Sonography Student Essentials

Vocabulary flashcards covering key concepts for sonography students.

Sonographer

A critical member of the healthcare team responsible for performing ultrasound examinations.

Stressors

Events or challenges that affect one's time, energy, or resources, leading to anxiety.

Anxiety

A state of worry or fear caused by stressors, which can have cognitive, physical, and behavioral components.

Fight-or-Flight Response

A physiological reaction to stress involving increased heart rate, rapid breathing, and an energy surge.

Constructive Behavior (Dealing with Stress)

Involves recognizing stressors, analyzing the reasons behind stress, and performing stress-reducing activities.

Financial Preparedness

Being ready for the costs of education by developing a budget and considering financial assistance options.

Emotional Balance

The ability to adjust to stress and return to a state of mental well-being.

Time Management

The skill of organizing and using time effectively to balance life and studies.

Personal Goals

Subjectively meaningful aspirations that individuals pursue, categorized as short-term, medium-term, or long-term.

Educational Goals

Objectives related to academic achievement, such as passing a test or obtaining a degree.

Learning Styles

Various approaches that individuals use toward learning, such as tactile, auditory, or visual.

Brain Dumping

A last resort test-taking strategy that is prohibited on national certification exams.

Learning-Testing Cycle

A method including a preparation phase, performance phase, and reflection phase that students utilize during their education.

Pulse-echo technique

Ultrasound technique where transmitted pulses encounter tissue interfaces, reflecting a portion back to the transducer to create an image.

Sonographer Report

A summary prepared by the sonographer after an examination, including basic descriptive information and any identifiable abnormalities.

HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act)

Federal law enacted in 1996 that includes provisions for safeguarding patient information and maintaining confidentiality.

Professionalism

Conduct and qualities that demonstrate competence, ethics, and skillful patient care in the clinical setting.

Critical Thinking

Resourceful actions, judgments, and decisions based on professional knowledge, experience, integrity, and ethical standards.

Radiography

Diagnostic modality using x-ray or ionizing radiation to obtain images of the body.

Computed Tomography (CT)

Diagnostic modality using x-ray to provide high-resolution sectional viewing of the body in multiple planes.

Mammography

Diagnostic modality using x-rays to obtain an image of the breast.

Nuclear Medicine Technology

Diagnostic modality that utilizes radioactive material for the diagnosis and treatment of various diseases.

Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI)

Diagnostic modality that uses a powerful magnetic field, radio waves and a computer system to create sectional images of the body.

Cardiovascular Interventional Technology

Technology used in heart catheterization; X-ray dye is used to image vessels of the heart for signs of occlusion.