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Exam 1
Ethics Law and Cultural Diversity
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The cadence and rhythm of your speech, often referred to as the “music of speech,” | paralanguage |
| understanding your emotions when handling patients and their families | emotional intelligence |
| When working with an elderly patient, | speak slow and clear and ask for understanding and feedback |
| According to Elisabeth Kübler-Ross, the customary stages of the dying or grieving process in the typical sequence are | denial and isolation, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance |
| common emotion most patients have entering the hospital is | fear of unknown of their condition |
| Sacred Seven? | localization, chronology, quality, severity, onset, aggravating or alleviating factors, and associated manifestations. |
| Objective data regarding a patient’s history | objective signs are temperature, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure |
| In determining a patient’s description of their pain, a good question to ask would be | How would you describe the pain? When did the pain first start happening? How often do the pain reoccur? |
| How do you change your behavior with a patient when they begin speaking to you in medical terminology | listen, record comments, and repeat statements to clarify |
| What is important when taking a patient history? | start with open ended questions and then follow up with more direct inquires |
| When asking about pain, which questions should you ask? | ask the patient to point of touch the are that hurts and record the information |
| What kind of questions are inappropriate to ask the patient? | leading questions about their symptoms |
| What key questions do radiologists want answered? | Why the patient is getting the imaging done and how long has it been going on? (Chief Complaint) |
| A patient who is near death from a terminal disease, will likely exhibit what signs of impending death? | loss of bowel function, State of unconsciousness,A condition of “wasting away” (cachexia) |
| When radiographing a toddler | use one word instructions |