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Intro to ... Patient Care (Chap 1-2;5-7)

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Particular care must be taken when using radiation for medical imaging. This is the result of radiation's ability to create ____ in human tissue and possible biochemical changes.
Ionizations
If a physician is concerned about the use of ionizing radiation, they may choose to order any of the following diagnostic modalities EXCEPT
Radiography
The Greek physician, Hippocrates, is regarded as the father of Western medicine. All of the following choices represent his medical beliefs EXCEPT the
important medical value of sorcery and witchcraft
Throughout the history of medicine, remarkable achievements have been recorded. These events have led to our current understanding of the human organism and disease. As this research continues, much of it will likely focus on
human genes and genetic engineering
One of Wilhelm C. Roentgen's famous early images was an x-ray of his
wife's hand
A valuable x-ray procedure used to diagnose a myocardial infarction is
coronary arteriography
All of the following are true of the diagnostic procedure of mammography EXCEPT
the procedures may be preformed using a general radiographic machine
An imaging modality that uses no ionizing radiation and the energy of radio waves, magnetic fields is
practitioners
A class of health care workers who specialize in carrying out treatments designed to improve a patient's health condition, quality of life and who likely possess a 1-4 year degree are known as
therapists
To become a board-certified radiologist, the traditional course of study wold follow what educational sequence after high school
Bachelors degree, medical school, residency
All of the following are typical members of the radiology team EXCEPT
biomedical engineer
The medical imaging specialty of ____ uses radiopharmaceuticals and gamma radiation in the production of medical imagine for patient diagnosis
nuclear medicine
The current medical standard for measuring bone health with a high degree of accuracy is
DEXA; DEXA studies of the hip and lower spine
The radiography "practice standards" are developed and maintained by the
American Society of Radiographic Technologists (ASRT)
To become a qualified radiologist assistant (RA), you
1. must complete a recognized RA educational course, 2. need to be certified in radiography by ARRT, 3. must successfully complete the radiologist assistant exam offered by ARRT
All of the following are true of the American Healthcare Radiology Administrators (AHRA) organization EXCEPT it
certifies radiographers
The organization that sponsors an international meeting in Chicago each year in late November is the
RSNA -Radiological Society of North America
The oldest radiologic society in the medical imaging profession is the
American Roentgen Ray Society
Programs seeking the Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiographic Technology (JRCERT) must comply with the JCERT
Standards and Essentials
The organization that is principally responsible for the general welfare of the profession of radiologic technology, through its efforts in continuing education, practice standards, and socioeconomics is the
American Society of Radiographic Technologists (ASRT)
A high-quality radiologic science program should provide
1. published policies and procedures that involve clinical sites, 2. a competency-based clinical experience, 3.access to current imaging technology
The three phases of learning in the clinical stage in chronological order are
observation, assistance, and reformance
Student learning that occurs in a classroom is referred to as ___ learning
didactic
Due to the changing practices of medicine many radiologic procedures that were once commonplace are now preformed in ever smaller numbers. When this is the case, students may preform competencies in a
simulation enviormnet
After mislabeling an image, the department's policy requires that the image be repeated. In doing so, you must be aware that
a qualified practitioner must review your repeat procedures and directly supervise your work
All of the following are true of a radiologic technology program director EXCEPT
they must be registered in Radiologic Technology by JRCERT
After a radiology student have completed all academic and clinical requirements and graduated they
are expected to preform according to their employer's policies
On a day in which your clinical department is typically understaffed your department supervisor asks a couple of the second-year students if they would skip a scheduled class meeting because of staffing shortages. This even would be viewed as a
violation of the JRCERT standards
A female radiography student is considered pregnant when she
voluntarily declares her pregnancy in writing to program officials
The complexities of a hospital and all of its departments, professions, infrastructure and design can be compared to
a community within a community
A document that guides a hospital as to its purpose and role in the community is
a mission staement
The CEO or president of a hospital's staff will report to
the board of directors
A formal document that outlines department structures, chain of command, and interdepartmental relationships of a hospital is
the organizational chart
All of the physicians practicing medicine within a hospital comprise the hospitals
medical staff
In large hospitals the administrative director of Radiology must have strong managerial skills among others, including;
1. leadership skills, 2. finance/budgeting sills, 3. strategic planning skills, 4. customer service skills, 5. communication/public relations skills
All of the following describe a typical radiologist group in a contemporary hospital EXCEPT
the hospital will conduct their business operations and management, including recruitment
Medical imaging services can be offered at a variety of sites, these sites include;
1. outpatient clinics, 2.freestanding imaging centers, 3.physicians office, 4. urgent care cents
All of the following are related EXCEPT
a. PI
b. QCI
c. CQI
d. TQM
the answer is b
To prevent preforming the wrong imaging procedure on a patient what analysis needs to be done by the department
CQI analysis
The federal agency the regulates the use of ionizing radiation including medical and nuclear applications is the
NRC-Nuclear Regulatory Commistion
Examples of internal committees within a hospital enterprise include the
1. Radiation Safety Committee, 2.Infection Control Committee, 3. P&T Committee
Employers are looking for two principle traits in all radiologic science professionals. These traits are
technical competency and teamwork skills
To a medical imaging department, the customer could be described as
a. referring to the physician or patient
b. more educated and informed about imaging procedures
c. having options for medical care and being able to afford being selective
d. all of the above
It is important to remember that keeping a patient's medical images and information on a monitor screen for visitors or unqualified personnel to view, represents a
HIPPA violation
The device that intercepts the exit radiation from a patient and creates the image is the
image receptor
All ofthe following are related EXCET
a lead barrier to stop the production of heat formation
Of all of the energy traveling through the x-ray tube during a radiographic exposure, the largest percentage of this electrical energy is converted to
thermal energy
Bowel gas in the abdomen is an example of a ____ material, with regard to the -ray beam.
radiolucent
The total quantity of x-ray photons produced during an exposure is determined by the
mAs
When radiographic images of patients are created, many exposure variables come into play. Any change in the radiographic image impression should be the result of
the patient's medical condition reflected in the image characteristis
The invisible, unprocessed data on an image detector immediately after x-ray exposure form the ____ image.
latent
What is not true regarding automatic film processing
they are maintenance free and require annual cleaning
There are four primary image quality factors. They are
contrast, IR exposure or density, and recorded detail
All of the following are true of the computed radiography (CR) EXCEPT
the image is recorded on an amorphous silicon digital detector plate
Inadequate mAs exposures in CR imaging technology will yield an image that is
grainy and demonstrates quantum mottle
Given the three sets of mAs calculations that follow, all three should yield the same degree of radiographic density.
Exposure 1: 200 mA x0.05 ms
Exposure 2: 100 mA x 0.10 ms
Exposure 3: 400 mA x 0.025 ms
This is known as
mAs reciprocity
As you preform a chest radiograph, the optimal SID of 40 inches is unattainable and you have to shorten the SID to 34 inches. A professional radiographer should do which of the following
Indicate the shorter SID on the examination
The dynamic display of a patient's anatomy using x-radiation is termed
fluoroscopy
All of the following contribute to total image unsharpness EXCEPT the
size and shape of the image receptor (IR) and monitor display
Too little or too much exposure is compensated for through ___ to produce consistent image contrast and brightness, regardless of exposure
automatic rescaling
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