Patient Care Final Study Guide

The internal controls of a profession based on human values or moral principles is called:

The leading organization for Radiation oncology, biology, and physics is the:

The standard of care for radiologic technology was established in 1914 and remains unchanged today.

Which professional title identifies a radiographer who has passed the mammography exam?

Which organization represents individuals who work in the cath lab?

The ARRT code of Ethics provides theradiologic technologist with an operational blueprint of laws of professionalconduct

The theory of_requires the hospital or health care entity to be responsible for the quality of care delivered to consume

Approximately 90% of all medical negligence claims are somehow related to diagnostic imagining

The most common claim in a health care facility is:

The use of moral principles as a basis for defending a chose path of action in resolving and ethical dilemma is called:

Failure to use such care as a reasonably prudent person would use in like or similar situations is called:

Which of the following is the reason for the registry?

The ARRT offers certificate exams in which of the following subspecialties:

Select the ethical principle described by actions that respect the independence of other people.

The ARRT has a published code of ethics

The purpose of the Associates of Educators in Imaging and Radiologic Sciences is:

The ethical theory that emphasizes the agents who perform actions and make choices is called:

Informed consent requires that patients have all the info they need to make decisions about their health care

Most, but not all, states have state licensing

A/An_ can occur if a technologist touches a patient or performs an exam without the patient’s permission

Which type of law defines individuals rights?

The ASRT publishes a peer- reviewed journal called Radiologic Technology

A person must be informed of the reason for restraint and the possible risks if restraint are not used after the

Which professional organization’s members are physicians?

Each of these is a component of ethical analysis except:

Information obtained directly from the patient through observation does not need to be kept confidential

Radiologic tech are legally liable for their actions in the daily performance of diagnostic procedures

Respondeat superior translates to “the things speaks for itself”

Which of the following statements discuss the purpose of the AHRA?

Select the ethical principle described by acts that ensure the fair distribution of goods and the righting of wrongs

A radiologic technologist is free to share a diagnosis with a patient

The science of rightness and wrongness of human conduct and character is called:

The belief that individual right’s provide vital protection of life, liberty, expression, and property is called:

Which term applies when a patient is injured through no fault of his or her own while in the complete control of another

The general definition of the standard of care is that degree of skill, knowledge, and care ordinarily possessed and e

Select the ethical principle describes by “above all, do no harm”

The regulations established by a government that apply to people within a certain political subdivision is called

Select the ethical principle described by actions that benefit others.

A/ An _____is a patient’s claims that he or she has been wronged

The process of ethical analysis has several components

The American Registry of Radiologic Technologists certified individuals in radiography

Select the ethical principle described as being truthful is right

Radiologic tech have an obligation to maintain patient confidentiality

The Standard set by members of a profession is called:

The three types of law are:

A/An_occurs when a patient believes that he or she has been threatened in such a way that the person has reason to fear

The professional title RT(R) indicates which of the following?

Select the ethical principle described by acts that observe covenants or promises

The agency that certifies radiologic technologists is the:

A patient has the right to be informed of and to make decisions about his or her own health care treatment.

Which of the following identifies a registered diagnostic medical sonographer?

A radiographer may be called to testify in a legal case

Generally accepted customs of right living and conduct and an individual’s practice of these customs is called:

Health care providers who do not remain current in the field may be liable under the legal theory of medical malpractice

Certification is a voluntary process through which an agency grants recognition to an individual upon demonstration