LMRT assessment #1 QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS

What is the term used to describe restriction of patient movement to ensure safety? correct answer: Restraint All the following statements regarding hand hygiene and skin care are correct except correct answer: any cracks or abrasions should be left uncovered to facilitate healing. Which of the following should be used as interpreter for patients having language barriers? I. A trained interpreter II. Parent, child, or spouse of the patient III. Any immediate family member correct answer: I only If a radiographer continues a lumbar spine examination after the patient states that he or she does not want to finish the examination, that radiographer can be found guilty of correct answer: battery While in your care for a radiologic procedure, a patient asks to see his chart. Which of the following is the appropriate response? correct answer: Correct! Inform the patient that he has the right to see his chart but that he should request to view it with his physician so that it is interpreted properly. Which of the following conditions must be met in order for patient consent to be valid? The patient must sign the consent form before receiving sedation. The physician named on the consent form must perform the procedure. All the blanks on the consent form must be filled in before the patient signs the form. correct answer: 1, 2, and 3 How should the wheelchair footrests be positioned as a patient is assisted into or out of a wheelchair? correct answer: Moved aside You and a fellow radiographer have received an unconscious patient from a motor vehicle accident. As you perform the examination, it is important that you refer to the patient by name. make only those statements that you would make with a conscious patient. reassure the patient about what you are doing. correct answer: 1, 2, and 3 When a patient arrives in the radiology department with a urinary Foley catheter bag, it is important to correct answer: place the drainage bag below the level of the bladder When a patient with one strong side and one weak side is being assisted onto an x-ray table, the radiographer should correct answer: position the stronger side closer to the table. Which of the following visual signs can the radiographer use to continually assess patient condition?