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RADT 465: Pt. care
ARRT registry review covering patient care content area
Question | Answer |
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Patient consent can be given in which three ways? | Written, Verbel, or implied p.3 |
What type of consent is needed when involving invasive vascular exams, or the use of injecting contrast? | Written p.3 |
American Hospital Association's replaced the Patient's Bill of Rights to what? | The Patient Care Partnership- Understanding Expectations, Rights, and Responsibilites p.4 |
What does the Advanced Health Care Directive/ Living Will do? | Preserves a person's right to make decisions regarding their own health care. Names the individual authorized to make all health care decisions for them. Can include specifics regrading DNR, DNI p.5 |
What society makes the Standards of Ethics? | ARRT p.9 |
What does HIPAA stand for? | Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act p.13 |
What ASRT document defines the radiographer's role? | Practice Standard p15 |
a Diaphoretic patient has what type of appearance? | pale,cool skin,and indicates weakness p.23 |
A patient who becomes cyanotic has what appearance and needs what? | bluish lips,mucous membrances, or nail beds. In need of oxygen and requires immediate medical attention. p.23 |
radiologic examinations can be requested by who? | A physician or a physician assistant p.25 |
Normal Body Temperatures? | Adult- oral 98.6 Rectal 99.1-99.6 Axillary 97.6-98.1 Infant to age 4 -97.9-100.4 Child aged 5-13 97.8-98.6 p.24 |
The normal adult respirtatory rate is? | 12-18 p.25 |
Normal blood pressure ranges? | adult systolic ranges 100-140 Diastolic ranges 60-90 p.25 |
Normal heart rate for adult? | 70-80 beats per minute. children would be faster p/26 |
What is Antisepsis? | practice that retards the growth of pathogenic microorganisms. p.35 |
Health Care practitioners must practice what type of antisepsis at all times? | medical asepsis, which is the destructive of pathogenic microorganisms through the process of disinfection. p.35 |
Modes of transmissions of infectious microoganisms ? | droplet, airbones, and contact(direct or indirect) |
The single most important component of medical asepsis is? | proper and timely hand hygiene p.39 |
The CDC reccommends what percentage of all hopsital patients acquire some type of HAI (hospital acquired infections)? | 5% to 15% p.40 |
What is the most commonly used vein for venipuncture? | Antecubital p.56 |
Muliple Exams: Put in correct order UGI, BE, IVP | IVP- first because excreted quickly BE - next because if the UGI were to be scheduled next there would be residual barium in lrg bowel. UGI- last p.62 |