Patient Care & Management Flashcards

consent is implied:

• When the patient's life is threatened if the procedure is not performed
• when the physician finds something minor during surgery
• when the physician does what he feels is best.
• During all these situations

To help prevent malpractice, a healthcare provider should :

• Work within their scope of practice
• work outside their job description
• make promises to cure a patient
• treat patient as if they were friend

A defamatory statement that is verbally made is :

• Libel
• Slander
• Duces tecum
• Res judicata

"the thing speaks for itself "is called:

• Res ipsa loquitor
• res judicata
• respondeat superior
• duces tecum

The principle of doing no harm is called:

• Nonmaleficence
• Autonomy
• Beneficence
• Integrity

Use of a restraint on a patient who is constantly wandering the halls is an example of :

• Assault
• Slander
• Abuse
• False Imprisonment

Which of the following healthcare professional should follow the patients' bill of rights?

• All healthcare personnel
• The nurse providing care
• The physician and their staff
• the ancillary personnel in the hospital

HIPAA stands for:

• Health in people accountable act
• healing in people acting accordingly
• Health insurance and accountability act
• Health interested people acting accordingly

A_____ is a document signed by a patient expressing their future healthcare wishes.

• A living will
• Res ipsa loquitor
• respondeat superior
• power of attorney

____Allows a patient to choose someone to make a medical decision on their behalf in the event that they are unable to do so.

• Good faith
• A living will
• Respondeat superior
• A medical power of attorney

How much shorter is the right lung than the left ?

• 2 centimeters
• 1 inch
• 2inches
• 1 centimeter

What is the optimal position of the patient for examination of the heart and lung?

• prone
• upright
• supine
• decubitus

why is the upright left lateral position the most commonly used lateral radiographs of the chest?

• there is greater magnification of the heart.
• less chance of body rotation
• easier to visualize interlobar fissures.
• patient's heart is closer to image receptor

How far above the shoulder should the IR be positioned for PA and lateral chest radiographs?

• 2 to 3 inches
• 1 to 2 centimeters
• 2.5 to 3.5 inches
• 1.5 to 2 inches

Where are hands placed for a PA projection of the chest?

• Back of hands on the hips
• palms of hands on the lateral thighs
• palms of the hands on the hips

What is the Central-ray angle for PA projection of the chest?

• perpendicular
• 5 degrees caudad
• 5 to 7 degrees caudad
• 5 degrees cephalad

what is the optimal respiration phase for a PA or lateral chest radiograph?

• First breath, full inspiration
• second breath, full expiration
• first breath, full expiration
• second breath, full inspiration

all of the following bones contain air sinuses, Expept:

• Frontal
• sphenoid
• pareital
• ethmoid

wich of the following describes torts

• felonies
• violation of civil law
• compensation
• violations of criminal law

which of the following would be an example of battery?

• verbal abuse
• criticizing someone
• physical abuse
• violation of HIPAA

Assault means:

• Radiographing the wrong body part
• threatening the patient or causing the patient to be apprehensive
• touching the patient without consent
• striking the patient

What is an example of false imprisonment?

• speaking unkindly to a patient
• performing the wrong exam on a patient
• being restrained without consent

Not explaining the exam to a patient

Which of the following i refers to rapid breathing?

• Dyspnea
• techypnea
• apnea
• bradypnea

Which of the following is caused by an abnormal low volume of circulating blood?

• Hypovolemic shock
• anaphylaxis
• diabetes
• seizures

Which of the following is caused by a failure of the heart to pump adequate amounts of blood to organs?

• Cardiogenic shock
• Diabetes
• Respiratory failure
• Anaphylaxis

A severe and potentially fatal hypersensitivity to iodinated contrast, drugs, foods, chemotherapy agents and insect venom is known as:

• Seizures
• Hypovolemic shock
• Cardiogenic shock
• Anaphylaxis

Urticaria is also known as:

• Hives
• Congestion
• Chicken Pox
• Tightness in chest

During ____ seizures the patient loses consciousness, usually collapses and injuries and accidents may occur.

• Clonic
• Grand mal
• None of the above
• Tonic

Syncope is commonly referred to as:

• Insomnia
• Fainting
• Stress
• Nausea

Having a good sense of what another person is feeling is known as:

• Apathy
• Emotional intelligence
• Empathy
• Sympathy

Which of the following describes a blue discoloration of skin and/or nail beds:

• Cyanosis
• Diaphoresis
• Erythema
• Epilation

What is the controlling factor for x-ray beam quantity?

• OID
• kVp
• mAs
• SID

What is the relationship of receptor exposure to distance?

• Inversely proportional to the square
• Inverse but not proportionally to the square
• Directly proportional to the square
• Directly related but not proportional to the square

If you desired to effectively double the receptor exposure reaching the image receptor, by what percent would you increase kVp?

• 50%
• 30%
• 15%
• 5%

What material is tube filtration either made from or measured to be equivalent to.

• Lead
• Molybdenum
• Aluminum
• Tungsten

Tube filtration lowers receptor exposure by effectively removing x-ray photons under what energy level?

• 10 keV
• 15 keV
• 30 keV
• 50 keV

Technical factors for an exam must be doubled if an increase in part thickness of _____cm is observed.

• 8
• 4
• 10
• 6

Which of the following is an additive disease requiring an increase in technical factors?

• Gout
• Bowel obstruction
• Paget’s disease
• Necrosis