EXIT EXAM PT CARE QUESTIONS STUDY

• Surgical hand scrubbing for sterile procedures takes approximately:

  300 seconds
• What credentials would follow a person's name who was registered in radiography and quality management by the ARRT?

  R.T(R)(QM)
• Which of the following is NOT considered a health care-acquired infection?

  HIV-Human Immunodeficiency Virus
• The acronym ARRT stands for:


  American Registry of Radiologic Technologists
• One of the biggest pathogen concerns facing radiographers today is:

  Hepatitis B and C
• Which of the following is an element of a good patient history?

  Chronology
• Select all that apply to microorganisms


  *Can be deadly*Are capable of causing disease*Can be normal flora in the body*Can be pathogens*Can include bacteria and fungi
• For a conscious adult, a pulse should be obtained by the radiographer at what site:

  Radial at wrist
• Pulmonary TB spread through airborne droplet nuclei may survive on surfaces:

  For years
• "Is it a dull or sharp pain?" would be a question the radiographer make ask a patient to obtain a history related to:


  Quality
• The principles of proper body alignment, movement, and balance is referred to as:

  body mechanics
• An important piece of verbal communication with patients is:

  validation to convey understanding and your listening skills
• Which of the following in considered an essential skill of patient assessment?


  observation
• Sterilization is:

  treating items with heat, gas, or chemicals to make them germ free
• Which of the following in considered an essential skill of patient assessment?

  OBSERVATION
• Sterilization is:

  treating items with heat, gas, or chemicals to make them germ free
• What does respondeat superior imply?

  employers are liable for employee negligent acts
• What is a iatrogenic infection?

  an infection acquired as the result of a physician
• One of the smallest known disease causing organisms is:

  Virus
• What does veracity mean?

  An obligation to tell the truth
• A radiographer obtains a blood pressure on a 24 year-old adult patient of 112/64. This would be considered:

  Normal
• The last step the radiographer should do when leaving an isolation patient's room is:

  wash their hands thoroughly
• The radiographer is performing an exam on an uncooperative patient. The radiographer threatens the patient verbally to remain still for the exam. This would be considered what type of misconduct?


  Assault
• In case of a fire a radiographer should remember an important acronym. What does the second letter of this acronym stand for?


  Alarm
• What is an important key for a successful imaging department?

  Quality Communication
• Select all that apply to the highest number of a blood pressure:


  *70 mmHg would be considered normal*Represents the pressure from the left ventricle at contraction*Represents the systolic*120 mmHg would be considered normal
• Glucophage is used to treat:


  Hyperglycemia
• Select all that apply to measuring blood pressure


  * Wrap cuff snugly around upper arm with bottom edge of cuff above elbow* Continue to release pressure from cuff until last pulse is heard and then fully release cuff pressure* Open valve slowly to release pressure and listen for first pulse while watching gauge* Wash hands thoroughly before and after* Place gauge where you can see it easily
• When charting an IV contrast study in patient the patients chart, the radiographer should include all the following except :

  Number of images taken
• Select all that apply to the radiographers response if someone has a heart attack while being imaged:

  *Call for help* Administer oxygen at 2 to 4 L/minute if possible* Help the patient to a comfortable position
• Select all that apply to severe reactions to contrast media:

  * seizure* cardiac arrest* cyanosis* laryngeal edema* respiratory arrest
• A common lab test radiographers would evaluate in a patient's chart before injecting contrast would be:

  Blood, Urea, and Nitrogen level
• What should a radiographer do if a wheelchair patient is unable to stand safely and move onto the x-ray table?

  use a hydraulic lift
• The radiographer is performing an exam on an uncooperative patient. The radiographer holds the patient down and restrains them for the exam against their will. This would be considered what type of misconduct?

  BATTERY
• Select all that apply to intentional misconduct with malicious intent:

  1.False Imprisonment

  2.Assault

  3.Slander

  4.Battery

  5.Invasion of privacy

  6.Libel
• All the following are considered six moral and ethical principals that are accepted guides to right actions EXCEPT:


  Confidentiality
• What does beneficence mean?

  goodness; actions that are considered right
• What does Kohlberg's Theory help describe?

  How individuals learn morality
• All the following are ways to limit one's exposure to lawsuits in the healthcare setting EXCEPT?

  telling the patient their prognosis
• A tort is:

  A violation of civil law