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NSG 550 Exam 1 Questions And Answers
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NSG 550 Exam 1 Questions And AnswersSpecificity
Seeking out clients without disease. Low false (+)
Sensitivity
Seeking out clients with disease. Low false (-)
Sensitivity: Formula
TP
——————-
(TP+FN)
Specificity: Formula
TN
—————
(TN+FP)
American College of Radiology Appropriateness Criteria
Guidelines for ordering exams
Contrast vs. non-contrast
Compares radiation exposure
What are NP's responsibilities for patient safety in testing?
Read Findings and Impression
Inconsistencies and incidentals. follow up.
,Deliver results to patients
Ultrasound
Used for vessels, ovaries, testicles, soft tissue, abscess/cyst, thyroid, guide needle
biopsy, stage tumor
Vessels: imaging
Ultrasound & MRI
Ovaries: imaging
Ultrasound
Testicles: imaging
Ultrasound
Soft tissue: imaging
Ultrasound & MRI
Abscess/ cyst/ blood clot: imaging
Ultrasound
Thyroid: imaging
Ultrasound
Thyroid: Non-blood test
Radioactive Iodine Uptake
,High RAIU- Hyperthyroid
Low RAIU-
Hypothyroid
Use ultrasound to see where the iodine was absorbed.
MRI
In depth look at:
Bone
Tissues
Vessels
Bone: Imaging
MRI & X-ray & Nuclear med
Testing bone densitometry
X-ray
Microscopy
Culture and Sensitivity
Blood culture
Urinalysis
Culture and sensitivity: test
, Microscopy
blood culture test
Microscopy
urinalysis test
Microscopy
X-ray
Bones and bone densitometry
Evaluate dye excretion
Detect breast cancer
Guide needle biopsy
Determine patency of fallopian tubes
Nuclear med
Bone scan
Thyroid scan = scintograpy
Thyroid scan: name
Scintography
Thyroid scan: testing
Nuclear med
Bone scan
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