Patient care in radiography : with an introduction to medical imaging /

Ehrlich, Ruth Ann, 1938-

Patient care in radiography : with an introduction to medical imaging / Ruth Ann Ehrlich, Dawn M. Coakes. - 8th ed. - St. Louis, Mo. : Elsevier/Mosby, c2013. - xii, 496 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to Radiography. Image quality factors -- Radiation effects and radiation safety -- The healthcare delivery system -- Professional roles and behaviors. -- Patient Care. Professional attitudes and communications -- Safety -- Infection control concepts -- Preventing disease transmission -- Response to patients' personal and physical needs -- Patient assessment -- Patient transfer -- Medication information -- Medication administration -- Emergency response -- Dealing with acute situations. -- Patient Care in Specific Procedures and Environments. Preparation and examination of the gastrointestinal tract -- Surgical asepsis -- Contrast media and special radiographic techniques -- Bedside radiography, special conditions, and environments -- Radiography in surgery -- Special imaging modalities -- Resources on Evolve. Radiography practice standards -- Informed consent form -- Accepted abbreviations and descriptive terms for charting -- Incident report form -- Abbreviated list of useful clinical phrases in Spanish and French -- Radiology department infection control procedures -- Isolation guidelines -- Urine collection -- Two-and three-person lift -- Iodinated contrast media products for radiography -- Catherization technique.

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Radiography, Medical.
Patients--Care.
Radiography--methods.
Patient Care--methods.
Professional-Patient Relations.
Technology, Radiologic.
Patients--Care.
Radiography, Medical.

RC78 / .E48 2013

616.07/572

WN 200 / E33p 2013