
Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Speech-Language Pathology
practices include speech and language assessment, hearing assessment, developing treatment plans based on assessment and test results, developing communications strategies for patients and caregivers, working with patients to achieve communication goals, and providing patient and parent education.
The speech-language pathologist is the professional who engages in clinical services, prevention, advocacy, education, administration, and research in the areas of communication and swallowing across the life span from infancy through geriatrics. Speech-language pathologists address typical and atypical impairments and disorders related to communication and swallowing in the areas of speech sound production, resonance, voice, fluency, language (comprehension and expression), cognition, and feeding and swallowing.
Speech Language Pathologists in Spokane, WA
Pediatric Occupational Therapy
Mt. Spokane Pediatrics is a Pediatric Occupational Therapy practice in Spokane, WA
with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in helping physically or mentally disabled children develop cognitive, motor, social, and self-care skills.
Pediatric Occupational Therapists at Mt. Spokane Pediatrics perform
educational and physical learning exercises with children disabled by injury or illness. Pediatric Occupational Therapy is
a medical specialty dedicated to helping disabled children gain personal independence by improving sensory, motor, visual perception, and social interaction skills. Significant diseases and conditions treated at
Pediatric Occupational Therapy practices include impairments resulting from birth injuries or defects, sensory processing disorders, traumatic injuries, autism, childhood arthritis, spina bifida, multiple sclerosis (MS), Parkinson's disease, cerebral palsy, and many other conditions that affect children's motor and learning skills.
Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Pediatric Occupational Therapy
practices include play therapy, handwriting exercises, motor planning, gross motor coordination, sensory modulation, visual perception skills, and parental education.
Occupational therapists provide services to infants, toddlers and children who have or who are at risk for developmental delays or disabilities. Occupational therapy is concerned with a child's ability to participate in daily life activities or "occupations." Occupational therapists use their unique expertise to help children with social-emotional, physical, cognitive, communication, and adaptive behavioral challenges and to help children to be prepared for and perform important learning and school-related activities and to fulfill their rule as students. Through an understanding of the impact of disability, illness, and impairment on a child's development, plan, ability to learn new skills, and overall occupational performance, occupational therapists design interventions that promote healthy development, establish needed skills, and/or modify environments, all in support of participation in daily activities.
Pediatric Occupational Therapists in Spokane, WA
Pediatric Nurse Practitioner
Pediatric Nurse Practitioners in Spokane, WA
Primary Care Nurse Practitioner
Primary Care Nurse Practitioners in Spokane, WA
Psychiatric & Mental Health Nurse Practitioner
Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioners in Spokane, WA
Family Nurse Practitioner
Mt. Spokane Pediatrics is a Family Nurse Practitioner practice in Spokane, WA
with healthcare providers who have special training and skill in family-centric general health care.
Family Nurse Practitioners at Mt. Spokane Pediatrics perform
preventative, diagnostic and treatment procedures for a variety of acute and chronic diseases, conditions, and injuries. Family Nurse Practitioner is
an advanced practice registered nurse who works autonomously or in collaboration with other healthcare professionals to deliver family-oriented care. Significant diseases and conditions treated at
Family Nurse Practitioner practices include cold and flu, infections, high blood pressure, hormone imbalance, hepatitis, diabetes, lacerations or minor trauma, and sexually transmitted diseases.
Medical tests, procedures and therapies provided by Family Nurse Practitioner
practices include medical history analysis, physical exams, diagnostic testing, nutrition and treatment plan development, hormone balancing, immunization delivery, wound suturing and removal, and patient education.
Family Nurse Practitioners in Spokane, WA
