RADON 120 Patient Care FINAL EXAM 2023/20024 passed

RADON 120 Patient Care FINAL EXAM True or False: Improper use of physical restraints on an adult patient could be construed as false imprisonment - correct answer True Writing information about someone that results in defamation of character is: - correct answer Libel While in your care for a radiation procedure, a patient asks to see his chart. Which of the following is the appropriate response? - correct answer Inform the patient that she has the right to see her chart, and that she should request to review it with her physician, so that is is properly interpreted. Which of the following fall under the Scope of Practice for the Radiation Therapist? A. Detecting and reporting significant changes in patients' conditions, and determining when to withhold treatment until the physician is consulted. B. Monitoring doses to normal tissues within the irradiated volume to ensure tolerance levels are not exceeded. C. Identifying and managing emergency situations. - correct answer A, B, C Which is an example of privileged (confidential) information? - correct answer You assist with a diagnostic study and a large adherent mass is discovered in the colon. If the radiation therapist left a sick patient unattended and he/she fell off the treatment table and sustained a serious injury, the radiation therapist could be sued for: - correct answer Negligence Freely discussing a patient's confidential medical information with an unauthorized person is known as: - correct answer Invasion of privacy