Patient Care And Tecnique Reivew

Question 1

An advance directive communicates to all health-care providers the:
a. medical history of the patient
b. health-care wishes of the patient
c. emergency contacts of the patient
d. food and drug allergies of the patient

Answer 1

B. Health-care wishes of the patient

Question 2

Explaining the ultrasound examination is accomplished:
a. during the examination
b. when the patient inquires
c. before an invasive procedure
d. before beginning the examination

Answer 2

D. Before the beginning of the examination

Question 3

Maintaining privacy of patient medical information is a primary goal of the:
a. Patient-Care Partnership
b. Joint Review Committee
c. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
d. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

Answer 3

D. HIPPA

Question 4

Which of the following is not a responsibility of the sonographer?
a. keep conversations low and private
b. give technical report to the patient
c. set screensavers to the lowest setting
d. keep patient records out of public view

Answer 4

B. Give technical report to the patient

Question 5

Which of the following is not a patient health-care right?
a. high-quality medical care
b. clean and safe environment
c. subjugation of self-sufficiency
d. involvement in his or her own medical care

Answer 5

C. Subjugation of self- sufficiency

Question 6

On completion of the examination, the sonographer should:
a. introduce himself or herself to the patient
b. explain the examination to the patient
c. obtain clinical information from the patient
d. inform patient of expected time frame for examination results

Answer 6

D. Informed patient of expected time frame for examination results

Question 7

Medical imaging transducers are cleaned and sterilized according to the:
a. manufacturer’s recommendations
b. supervising sonographer’s preference
c. institution’s infection control department
d. Occupational Safety and Health Administration

Answer 7

A. Manufacturer’s recommendations

Question 8

Genetic testing by amniocentesis is typically performed between:
a. 8 and 12 gestational weeks
b. 10 and 12 gestational weeks
c. 15 and 18 gestational weeks
d. 18 and 20 gestational weeks

Answer 8

C. 15 and 18 gestational weeks

Question 9

Which of the following procedures may use a Trocar technique?
a. embryoscopy
b. abscess drainage
c. follicular aspiration
d. chorionic villi sampling

Answer 9

B. Abscess drainage

Question 10

Adherence to moral and ethical principles describes: a. ethics
b. integrity
c. morality
d. beneficence

Answer 10

B. Integrity

Question 11

Which of the following is required of a medical facility to promote respiratory hygiene?
a. availability of surgical face masks
b. spatial spacing of patients a minimum of 2 feet apart
c. availability of nonlatex gloves
d. spatial spacing of patients a minimum of 4 feet apart.

Answer 11

A. Availability of surgical face masks

Question 12

Which of the following illnesses may be transmitted through the air?
a. lice
b. scabies
c. hepatitis A
d. tuberculosis

Answer 12

D. Tuberculosis

Question 13

Which of the following require a patient to be placed in a private room with the door closed?
a. contact pathogens
b. droplet pathogens
c. airborne pathogens
d. airborne and contact pathogens

Answer 13

C. Airborne pathogens

Question 14

When using the hand washing technique, hands should be scrubbed for a minimum of:
a. 10 seconds
b. 20 seconds
c. 40 seconds
d. 60 seconds

Answer 14

B. 20 seconds

Question 15

What is considered the best protection to stop the spread of disease?
a. spatial separation
b. wearing gloves
c. wearing a surgical mask
d. proper hand washing

Answer 15

D. Proper hand washing

Question 16

Gloves should be worn with:
a. all patients
b. patients with pneumonia
c. auto-immune suppressed patients
d. patients with multidrug-resistant infections

Answer 16

A. All patients

Question 17

Transmission of severe acute respiratory syndrome may occur through:
a. airborne exposure
b. airborne and contact exposure
c. contact and droplet exposure
d. droplet, contact and airborne exposure

Answer 17

D. droplet, contact, and airborne exposure

Question 18

Follicular aspiration occurs:
a. on day 10 of the menstrual cycle
b. 24 to 30 hours after administration of hCG
c. on day 14 of the menstrual cycle
d. 30 to 34 hours after administration of hCG

Answer 18

D. 30 to 34 hours after administration of hCG

Question 19

Chorionic villi sampling is typically performed between:
a. 6 and 8 gestational weeks
b. 8 and 10 gestational weeks
c. 10 and 12 gestational weeks
d. 12 and 14 gestational weeks

Answer 19

C. 10 and 12 gestational weeks

Question 20

The goal of intrauterine transfusion is:
a. to correct fetal anemia
b. for rapid karyotyping
c. to diagnose fetal infection
d. to correct fetal hydrops

Answer 20

A. To correct fetal anemia

Question 21

Which of the following is commonly used for high disinfection of ultrasound transducers?
a. acetone
b. Tegaderm
c. glutaraldehyde
d. hydrogen peroxide

Answer 21

C. Glutaraldehyde

Question 22

Maximizing benefits and minimizing possible harm describes:
a. ethics
b. autonomy
c. accountability
d. beneficence

Answer 22

D. Beneficence

Question 23

Contaminated linens are always:
a. discarded only into the blue linen bins
b. discarded only into the regular linen bins
c. discarded only into the red linen bins
d. placed into a leak proof bag and placed in appropriate linen bins

Answer 23

D. Placed into a leak proof bag and placed in appropriate linen bins

Question 24

Coughing etiquette is mainly targeted at:
a. visitors
b. patients
c. health-care workers
d. patients and visitors

Answer 24

D. Patients and visitors

Question 25

Which of the following characterizes veracity?
a. honesty
b. the right to make personal decisions
c. minimizing possible harm to patients
d. moral and ethical principles

Answer 25

A. Honesty

Question 26

General measures taken to keep health-care workers, patients, and the surrounding environment clean are commonly known as:
a. patient care
b. standard precautions
c. universal precautions
d. body substance isolation

Answer 26

B. Standard precautions

Question 27

A standard used to describe patient health-care rights is termed:
a. universal precautions
b. advanced directive
c. health-care partnership
d. patient-care partnership

Answer 27

D. Patient-care partnership

Question 28

Which of the following accurately describes transmission-based precautions (TBP)?
a. TBP used to be termed universal precautions
b. TBP must be implemented based on clinical presentation
c. TBP must be implemented before standard precautions.
d. TBP does not have to be implemented until test results are positive.

