Patient Care Class Final exam
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All of the following are nonverbal communication characteristics except
volume of voice.
You have received a request to perform a radiographic study on a patient who
is clearly intoxicated but coherent. In preparing to perform this procedure, you
should
ensure your safety by checking to see that the hospital security officer will stay with
the patient during the procedure.
According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, our first and most basic need is
shelter, nourishment, and water
Clearly understanding your emotions when handling patients and their
families is referred to as
emotional intelligence.
Upon receiving an order or request to perform a radiographic examination on
a patient, the first step to consider in order to achieve exam success is to a.
contact the ordering practitioner to obtain a better history.
perform a patient assessment, review the patient's chart or
exam request.
When communicating with a young child as part of a radiographic
examination, an effective strategy to communicate would be to
1. kneel down to the child's eye level and lower your voice.
2. speak loudly and quickly so the child knows you're in charge.
3. allow one of the younger radiographers in the department to perform the
study.
4. speak exclusively to the parent so the child cooperates.
1 only
When working with an elderly patient,
speak slowly and clearly and ask for understanding and feedback.
When dealing with a terminally ill patient who demonstrates mutual pretense
of their condition, which of the following would seem most appropriate?
Politely working in silence as necessary and attending to his/her physical needs
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According to Maslow's hierarchy of needs, few people completely satisfy the
need for
self-fulfillment and self-actualization.
When radiographing a toddler,
use simple one-word instructions that are familiar to the child.
A common emotion of most patients entering the hospital is
fear of the unknown and about their condition
Which of the following statements is false?
To minimize feelings of alienation, it is safe to assume that a patient with a
nasogastric tube would prefer to wait in a general reception area.
A(n) is someone who has been admitted to the hospital for diagnostic studies
or
inpatient
Aging is a natural part of living. As you work with older patients, it is
important to empathize with their conditions and understand the physiologic
changes of the aging process. These changes may include
1. always feeling cold.
2. a heightened state of mental alertness and memory.
3. a greater awareness of their surroundings.
4. a loss of tactile sensation in the fingertips.
5. a greater likelihood of skin damage during movement and transport.
6. less flexibility and joint mobility.
1, 4, 5, and 6 only
As a patient begins to accept the inevitability of death, he or she may ask to
discuss important circumstances that will affect the last moments of life.
These concerns may include the administration of CPR techniques, organ
donation, internment plans, pain control, and sedation. To formalize these
wishes, patients will complete a(n)
advanced directive.
Professional medical imaging personnel must possess many desirable traits
and skills. To succeed in patient interactions as a part of performing
examinations, it is important that the radiographer
do none of the above.
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The use of humor during radiographic procedures can be effective with
patients if used professionally and under the right circumstance. An example
of correct use of humor is
making light of the bad weather and how it "brightened your day" to have a job inside
helping people.
An important piece of information regarding a patient's need for medical care
is sought by physicians and medical professionals. Many times, patients are
vague about their pain or reason for seeing the doctor. It is important to
discover the patient's for seeking medical care.
chief complaint
In the process of questioning a patient about the reason for having the
requested X-ray examination, the patient becomes irritated and complains that
she "is getting pretty tired of saying the same things over and over to all these
nurses." An effective method to deal with this patient's attitude would be to
explain that each person is asking questions specific to their patient care task.
Objective data regarding a patient's history
consist of a patient's vital signs
When asking about a patient's pain, it is effective to
ask the patient to point to or touch the area that hurts and record the information.
Good history taking involves the collection of objective and subjective data.
All of the following are examples of subjective data except the patient’s
respiratory rate.
On a patient's examination requisition for a KUB, you notice that the history
recorded by the emergency department staff states "R/O appendicitis." In an
effort to gain more precise information about the patient's condition, questions
to ask that would be important to this examination (KUB) would be
1. "How would you describe the pain?"
2. "Have you had previous appendix surgery?"
3. "Do you know if the emergency department called in a sonographer?" 4.
"Can you touch the area that specifically hurts?"
5. "Are you sure it's not your kidneys?"
6. "Does the pain appear to be in your appendix?"
1 and 4 only