Advanced Roles & RT Profession

Question 1

how much experience is required to become a lead tech

Answer 1

3 years

Question 2

how much experience is required to become a clinical instructor

Answer 2

2 years

Question 3

how much additional training is required for CT tech

Answer 3

3-6 months

Question 4

how much additional training is required for MRI tech

Answer 4

3-6 months

Question 5

how much additional training is required for mammography

Answer 5

3-6 months

Question 6

how much additional training is required for QA tech

Answer 6

3-6 months

Question 7

how much additional training is required for ultrasound tech

Answer 7

1 year education

Question 8

how much additional training is required for radiation therapist

Answer 8

1 year education

Question 9

how much additional training is required for nuc med or PET scan tech

Answer 9

1 year education

Question 10

what options are available for RTs who get bachelors degree

Answer 10

management, commercial, educators

Question 11

what is required to work as a radiologists assistant or radiologists physicians assistant

Answer 11

masters degree

Question 12

which special modality makes diagnoses as they are scanning

Answer 12

ultrasonography

Question 13

to continue to understand your profession, its technology, the issues surrounding what you do

Answer 13

lifelong learning

Question 14

types of lifelong learning

Answer 14

advanced degrees, continuing education, clinical involvement, reading/writing journals

Question 15

how to create a professional development plan

Answer 15

identify professional goals, identify needed tasks and steps to achieve each goal, create deadlines for each step

Question 16

what is required to be considered a profession?

Answer 16

entry level qualifications, licensure, practice in autonomy and judgement, continues to enhance knowledge base

Question 17

what are some entry level qualifications of a profession

Answer 17

education level, testing/exam, level of skills, critical thinking

Question 18

what is the professional designation by the Department of Labor for Radiologic Technologists?

Answer 18

Health technologists and technicians

Question 19

being helpful to other people with little or no interest in being rewarded for ones efforts

Answer 19

altruism

Question 20

an ethical doctrine that holds that individuals have a moral obligation to help others

Answer 20

altruism

Question 21

how many US states require licensure for radiologic technologists?

Answer 21

33

Question 22

what organization is RT certification obtained from?

Answer 22

ARRT

Question 23

Is RT licensure a state or national credential?

Answer 23

state credential

Question 24

which organization defines job descriptions

Answer 24

department of labor

Question 25

which act provides guidance to the practice and professional licensure of RTs?

Answer 25

radiologic technologies act

Question 26

which organization provides practice standards for RTs?

Answer 26

ASRT

Question 27

which organization provides the code of ethics for RTs?

Answer 27

ASRT

Question 28

which organization provides the standard of ethics for RTs?

Answer 28

ARRT

Question 29

which organization provides licensure for radiologic technologists?

Answer 29

new jersey department of environmental protection

Question 30

when was the new jersey administrative code on equipment established

Answer 30

1968

Question 31

when was the quality assurance program for medical diagnostic x-ray installation established?

Answer 31

2001

Question 32

federal law that established regulations on radiology imaging devices

Answer 32

CFR title 21 subchapter H part 892

Question 33

first act that established standards of quality for x-rays

Answer 33

mammography standards quality act 1994

Question 34

bill introduced to require licensure at a national level to raise the standards of practice for RTs

Answer 34

CARE Bill (origin 2005)

Question 35

act created to protect the public from unnecessary radiation exposures from consumer products

Answer 35

radiation control act (1968)

Question 36

act that developed standards for x-ray equipment and established the Center for Devices and Radiologic Health

Answer 36

Radiation Control Act (1968)

Question 37

law established minimal educational standards for RTs, removing on the job training

Answer 37

Consumer-Patient Radiation Health and Safety Act (Reagan 1981)

Question 38

which bill would reduce the risk of medical errors associated with misdiagnosis or the misadministration of radiation

Answer 38

CARE Bill

Question 39

what does the ARRT standards of ethics provide active guidance on?

Answer 39

what it means to be qualified and to motivate and promote a culture of ethical behavior within the profession

Question 40

____ forms the first part of the standards of ethics

Answer 40

the code of ethics

Question 41

_____ form the second part of the standards of ethics

Answer 41

rules of ethics

Question 42

mandatory standards of minimally acceptable professional conduct

Answer 42

the rules of ethics

Question 43

provide for the structure and operation of the ARRT ethics committee which reviews incidences

Answer 43

administrative procedures of the ARRT standards of ethics

Question 44

organization that provides guidance on the minimal quality standards for radiographic images

Answer 44

American College of Radiography