Exam 2 - Chapter 11+12

Question 1

Legal document prepared by a living, competent adult to provide guidance to the health care team if the individual should become unable to make decisions regarding his or her medical care; may also be called a living will or durable power of attorney for health care

Answer 1

Advance directive

Question 2

exchange of information, thoughts, or messages; includes interpersonal rapports; also includes the accurate conveyance of information, clear self expression, and transmission of information and ideas to others. medical charting and documentation is a form of communication between health care professionals.

Answer 2

Communication

Question 3

ability to evaluate, perceive, and control emotions

Answer 3

Emotional Intelligence

Question 4

Pertaining to the study of older adults

Answer 4

Gerontology

Question 5

Someone who has been admitted to the hospital for diagnostic studies or treatment

Answer 5

Inpatient

Question 6

Model of human needs developed by Abraham Maslow, original hierarchy identifies two types of needs; deficiency and growth needs were further divided into seven levels, four at the deficiency needs level (physiologic, safety, belongingness, and love, and esteem) and three in the upper growth needs level (need to know and understand, aesthetic, and self actualization)

Answer 6

Maslows Hierarchy of Needs

Question 7

exchange of information, thoughts, or messages using methods other than the actual words of speech - for example, tone of voice, speeds of speech, facial expressions, and position of the speakers extremities and torso (body language)

Answer 7

Non-verbal communication

Question 8

Patient who comes to a health care facility for diagnosis or treatment but does not usually occupy a bed overnight.

Answer 8

Outpatient

Question 9

application of light pressure with the fingers

Answer 9

Palpation

Question 10

Music of language; cadence and rhythm of speech

Answer 10

Paralanguage

Question 11

objective evaluation and determination of the status of a patient

Answer 11

Patient Assessment

Question 12

messages using spoken words; the exchange of information or thoughts; can be dramatically shaped by vocabulary clarity, tone, pitch of voice, and even the organization of sentences

Answer 12

Verbal communication

Question 13

is a people-oriented, hands on profession that requires proficiency in a wide variety of communication.

Answer 13

Radiologic technology

Question 14

the ability to look at yourself and at others in an effort to recognize and understand emotions, and to use that recognition and understanding to manage those emotions in both arenas.

Answer 14

Emotional Intelligence

Question 15

What famous quote come from Louis Nizer?

Answer 15

“Words of comfort, skillfully administered, are the oldest therapy known to man”

Question 16

List 6 career ambitions that students and technologist have to satisfy

Answer 16

1. Helping others
2. Working with people
3. Making a differance
4. Thinking critically
5. Demonstrating creativity
6. Achieving results

Question 17

_________ suggests that people strive from a basic level of physiologic needs toward a level of self-acualization.

Answer 17

Maslow

Question 18

The highest level of Maslows Hierarchy of needs is?

Answer 18

Self-acualization

Question 19

The word ambulatory means that the patient…

Answer 19

can walk

Question 20

what would you NOT want to discuss with the patient?

Answer 20

medical chart

Question 21

Questions about the diagnosis of an examination from a patient or vistor are best answered by:

Answer 21

explaining that only a radiologist can read radiographs

Question 22

Which method is effective in communicating with a patient?

Answer 22

1. Professtional apperance
2. touch
3. pantomime techniques

Question 23

In what instances is touching a patient valuable?

Answer 23

1. For emotional support
2. for emphasis
3. for palpation

Question 24

What characterizes the development of a toddler (1 to 3 years of ages) ?

Answer 24

1. Understands simple abstractions
2. is unable to understand more than one word for something
3. is unable to take the viewpoint of another

Question 25

Of the changes that occur in geriactric pateints that are especially important when patients are undergoing radiologic examinations, what may produce patient paranoia about potential falls with potential for permanent loss of mobility?

Answer 25

Osteoporotic loss of bone mass

Question 26

What is considered to be the first stage of acceptance of dying for a terminally ill patient?

Answer 26

Denial and isolation

Question 27

What permits the patient to begin to work through the various stages that precede dying?

Answer 27

open awareness

Question 28

What is considered undesirable for conducting a clinical history interview with a patient?

Answer 28

asking vague questions

Question 29

What term includes a description of the color, quantity, and consistency of blood or other body substances?

Answer 29

Quality

Question 30

determinization of a precise area, usually through palpation or careful wording of questions

Answer 30

localization

Question 31

What are usually included as part of the chronology of a clinical history?

Answer 31

1. Onset
2. Duration
3. Frequency

Question 32

the primary medical probelm as defined by the patient

Answer 32

cheif complaint

Question 33

an undesirable method of questioning that provides information that may direct the answer toward a suspected symptom or complaint

Answer 33

leading question

Question 34

What are sacred seven elements ?

Answer 34

1. Localization
2. Chronology
3. Quality
4. Severity
5. Onset
6. Aggravating or Alleviating factors
7. Associated Manifestations

Question 35

primary medical complaint as defined by the patient; important because it focuses the clinical history toward the single most importsnt issue

Answer 35

Chief complaint

Question 36

time element of the history, ususally including the onset, duration,frequency, and course of the symptoms.

Answer 36

Chronology

Question 37

information available regarding a patients condition; traditionally comprises data on localization, quality, quantity, chronology, setting, aggravating or alleviating factors, and associated manifestations

Answer 37

Clinical history

Question 38

undesirable method of questioning; provides information that may direct answers toward a suggested symptom or complaint

Answer 38

Leading question

Question 39

determination of a precise area, usually through gentle palpation or careful wording of questions

Answer 39

Localization

Question 40

perceptible to the external senses

Answer 40

Objective

Question 41

description of the character of the symptoms- for example, the color, quanity, and consistency of blood or other body substances; size or number of lumps or lesions; frequency of urination or coughing or character of pain

Answer 41

Quality

Question 42

pertaining to or perceived only by the affected individual; not perceptible to the senses

Answer 42

Subjectives

Question 43

ability and right of patients to make independent decisions regarding their medical care

Answer 43

Patient Autonomy