Patient Interactions
The state or quality of being worthy of honor and respect
What is dignity?
What is an inpatient?
Box that houses the shutters and light
What is the collimator?
angle more than 10 degrees
What is axial?
Lying on stomach
What is prone?
Name and date of birth
What are two patient identifiers to verify identification?
Evaluate, perceive and control emotions
What is emotional intelligence?
Area or room where computer and exposure button are located
What is the control room?
CR goes through the back to the front
What is PA?
Lying down in any position
What is recumbent?
Security of body, employment, resources, morality, family
What is Maslow's heirarchy of Safety?
People oriented, compassionate, emphathetic
What are reasons why people choose to work in health care?
Push this halfway to activate the rotor
What is the exposure switch?
Shows the apices of the lungs
What is lordotic?
Head lower than the feet
What is Trendelenburg?
Close patient's gown, cover with blanket
What are ways to preserve a patient's dignity?
Minimally invasive procedure; surgery center
What is an outpatient?
Immobilization device used to hold children; usually 3 years and younger
What is a Pigg-O-Stat?
Skims the body part
What is tangential?
Always has a horizontal beam?
What is decubitus?
Breathing, food, water, sleep
What is Maslow's heirarchy physiological needs?
Fear of not knowing; loss of control; unfamiliar environment
What are patients worried about coming to a medical facility?
Tape, sponges, sandbags
What are things used for immobilization?
CR goes from the middle of the tibia to the outside of the tibia
what is mediolateral?
Head higher than the feet
What is Fowler's or reverse Trendelenburg?