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What is the crisis intervention approach?
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The patient or client seeks help only when unable to manage alone.
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What is the health mantenance or preventative health system approach?
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Promotes well-being and avoiding the need for medical intervention. Good nutrition, exercise and promotes self-care that avoids bad health habits.
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What is Medicare?
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federal medical insurance program for those over 65
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what is Medicaid?
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federal program for the medically indigent
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Between Health Maintenance Organizations, Urgent Care Clinics. Outpatient Surgery Centers, Physicians Offices, and various other patient care orientated facilities, which is the most important factor im the medical community?
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the patient
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Differentiate between the referring physician and the attending physician.
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referring- can act as the attendign upon admission, however, does direct the patient to the hospital
attending-responsible for patient's needs and prescribing procedures to promote/restore health. |
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Differentiate between diagnostic and therapeutic departments.
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Diagnostic relates identification of patient problems/ pathology.
Therapeutic is devoted to treatment of pathology. |
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Which medical staff memeber plays a role in establishing standards of care and technical quality within the imaging department?
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the radiologist
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Referring to the medical imaging department chart who is respnsible for establishing policies and budgets?
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radiology manager and director of diagnostic services
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Referring to the medical imaging department chart who is responsible for day to day operations?
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chief radiographer
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Referring to the medical imaging department chart who is responsible for Standards of Care?
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radiologists establish stands are care and technical quality
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Who suffers if the professionals do not place high value on their service?
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the client (patient) and the community
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What are some of a profession's responsibilities to govern it?
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set standards of professional behavior. education, qualification to practice and to enforce those standards.
maintain a peer review journal |
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What is the professional organization for Radiologic Technologists?
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The American Society of Radiologic Technologists
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What does ASRT do for members?
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sponsors educations conferences, publishes a journal to update members, approves continuing education and maintains educational records. supports legislation to protect the public, promotes the profession to the public
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What does the R.T. (R) stand for?
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Registered Technologist in Radiography with certification by the ARRT
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What is the JRCERT
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Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Techonoloy, they are the accrediting agency for R.T. programs
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What is a comprehensive level of practice in radiography?
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radiography performed on all body organs, systems, or structures and credentialed as R.T. (R) (ARRT)
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What is the extended level of practice of radiography?
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expanded beyond comprehensive, obtaining additional education and skills for cardiovascular, interventional, computed tomography and mammography
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What is the limited level of practice of radiography?
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radiography limited to specific anatomical regions by state.
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What does the ARRT do?
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establishes min. standards for application for certification.
provides a qualifying exam and entitles the applicants who pass to use the designation RT in association with their name. provides specialty exams in R, NM, and T |
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What is required to maintain certification?
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annual renew
proof of continuing education (24 hours every 2 years) |
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Although a person might be a certified RT, some states may require what?
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to pass a state exam
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What is JCAHO?
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Joint Commission for the Accredidation of Healthcare Organizations
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Why do hospitals need this credential?
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to recieve Medicare payments and for insurance payments from insurers
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What is JRCERT?
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Joint Review Committe on Education in Radiologic Technology
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What is JRCERTs function?
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establishes minimum educational standards, conducts inspections, and grants accreditation to programs that comply with standards
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Before we can help others, what must we do first?
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meet our own physical and mental needs
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