Rad 101 Unit 2 exam correctly answered
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The phrase "First, do no harm" conveys the idea that patients come to health care providers for one
simple reason - to get better. - correct answer ✔✔true
The Institute of Medicine, or IOM, defines patient safety as the prevention of ____________ to patients.
- correct answer ✔✔harm
A final study from the Journal of Health Care Finance estimates that medical errors cost the United
States up to $1 _____________ annually. - correct answer ✔✔trillion
In an article written for the New York Times, Dr. Sanjay Gupta stated that a reasonable estimate is that
medical mistakes now kill around _________________ Americans every year. - correct answer
✔✔200,000
As sobering as these statistics are, they don't take into account the number of injuries that occur
annually due to potentially _____________ medical errors. - correct answer ✔✔avoidable
A medical adverse event refers to any injury related to medical management that was not caused by the
- correct answer ✔✔underlying
disease
A sentinel event is defined by the Joint Commission as "An _________________ occurrence involving
death or serious physical or psychological injury or the risk thereof". - correct answer ✔✔unexpected
An incident is defined as an unplanned, undesired event that adversely affects _________________ of a
task. - correct answer ✔✔completion
An accident is defined as an undesired event that results in personal or property - correct answer
✔✔injury
,damage
Nosocomial infections are infections patients acquire during a _____________ stay. - correct answer
✔✔hospital
Patient falls are a _______________ problem in health care systems. - correct answer ✔✔common
Many health care facilities have implemented fall _________________ programs in order to protect
patients. - correct answer ✔✔prevention
While fall rates do not vary significantly according to the time or the day of the week, most falls tend to
occur in the patient's [room] with patients falling from the bed or during - correct answer
✔✔ambulation
Polypharmacy is the use or administration of multiple _______________concurrently. - correct answer
✔✔medications
Wrong-patient medication errors are commonly due to patient ____________________, but they can
occur at any point in the medication process such as prescribing, compounding, dispensing, or
monitoring. - correct answer ✔✔misidentification
One way to decrease the amount of wrong-patient medication errors is to properly identify patients and
_________________. - correct answer ✔✔medications
Which of the following theories of accident causation describes incidents that are caused by a series of
predictable and chronological events. - correct answer ✔✔Domino Theory
Hospital-acquired infections are infections medical staff acquire while working with infectious patients. -
correct answer ✔✔false
A clinical history obtained by a radiologic technologist has no influence on the diagnostic process. -
correct answer ✔✔False
, Information regarding a patient's condition- - correct answer ✔✔clinical history
Radiologic Technologists have professional standards which define expectations regarding appropriate
decision making and critical thinking. - correct answer ✔✔True
Talking loudly or using childish vocabulary should be avoided when speaking with geriatric patients. -
correct answer ✔✔True
Psychomotor Domain - correct answer ✔✔educational domain of physical activity
Performance Objectives - correct answer ✔✔a description of an observable student behavior
Clinical Education Site - correct answer ✔✔medical setting which provides a variety of imaging
procedures for the student s clinical performance continuum
Clinical Education - correct answer ✔✔a planned and structured learning environment where students
are provided guidance and activities to gain skills
Indirect supervision - correct answer ✔✔form of supervision after the student has successfully achieved
competency of a specific procedure
Affective Domain - correct answer ✔✔student's value system
Direct Supervision - correct answer ✔✔supervision by a qualified radiographer until the student
achieves competency
Cognitive Domain - correct answer ✔✔an educational domain including levels of thought, knowledge,
understanding, reasoning, and judgment
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