Introduction to Sonography and patient care Chapter 2

Which of the following is not true of personality type watching?

A. Identifying your personality type will assist you in understanding how you view others.

B. Identifying your personality type will assist you in correcting all of your weaknesses.

C. Identifying your personality type will assist you in utilizing your strengths in sonography.

D. Identifying your personality type will assist you in improving your interactions with patients.

Identifying your personality type will assist you in correcting all of your weaknesses.

In the study of nurses that was mentioned in your text, which of the following is not a common shared personality trait?

A. Intellectual

B. Sensitive

C. Sociable

D. Hard-working

intellectual

Which of the following is not true of why it is important to identify your personality type?

A. Many companies use some form of personality testing as part of the interview process.

B. Once you are aware of your talents, you can look for situations in which you can best utilize your abilities to your advantage.

C. Now that you know your personality type, you can align yourself with those who are your equivalent intellectually and emotionally.

D. Personality testing can help you recognize your inclination in routine situations

Now that you know your personality type, you can align yourself with those who are your equivalent intellectually and emotionally.

Which of the following is true of someone with high emotional intelligence?

A. They are intellectually superior.

B. They know how to manage their emotions.

C. They are self-absorbed.

D. They are intellectually inferior

They know how to manage their emotions.

Emotional intelligence:

A. Has been shown to decrease with age

B. Increases one's capacity to work while avoiding emotions

C. Includes self-awareness and self-actualization

D. Increases one's ability to cope with stress and manage emotions

Increases one's ability to cope with stress and manage emotions

Which of the following defines motivation?

A. To have a thorough understanding of one's emotions, strengths, weaknesses, needs, and ambition

B. To achieve for the sake of achieving

C. To try hard occasionally

D. To have an ongoing conversation with ourselves that frees our emotions

To achieve for the sake of achieving

People who have a well-defined identity:

A. Have a scholarly appearance

B. Have nominal emotional intelligence

C. Know what they believe in and value

D. Live isolated lives and establish short-term goals only

Know what they believe in and value

Ethics at work is:

A. Something we should avoid

B. Knowing the right thing to do and doing it

C. Knowing the right thing to do

D. Doing the right thing if it is appropriate

Knowing the right thing to do and doing it

Which of the following is not a trait that both employers and patients expect?

A. Respect

B. Honesty

C. Love

D. Friendliness

love

Which of the following is not true concerning your reputation as a student?

A. Your reputation is established by your personal values and the character traits that you demonstrate to others.

B. Your reputation is how others view you.

C. Your reputation is established early in your interactions with others.

D. Your reputation will always be positively affected by personal online social activity

Your reputation will always be positively affected by personal online social activity

Which of the following is not true of a competent person?

A. A competent person accepts constructive criticism.

B. A competent person values honest opinions of others.

C. A competent person stays current with the standards of care.

D. A competent person is insecure about his or her abilities

A competent person is insecure about his or her abilities

What way can you demonstrate respect while providing patient care?

A. Pay attention when the patient is talking.

B. Do not touch the patient.

C. Do not talk to the patient until the patient talks to you.

D. Accept patient gifts when offered

Pay attention when the patient is talking

Which of the following is not true of compassion fatigue?

A. Sonographers can suffer from compassion fatigue.

B. Compassion fatigue results from providing too much respect and courtesy.

C. Compassion fatigue decreases empathetic feelings.

D. Compassion fatigue can cause job dissatisfaction

Compassion fatigue results from providing too much respect and courtesy

Which of the following is a first-rate standard in sonography?

A. Perform well only when others are watching.

B. Work hard and play hard.

C. Practice in a way that you would be proud to have others see you.

D. Play the rules when you are being watched

Practice in a way that you would be proud to have others see you.

Self-motivation:

A. Is the characteristic that most influences a person's behavior

B. Is always the same for everybody

C. Is strengthened by good looks and luck

D. Is higher in woman than men

Is the characteristic that most influences a person's behavior

Which of the following is required for sonographers to maintain certification once they have passed registries?

A. Continuing knowledge tasks

B. Continuing medical education

C. Classic medical training

D. Continual medical training

Continuing medical education

What is the best way to increase confidence in your scanning ability?

