Kettering Workbook Flashcards Patient Care Questions and Answers | Latest Version | 2024/2025 | Already Passed

Kettering Workbook Flashcards Patient Care Questions and Answers | Latest Version | 2024/2025 | Already Passed - What law, effective from April 2003, safeguards patient privacy? HIPPA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) - Arrange the following exams in the preferred sequence: KUB, IVU, Lower GI, Upper GI. Begin with KUB, followed by IVU, Lower GI, and Upper GI. - Identify the high-priority patients when scheduling patient flow in a radiology department. This includes emergency patients, fasting patients, and pediatric/geriatric patients who are NPO. - List 5 essential items required on an exam requisition before starting a radiographic exam. Ensure the requisition includes patient name, specific region/part to be radiographed, suspected or existing diagnosis, ordering physician, and date of requisition. - What should you do if you have doubts about the accuracy of an ordered exam? Discuss your concerns directly with the ordering physician. - Name 3 forms of nonverbal communication. Examples include eye contact, touching, and facial expressions. - Define assault. Assault is defined as making a threat. - Define battery. Battery refers to unauthorized physical contact. - Define invasion of privacy. Invasion of privacy occurs when confidentiality is breached. - Define negligence. Negligence refers to the failure to provide reasonable care. - Define libel. Libel is the act of making false statements in written or printed form that harm someone's reputation. - Define false imprisonment. False imprisonment is the unlawful restraint of a person's freedom of movement. - Define torts. Torts are civil wrongs that cause harm or loss to someone. - Define competence. Competence involves possessing and adhering to the necessary skills and knowledge in a professional context. - Define compliance. Compliance refers to adhering to the rules, regulations, and standards set by an institution. - Define charting. Charting involves documenting patient information thoroughly, consistently, and objectively. - Who bears the responsibility to ensure the correct exam is conducted on the correct patient? The radiologic technologist is responsible for this verification. - Describe the outpatient approach to confirm proper patient identification. Confirm the patient's name, date of birth, and check their wristband. - Describe the inpatient approach to confirm proper patient identification. Verify the patient's identity by checking their wristband and bed name plates.