DI 100 Comprehensive Patient Care

Outcomes

Provide patient care and comfort with empathy and cultural competence. Abide by the ethics and professional conduct of medical professionals, the ASRT Code of Ethics, and the ARRT Standard of Ethics. Protect patient, self, and others by applying the principles of radiation physics. Demonstrate effective communication with patients, family members, and colleagues using verbal, written, and information technology tools devices. Identify various settings involved in the delivery of health care. Discuss the reimbursement payment options for health care service. Discuss the role and value of a mission statement to the operation of an institution. Describe relationships and interdependencies of departments within health institution. Discuss the responsibilities and relationship of all personnel in the radiology department. Differentiate among accreditation types. Define credentialing, certification, registration, licensure and regulations. Discuss career opportunities and advancement for the radiographer. Identify the benefits of continuing education as related to improved patient care and professional enhancement. Describe the practice standards for the radiographer as defined by the ASST and state. Licensure. Differentiate between cultures and ethnicity. Explain how a persons cultural beliefs toward illness and health affect his or her health. Status. Explain perceptions of dying and death from the viewpoint of both patient and radiographer. Describe the characteristics of each stage of grief. Identify methods for determining the correct patient for a given procedure. Demonstrate techniques for specific types of patient transfer. Describe select immobilization techniques for various types of procedures and patients. Conditions. Explain the purpose, legal considerations and procedures for incident reporting. Describe methods to evaluate patient physical status. Describe vital signs and lab values used to assess patient condition, including sites for. assessment and normal values. Define terms related to infection control. Describe the importance of standard precautions and isolation procedures, including sources and modes of transmission of infection and diseases and institutional control procedures. Identify symptoms related to specific emergency situations. Explain the age specific considerations necessary when performing radiographic procedures. Describe appropriate procedures for management of various types of trauma situations. identify specific types of tubes, lines, catheters and collective devices. Outline the steps in the operation and maintenance of suction equipment. Outline the steps in the operation and maintenance of oxygen equipment and demonstrate proper use. Describe special problems faces in performing procedures on a patient with a tracheotomy and specific tubes, drains and catheters. Discuss the origins of medical ethics. Apply medical professional ethics in the context of a broader societal ethics. Explain the role of ethical behavior in health care delivery. Explain concepts of personal honesty, integrity, accountability, competence and compassion as ethical imperatives in health care. Identify legal and professional standards and relate each to practice in health professional. Identify specify situations and conditions that give rise to ethical dilemmas in health care. Explain select concepts embodied in the principles of patients rights, the doctrine of informed patient consent and other issues related to patients rights. Explain the legal implications of professional liability, malpractice, professional negligence and other legal doctrines applicable to professional practices. Describe the importance of accurate, complete and correct methods of documentation as a legal ethical imperative. Explore theoretical situations and questions related to the ethics of care and health care. Delivery. Explain legal terms, principals, doctrine and laws specific to the radiologic sciences. Outline the conditions necessary for a valid malpractice claim. Describe the components and implications of informed consent. Differentiate between civil and criminal liability. Define tort and explain the differences between intentional and unintentional tor