Answer 28

B. TBP must be implemented based on clinical presentation

Question 29

If a person faints, the sonographer should:
a. lay the person supine and call 911
b. lay the person down and elevate their head
c. lay the person down with their head extended back d. lay the person down and elevate their legs

Answer 29

D. Lay the person down and elevate their legs

Question 30

Which of the following is a responsibility of the sonographer?
a. keep the patient relaxed
b. keep the patient safe
c. keep the patient comfortable
d. all of the above

Answer 30

D. All of the above

Question 31

Ultrasound examinations should only be performed with an order and proper indication EXCEPT in cases of:
a. fetal viability
b. gender determination
c. educational purposes
d. infertility monitoring

Answer 31

C. Educational purposes

Question 32

Being accountable for professional judgments and decisions is an example of:
a. standard precautions
b. sonographer ethics
c. patient-care partnership
d. patient-sonographer interaction

Answer 32

B. Sonographer ethics

Question 33

Which of the following governs proper conduct?
a. ethics
b. justice
c. autonomy
d. accountability

Answer 33

A. Ethics

Question 34

What refers to a person’s capacity to formulate, express, and carry out value-based preferences?
a. ethics
b. autonomy
c. beneficence
d. nonmaleficence

Answer 34

B. Autonomy

Question 35

Clinical Standards and Code of Ethics specific for diagnostic medical sonographers has been developed and adopted by the:
a. Society of Diagnostic Medical Sonographers
b. American Registry in Diagnostic Medical Sonographers
c. Joint Review Committee for Diagnostic Medical Sonography
d. Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Educational Programs

Answer 35

A. Society of diagnostic medical sonographer’s

Question 36

Washing hands before and after an examination are examples of:
a. OSHA standards
b. isolation techniques
c. respiratory isolation
d. standard precautions

Answer 36

D. Standard precautions

Question 37

Which of the following pathogens is spread through droplet exposure?
a. lice
b. scabies
c. rubella
d. hepatitis A

Answer 37

D. Hepatitis A

Question 38

How do automated disinfectant systems decontaminate ultrasound transducers?
a. steam with water
b. vaporize with Tegaderm
c. vaporize with acetone
d. vaporize with hydrogen peroxide

Answer 38

D. Vaporize with hydrogen peroxide

Question 39

Which of the following is a common cause of cardiac distress?
a. seizures
b. fainting
c. vasovagal reaction
d. medication interaction

Answer 39

D. Medication interaction

Question 40

Reviewing pertinent diagnostic studies should be completed:
a. prior to beginning the examination
b. at the conclusion of the examination
c. during the examination when an abnormality is visualized
d. during the examination when an abnormality is not visualized

Answer 40

A. Prior to beginning the examination

Question 41

Hysterosalpingogram is a(n):
a. radiological procedure to evaluate the cervix
b. ultrasound procedure to evaluate the endometrium
c. radiological procedure to evaluate for fallopian tube patency
d. computed tomography procedure to evaluate the myometrium

Answer 41

C. Radiological procedure to evaluate for fallopian tube latency

Question 42

A health-care professional’s duty to protect the privacy of patient information is termed:
a. ethics
b. integrity
c. beneficence
d. confidentiality

Answer 42

D. Confidentiality

Question 43

Which of the following is a therapeutic indication for cordocentesis?
a. transfusion
b. fetal infection
c. fetal hematocrit
d. rapid karyotype

Answer 43

A. Transfusion

Question 44

The initials CDC stand for:
a. Country Disease Control
b. Center for Disease Control
c. Chronic Diseases in the Country
d. Center of Disease Consensus

Answer 44

B. Center for disease control

Question 45

Which of the following is NOT considered personal protective equipment?
a. gloves
b. gowns
c. hair net
d. face shields

Answer 45

C. Hairnets

Question 46

Gloves should be long enough to cover the:
a. hand
b. wrist
c. mid portion of the forearm
d. lower third of the forearm

Answer 46

B. Wrist

Question 47

What is the proper method to remove gloves?
a. inside portion is on the inside
b. wash hands before removing gloves
c. inside portion is on the outside
d. there is no method to remove gloves

Answer 47

C. Inside portion is on the outside

Question 48

Which federal agency looks to improve the quality, safety, efficiency, and effectiveness of American health care?
a. CDC
b. OSHA
c. HIPPA
d. AHRQ

Answer 48

D. AHRQ

Question 49

HIPAA stands for
a. Health Insurance Privacy and Accountability Act
b. Health Institution Portability and Accountability Act c. Health Institution Privacy and Accountability Act
d. Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act

Answer 49

D. Heath insurance portability and accountability act

Question 50

Hepatitis A is an example which of the following exposures?
a. droplet
b. contact
c. airborne
d. airborne and contact

Answer 50

B. Contact