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Final Exam Flashcards

1
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How many determinants of health are there?

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12

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2
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Income and socail status

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Higher income ans socail status are linked to better health

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3
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determinants of overall health, biggest to smallest

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Individual behaviour, genetics, social circumstance, enviromental factors, healthcare

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4
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How do we measure or evaulate health

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life expectancy

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5
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lowest life expectancy in the world

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lesotho

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6
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QALY

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quality-adjusted life years

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7
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PYLL

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Potential years life lost

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8
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DFLE

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disability free life expectancy

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9
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if SASK decided the engage in a contract with a private hospital from USA to provide hospial services in the province, it would be contradictory to what criteria of the Canada health act

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public administration

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10
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Wait times are directly proportional to socioeconomic status

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false

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11
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Jordan’s principle seeks to ensure equitable level of services for what population

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first nations children

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12
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Attending a walk-in clininc is what level of care

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primary

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13
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Which provines provide co-payment suport for Positive airway pressure (PAP) devices for sleep apnea

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SK, MB, ON

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14
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What helath services are not included in the pulbic health coverage in Canada

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ophthalmology, pharmacology, dentistry

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15
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what % of canadians do not have pirvate helath insurance

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40

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16
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the federal government provides direct healthcare funding for what groups?

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Canadian military personnel and refugee immagrants

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17
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being on a ventilator for life support is what level of care

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tertiary

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18
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The fact that dental care in not covered is contradictory to what criteria of the canadian health act

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comprehensiveness

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19
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aporx. what % of healthcare is privately funded in canada

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30%

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20
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What province provides comprehensive home care services (extra-mural program)

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NB

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21
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acess to healthcare has the biggest overall impact on personal health (T/F)

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False

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22
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What has the biggest impact on overall health

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personal health practices

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23
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What social determinant of health cannot be changed

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genetics

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24
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Rate of dedease is also known as…

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morbidity

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25
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What organization(s) administer the majority of healthcare in Canada

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Provincial government

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26
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What organization(s) funds the majority of healthcare

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Federal government

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27
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a phone call to a health information line is at the level of primary care (T/F)

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true

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28
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The Fragerstrom test is done for what

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nicotine dependance

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29
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Infant mortality rates are double in what Canadian communities

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first nations

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30
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If a patient weighs 150lbs and is 5’1” tall, their BMI is 28. Their BMI indicates they would be considered…

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overweight

formula: BMI = weight/height^2
underweight = < 19
normal = 19 - 25
overweight = 25 - 30
Obese = 30 +

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31
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Binger drinking is considered to be 2-3 drinks in one session (T/f)

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false, its 4-5

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32
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The thesis statement should be in the ___ section of your paper

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introduction

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33
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Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are highest level of evidence (T/F)

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False, its systematic reviews and meta-analysis)

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34
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Focus group meetings would be considered quantitative research

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false, its qualitive

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35
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When using APA format and making reference to an idea from another’s work, the in-text citation should be in what format…

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(author, year)

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36
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Meta-analyses are a primary source of evidence

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false

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37
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You have COPD and you have consented to be in a new drug randomized-controlled trial, you have what chance of being in the experimental group compared to the control group

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Same chance for either group

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38
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Case report studies are representative to the population and can be referenced to change your practice

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false

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39
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Research Ethics Board (REB) approval seeks to ensure the study results are valid

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false

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40
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The Journal of Medical Imaging is an example of grey literature

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false, its peer-reviewed literature

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41
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When a person has the ability to understand information provided to them so they can make their own personal-care decisions is referred to as…

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Capacity

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42
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The majority of our communication is verbal

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false

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43
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Empathic communication involves first to be understood

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False, first the understand then to be understood

44
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Stereotypes and assumptions about different groups, is an example of what type of bias

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perception

45
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What are the 1st and 5th stages of Tuckman’s model of team development

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forming + adjourning

1st to 5th: forming, storming, norming, performing, adjourning

46
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The patient is legally permitted to view their medical records

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true

47
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The most common cause of liability in healthcare is

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negligance

48
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When a person lacks the capacity to consent to medical-care, who is able to legally make decisions

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substitue decision-maker (SDM)

49
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When a person lacks the capacity to consent to medical-care, and does not have a SDM, who is able to legally make decisions?

A

closest relative

50
Q

What profession in SHS has existed as an official professions the longest

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RADT

51
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RESP and DMUT are professions that are most concerned with ALARA.

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false

52
Q

In order to have a license to work in NS, a sonographer MUST belong to sonography Canada

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false

53
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The NSCRT main responsibility is to educate Respiratory Therapists in NS about new therapies and technologies

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false

54
Q

Dalhousie health sciences library (kelogg) is physically located in what two buildings on campus

A

CHEB and tupper

55
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Where would you find the online live help desk for the library?

