Patient Care in Radiologic Sciences

This set of vocabulary flashcards covers healthcare team roles, professional communication protocols, age-specific patient care variations, and psychological considerations for patients in radiologic sciences.

Responsibilities of the Facility

Includes caring for all patients regardless of condition, promoting health, preventing illness, education, and research.

Radiographer Responsibilities

Performing radiographic examinations, patient care and assessment, adhering to radiation protection guidelines, following practice standards, and assisting the radiologist or R.R.A.

Radiologist Assistant (R.R.A.)

A professional that the radiographer assists during medical procedures.

Emotional Intelligence

A set of skills comprising self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and social skills.

Health and Illness Continuum

A scale of health that ranges from high-level wellness and good health to normal health, illness, and ultimately death.

AIDET

A communication framework representing Acknowledge, Introduce, Duration, Explain, and Thank you.

Health Role Model

An individual who inspires others to live healthier and fuller lives through outstanding personal examples.

Assertiveness

The skill and ability to express your emotions and needs without violating the rights of others within your scope of practice.

Veracity

A moral principle that dictates the obligation to tell the truth.

Tact

The consideration of others' feelings, showing respect, and refrainment from judging others.

Competence

Being qualified to perform a task, following physician orders, practicing within one's scope of practice, recognizing limitations, and striving for accuracy.

Discrete

The professional practice of maintaining patient confidentiality.

Age Appropriateness Criteria

The requirement for increased strategic care based on a patient's age or condition, which should not act as a barrier to effective communication.

Neonates

Newborn patients who require swaddling, temperature monitoring, and a calm approach using low tone, pitch, and rate.

Mature Adult (Geriatric)

Patients who should be addressed by their last name, monitored for temperature, listened to attentively, and not treated like children.

Paralanguage

Known as the "Music of Language," it includes tone, pitch, rate, pauses, volume, emphasis, and accent.

Professional Touch

The three uses of physical contact in a professional setting: emotional support, emphasis, and palpation.

Neurological Impairments

A wide range of disorders including epilepsy, learning disabilities, neuromuscular disorders, autism, ADD, brain tumors, and cerebral palsy.

Altered States of Consciousness

Temporary, induced changes in one's mental state from factors such as fever, sleep deprivation, or fasting.

Artificial Speech

Speech produced by an electronic synthesizer for individuals incapable of natural speech, including transesophageal puncture (TEP), esophageal speech, and electrolarynx devices.

HIPAA

The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, which governs privacy and confidentiality in healthcare.

5 Stages of Grief

A model developed by Elizabeth Kübler-Ross consisting of Denial, Anger, Bargaining, Depression, and Acceptance.

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs

A psychological model of human needs including physiological, safety and security, love and belonging, self-esteem and respect, and self-actualization.