Patient Care Exam 1 Review
Who discovered X-rays - correct answer Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen
The date X-rays were discovered - correct answer November 8, 1895
Name the equipment used when x-rays were discovered - correct answer Crookes
tube
What is the purpose of professional organizations - correct answer They
represent the interests of various groups to the public and to governmental
bodies’
Describe different forms of energy - correct answer Mechanical
Electric
Electromagnetic
Heat
Nuclear Medicine
List uses of radiation in medicine - correct answer To diagnose and for pathology
Ionizing Radiation - correct answer Higher form of energy that have the ability to
ionize atoms in matter and as a result is capable of disrupting life process’
Non-Ionizing Radiation - correct answer Lower energy’ Does not cause harm or
disrupt the life process’
How was Roentgen honored for his discovery? - correct answer He was awarded
the first Noble Prize in physics in 1901
Accredidation - correct answer Voluntary peer review process through which an
agency grants recognition to an institution for a program of study’
JRCERT (Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technologies) -
correct answer An organization which sends site visitors to programs for
accreditation renewal
JRCERT (Joint Review Committee on Education in Radiologic Technologies) -
correct answer Organization that accredits over 750 programs in radiography,
radiation therapy, medical dosimetry, and MRI’
, Professional certification - correct answer A process through which an agency
grants recognition to an individual on demonstration, usually by exam of
specialized professional skills’
Registry - correct answer A list of individuals holding certification in a particular
profession’
The American College of Radiology and The American Society of Radiologic
Technologists’ (ACR and ASRT) - correct answer Two organizations which
cosponsor the ARRT
Licensure - correct answer The process by which a governmental agency (usually
the state) grants permission to individuals to practice their profession’
ASRT (The American Society of Radiologic Technologists) - correct answer The
most prominent national professional voice for radiologic technologits
Critical Thinking - correct answer Creative action based on professional
knowledge and experience involving sound judgement applied with high ethical
standards and integrity’
Affective Critical Thinking - correct answer Analyzing personal values and
feelings and managing uncomfortable situations
Clinical Education - correct answer To provide competency-based educational
experiences that promote synthesis of theory, use of current technology,
competent clinical practice, and professional values’
Transfer of Learning - correct answer The student recalls prior knowledge learned
and uses this knowledge in performing radiographic procedures to develop both
the skills and confidence to work with a variety of patients’
The 3 domains of learning - correct answer 1) Cognitive
2)psycho-motor
3)affective
ALARA - correct answer As Low As Reasonably Allowed
Clinical - correct answer Component of the radiography curriculum includes
procedures and activities that occur in the clinical educational settings
Didactic - correct answer Informational and instructional activities related to
radiography make up the _____ portion of the curriculum’ Occur in settings like
classroom and laboratory’
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