Patient Care Chapter 2

Front 1

What is the crisis intervention approach?

Back 1

The patient or client seeks help only when unable to manage alone.

Front 2

What is the health mantenance or preventative health system approach?

Back 2

Promotes well-being and avoiding the need for medical intervention. Good nutrition, exercise and promotes self-care that avoids bad health habits.

Front 3

What is Medicare?

Back 3

federal medical insurance program for those over 65

Front 4

what is Medicaid?

Back 4

federal program for the medically indigent

Front 5

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?

Back 5

the patient

Front 6

Differentiate between the referring physician and the attending physician.

Back 6

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.

Front 7

Differentiate between diagnostic and therapeutic departments.

Back 7

Diagnostic relates identification of patient problems/ pathology.

Therapeutic is devoted to treatment of pathology.

Front 8

Which medical staff memeber plays a role in establishing standards of care and technical quality within the imaging department?

Back 8

the radiologist

Front 9

Referring to the medical imaging department chart who is respnsible for establishing policies and budgets?

Back 9

radiology manager and director of diagnostic services

Front 10

Referring to the medical imaging department chart who is responsible for day to day operations?

Back 10

chief radiographer

Front 11

Referring to the medical imaging department chart who is responsible for Standards of Care?

Back 11

radiologists establish stands are care and technical quality

Front 12

Who suffers if the professionals do not place high value on their service?

Back 12

the client (patient) and the community

Front 13

What are some of a profession's responsibilities to govern it?

Back 13

set standards of professional behavior. education, qualification to practice and to enforce those standards.

maintain a peer review journal

Front 14

What is the professional organization for Radiologic Technologists?

Back 14

The American Society of Radiologic Technologists

Front 15

What does ASRT do for members?

Back 15

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

Front 16

What does the R.T. (R) stand for?

Back 16

Registered Technologist in Radiography with certification by the ARRT

Front 17

What is the JRCERT

Back 17

Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Techonoloy, they are the accrediting agency for R.T. programs

Front 18

What is a comprehensive level of practice in radiography?

Back 18

radiography performed on all body organs, systems, or structures and credentialed as R.T. (R) (ARRT)

Front 19

What is the extended level of practice of radiography?

Back 19

expanded beyond comprehensive, obtaining additional education and skills for cardiovascular, interventional, computed tomography and mammography

Front 20

What is the limited level of practice of radiography?

Back 20

radiography limited to specific anatomical regions by state.

Front 21

What does the ARRT do?

Back 21

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

Front 22

What is required to maintain certification?

Back 22

annual renew

proof of continuing education (24 hours every 2 years)

Front 23

Although a person might be a certified RT, some states may require what?

Back 23

to pass a state exam

Front 24

What is JCAHO?

Back 24

Joint Commission for the Accredidation of Healthcare Organizations

Front 25

Why do hospitals need this credential?

Back 25

to recieve Medicare payments and for insurance payments from insurers

Front 26

What is JRCERT?

Back 26

Joint Review Committe on Education in Radiologic Technology

Front 27

What is JRCERTs function?

Back 27

establishes minimum educational standards, conducts inspections, and grants accreditation to programs that comply with standards

Front 28

Before we can help others, what must we do first?

Back 28

meet our own physical and mental needs