Hi!
I'm a new member of this group.
We are developing some guidelines for our PT/OT team when treating our general
oncology patients and also for our BMT patients.
We generally use the Academy of Acute Care Physical therapy Laboratory Values
Interpretation Resource (Updated 2017) as our reference point. Lately we are
having some challenges with our RN colleagues "pushing us" to see patients who
we might feel are not physiologically ready/stable enough for certain
activities.
Does anyone have/is anyone developing an Oncology-specific lab values resource?
One of our PTs today had 2 patients whose platelets were 5,000 or below.
(diagnoses were AML and lymphoma)
In both cases, our RN colleagues were not-so-gently pushing for us to engage
these patients in activity.
Thanks for your input!
Allison Brookins, PT
Staff PT and Clinical Educator
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