Patient care in radiography : with an introduction to medical imaging / Ruth Ann Ehrlich, Dawn M. Coakes.

Includes 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.

Includes bibliographical references and index.