A. By watching others

B. By watching videos

C. By scanning

D. By reading books

by scanning

Which of the following would not be a required strength of a sonographer?

A. Perform appropriate procedures.

B. Record an acceptable diagnosis.

C. Demonstrate communication skills.

D. Act in a professional manner

Record an acceptable diagnosis.

Which of the following is the final step of sonographic reasoning?

A. Establishing clinical correlation

B. Gathering clinical history

C. Gathering sonographic findings

D. Performing investigative imaging

Establishing clinical correlation

What is the first step of sonographic reasoning?

A. Establishing clinical correlation

B. Gathering clinical history

C. Gathering sonographic findings

D. Performing investigative imaging

Gathering clinical history

What can manifest quickly if one is unaware of how to properly perform sonographic reasoning?

A. Loss of skills

B. Clinical correlation ambiguity

C. Clinical incompetence

D. Clinical uncertainty

Clinical correlation ambiguity

Which clinical history question would help one recognize if the patient is having an acute or chronic issue?

A. Why did your doctor order this exam?

B. Have you had a sonogram before?

C. How long have you had these symptoms?

D. What other tests have you had done for this issue?

How long have you had these symptoms?

Which of the following would you not be able to do before a sonographic exam?

A. Examine the requisition.

B. Scrutinize laboratory findings.

C. Establish clinical correlation.

D. Inspect the report of previous studies

Establish clinical correlation

What is the reason for creating clinical hypotheses before you perform the sonogram?

A. To create a final diagnosis

B. To enhance investigative imaging

C. To increase your scanning speed

D. To decrease your scanning speed

To enhance investigative imaging

Which of the following is a clinical finding?

A. Gallbladder hydrops

B. Dilated common bile duct

C. Pericholecystic fluid

D. Abdominal pain

abdominal pain

An example of kinesthetic learning is:

A. Scanning

B. Reading

C. Writing

D. Observation

Scanning

Which of the following would not be a sonographic descriptive term included on a sonographers report?

A. Hypoechoic

B. Complex

C. Malignant

D. Hyperechoic

Malignant

To improve hand-eye coordination, one could:

A. Read a book

B. Take good notes

C. Watch sonographers scan

D. Play a sport

play a sport

Taking call is:

A. An extra stress for some sonographers

B. Part of the job for all sonographers

C. A relaxing part of the sonography profession

D. Worth the money for all sonographers

An extra stress for some sonographers

A tumor in the liver that appears brighter than the surrounding normal liver would be:

A. Anechoic

B. Hypoechoic

C. Hyperechoic

D. Complex

hyperechoic

A tumor in the liver that appears solid and darker than the surrounding normal liver would be:

A. Echogenic

B. Hypoechoic

C. Hyperechoic

D. Complex

hypoechoic

On a sonogram, simple fluid within the abdomen would appear:

A. Hyperechoic

B. Complex

C. Echogenic

D. Anechoic

Anechoic

A rib would produce:

A. Complexity

B. Heterogeneity

C. Shadowing

D. Acoustic enhancement

shadowing

Burnout leads to all of the following feelings except:

A. Improved job performance

B. Emotional exhaustion

C. Despondency

D. Reduced professional achievement

Improved job performance

Which of the following would be least likely to annoy a sonographer?

A. Talking to him or her about your personal life while he or she is scanning

B. Telling him or her that he or she missed pathology

C. Arguing with him or her over grades clinical competencies

D. Stocking supplies without being asked to do so

Stocking supplies without being asked to do so

Which of the following would be the best way to acquire more scan time in the clinical setting?

A. Regularly ask if you can scan.

B. Occasionally check your phone during exams.

C. Wait to be told to scan.

D. Focus more on observation

Regularly ask if you can scan.

Interpreting physicians expect you to know all of the following except:

A. The age of the patient

B. The course of treatment for the patient

C. The symptoms of the patient

D. The abnormal sonographic findings seen during the examination

The course of treatment for the patient

__________ is responsible for one's actions.

accountability

__________ means sudden onset.

acute

__________ means without echoes

anechoic

__________ means being self-confident without being aggressive

assertiveness

__________ is a work-related condition during which one experiences physical and emotional exhaustion

burnout

__________ is additional money earned because one is asked to return to work after normal business hours, which results from taking call.

callback pay

__________ is the way a person thinks, feels, and acts.

character

__________ is the gradual onset or an ongoing condition.

chronic

__________ is the process of obtaining clinical history and contrasting that information with sonographic findings

clinical correlation

__________ is lacking the ability to obtain a thorough clinical history and relate the information with the sonographic findings of the examination.

