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RADT 456
ARRT Registry Review Covering Patient Care Content
Question | Answer |
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Patient consent can be given how? | Verbal, Written, or Implied consent |
In order for consent to be valid the patient must: | be of legal age, be of sound mind, must give consent freely, and must be adequately informed of the procedure. |
What is the purpose of advanced health care directives/ living wills? | to preserve a person's right to make decisions regarding their own healthcare, names individuals authorized to make all health care decisisons for them, and can include specifics regarding DNR, DNI, and other end-of-life decisions. |
What are the 6 things that are expected during a hospital stay? | high quality hospital care, a clean and safe envirnment, involvement in your care, protection of your privacy, help when leaving the hospital, and help with billing your claim. |
What three standards do the ASRT provide in their Practice Standards, | Clinical, Quality, and Professional standards. |
What are the four primary Sources of Law? | Constitution of the United States, statutory law, regulation and judgements of administrative bureaus, and court decisions. |
What are the two basic kinds of law? | Public and private(civil) law. |
What is public law | regulate relationships between individuals and government. |
What is private law? | laws that regulate the relationships amoung people. |
What are examples of intentional misconduct? | false imprisonment, assault, battery, defamation, and invasion of privacy |
What are examples of negligent/unintentional torts? | imaging the wrong patient, or patient injury as a result of a fall while unattended on an x-ray table, in a radiographic room, or on a streatcher without side rails or safety belt. |
What are three frequent areas of litigation in radiology | they involve patient falls, positioning injuries, pregnancy, and errors or delays in diagnosis. |
What does "res ipsa loquitur" mean? | "the thing speaks for itself" |
What does, "resondeat superior," mean? | the "master," or employer, can be held liable for wrongful acts of the "servant," or employee in causing injury during employed activities. |
What is the ARRT Standards of Ethics composed of? | preamble, code of ethics (aspirational), rules of ethics (enforcable), and administrative procedures. |
What does the Standard of Ethics do? | It provides guidelines for making very important decisions that could impact our entire careers. |
Failure to disclose a conviction is a violation of which Ethical Rules? | Rules 1 and 19 |
What does honor imply? | it implies an effective regard for the standards of ones profession, a refusal to lie or decieve, an uprightness of character or action, a trustworthiness and incorruptibility |
Honor is used to describe what three qualities? | honesty, integrity, and probity. |
If a student or radiographer is convicted of a misdemeanor or felony whom must they report this to? | The ARRT. |