A

Libraries homepage

https://libraries.cal.ca/

56
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What database would be the best place to find physical or electronic books during your evidence search?

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Novanet

57
Q

Where can you find health science specific content when searching

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subject guides

58
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Health Canada’s “Guideline to healthy eating” would be considered what type of evidence?

A

Grey literature

59
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What organizations publication would be an example of grey literature?

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NS college of medical imaging and radiation therapy professional (NSCMiRTP)

60
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material and research produced by organizations outside of the traditional commercial or academic publishing and distribution channels (i.e. reports (annual, research, technical, project, etc.), working papers, government documents, white papers and evaluations.

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grey literature

61
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What will help you manage your citation when writing a paper?

A

Zotero

62
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CINAHL stand for cumulative indications for numerous health aliments (T/F)

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False

63
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when searching CINAHL, quotation marks are used to search a specific phrase (T/F)

A

True

64
Q

How do you sign out physical books at the dal library

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DalCard

65
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What type of research is more appropriate fro getting a better idea of patient/client perspective?

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Qualiative

66
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What type of research would be used to descriptive statistic to review the results and data

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Quantitive

67
Q

you decide to conduct a study of the attitude among university students to mandatory non-medial mask wearing during the pandemic.

You conduct various focus groups of students to get their feelings and attitudes.

What yper of research would it be?

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Qualiative

68
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You sit at a busy street and count how many people are wearing a mask and how many arent. What study design would this be?

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Quantative and cross-sectional

69
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You decide to survey people to see if there is a relationship b/w eating fast food and weight gain in the past year. What study design would this be?

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cohort study

70
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what tool can be used for apraising RCT?

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Consolidated Standards of Reporting Trials
(CONSORT)

71
Q

wgat does ethics aproval seek to acheive in a research study?

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ensure subjects are safe and not at risk of harm

72
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What section of a research article has a breif summary of the study as well as the results?

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Abstract

73
Q

The forrest plot that is on the logo of the Cochran Library database is based on a study thst was conducting research in what area?

A

steroid use in premature births

74
Q

What is the term that describes the expression “this MRI will be a peice of cake for you”

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idiom

75
Q

people with low health literacy have a higher risk of mortality

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true

76
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People with higher health literacy tend to have more hospital admissions

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False

77
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acording to public health agency of canada, what % of canadian adults have adequate helth literacy levels?

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40%

78
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Non-verbal communication account for what % of overall communication b/w individuals?

A

60

79
Q

being less than ____ ft is considered to be within someones personal space

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4 ft

80
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what is the maximum # of key points that should be included in information to pateitns/families to help with their undertsnading

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3-5

81
Q

we have 2 ears and one mouth so we should talk twice as much as we listen

A

false

82
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seek first the undertsnad, then to be understood are the two main principles of ___ communication

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empathic

83
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The primary purpose of a health professional licensing or regulatory body is to provide education to its members on the newest technologies and therapies

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false

84
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A tehcnologist notices signs of abuse on a 5 y/o child and reports it to authorities. Is this a breach of confidentiality?

A

NO

85
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The patient has a right to confidentiality

A

false, they have the right to provacy

86
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An MRI tech odesnt beleive in vaccines. She posts about it online all the time, is she acting appropriately?

A

No

87
Q

an SDM mist follow the patients wishes

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True

88
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Restrains used may be chemical or physical

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True

89
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ALl healthcare professionals owe a ‘duty to care’ to their partients, which can be charged in court wheb not occuring

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True

90
Q

You write a note in the patients chart, make a mistake, and cover it up with liquid paper. It this appropriate?

A

No

91
Q

Hyperbaric medicine uses what type of therapy?

A

increased oxygen pressure

92
Q

what animal is sonography science based on

A

bat

93
Q

x-rays were inapropriatey used for what purpose?

A

shoe fitting

94
Q

RT’s who work in advanced practice as a perfusionist work mostly in what area?

A

cardiac ‘open heart’ surgery

95
Q

what % of sonographers have pain when scanning?

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80-90

96
Q

what is the regulatory/licensing bosy for RT in NS?

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NS college of respiratory therapists (NSCRT)

97
Q

Nuclear medicine is only used ofr diagnosses of illness and not for treatment

A

false

98
Q

tissue that responds to radionucleotides with a nuclear medicine scan is reffered to as “hot spot”

A

true

99
Q

sonography is not good at imaging the ____

A

stomach

100
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What type of scan is predominently done by nuclear medicine techs

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PET scans

101
Q

what organization regulates and licences sonographers in NS

A

NSCMiRTP

102
Q

the avanced practice in RADT as a reporting radiographer in seen in what country

A

UK

103
Q

Where are most of the radionucleotides produced

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netherlands

104
Q

an examble of a anechoic body part is blood

A

true

105
Q

When you open a tank for the first time to remove debris and dust from the valve it is reffered to as ___

A

cracking

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