Clinical correlation ambiguity

__________ are educated guesses based on clinical history findings.

clinical hypothesis

__________ is the act or process of knowing.

cognition

__________ is the national accreditation granting body for sonography education (CAAHEP)

Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs

__________ is the ability to feel for others and for their well-being

compassion

__________ is a complication often discovered in people who work in helping professions like sonography that results from the combination of traumatic stress and burnout

compassion fatigue

__________ is the pleasure one gains from being able to help others and the feeling that one has the ability to make a positive difference in patients' lives.

compassion satisfaction

__________ is the ability to complete a job successfully.

competence

__________ is a structure that has both fluid-filled and solid components.

complex

__________ is a courteous manner of offering well-reasoned positive and negative opinions about the work of others.

Constructive criticism

__________ is education required to maintain certification or licensure in a healthcare profession

continuing medical education

__________ is demonstrating polite behavior

courtesy

__________ is a structure that produces echoes often used synonymously with hyperechoic.

echogenic

__________ is the number of echoes within a structure

echogenicity

__________ is the enhanced ability to recognize emotions in oneself and others and the capacity to use those emotions to improve emotional and intellectual growth and decision-making

emotional intelligence

_________ is a trait that demonstrates that one understands, to the point of feeling, how another person feels

empathy

__________ is eagerness or excitement for what one is doing

enthusiasm

__________ is strength of mind that allows someone to face difficult circumstances with courage

fortitude

__________ is law that is aimed at protecting the patient's rights and reducing waste, fraud, and abuse in the healthcare industry

Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996

__________ means differing composition.

heterogeneous

__________ means uniform composition.

homogenous

__________ is fairness and truthfulness in behavior

honesty

__________ is meekness in dealing with others

humility

__________ is a structure that produces echoes often used synonymously with echogenic

hyperechoic

__________ is having few echoes within a structure

hypoechoic

__________ is a form of reasoning whereby one makes an educated guess based on facts

inductive reasoning

__________ is thinking with honesty and choosing the best paths to follow based on high standards

integrity

__________ is having the same echogenicity

isoechoic

__________ is an organization that establishes standards, reviews, and recommends education accreditation for sonography programs

Joint Review Committee on Education in Diagnostic Medical Sonography

__________ is hands-on learning

Kinesthetic learning

__________ is stress related to job duties in the workplace that result in negative psychological and physiologic effects

__________ are things that someone holds in high regard and that are highly desirable and worthy of esteem

occupational stress

__________ is the study of the function of the human body

physiology

__________ is the process of completing tests following initial certification in sonography to maintain qualifications

recertification

__________ is the way in which others view us

reputation

__________ means to demonstrate polite regard for others.

respect

__________ is the frustration that arises when job expectations differ between employer and employee

role ambiguity

__________ is the belief in oneself and one's abilities

Self-confidence

__________ is the perception to recognize a goal and the courage and strength to reach that goal.

Self-motivation

__________ is the failure of the sound beam to pass through a structure

shadowing

__________ means genuineness

sincerity

__________ is normal anatomy as it is demonstrated on a sonogram

sonographic anatomy

__________ is a reasoning process for the sonographer by which he or she integrates the data obtained through clinical history gathering to the study at hand in order to facilitate optimum diagnostic results

sonographic reasoning

__________ is the basis for one's conduct

standards

__________ is the potential for effective action.

strengths

__________ is always being aware of and considerate of the feelings of others

tact

__________ is the process by which a sonographer is paid a small amount of money to be on standby via telephone for emergency cases after regular department hours, including nights and weekends

taking call

__________ is the amount of sound passing through a structure also known as acoustic enhancement

through transmission

__________ is the consequence of wanting to help a traumatized or suffering person.

traumatic stress

__________ is the process of identifying personality types

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