34. With regard to your knowledge of radiation effects, truthfulness and the basic considerations with respect to providing information to patients discussed in your text how would you respond to a teenager (female) and her parents that are concerned about potential reproductive risks from a CT scan and bone scans needed to evaluate for osteosarcoma?
Answer: Before the CT scan it is important that nurse should inform clients regarding the side effects of the radiation exposure. The radiation causes damage to the ovaries if exposed for a longer period of time. It decreases the fertility rate such as reduction in the egg production. The multiple exposure to the radiation increases the risk of disease. The bone scan have minimum risk as compared to the CT scans.
34. With regard to your knowledge of radiation effects, truthfulness and the basic considerations with respect...
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33. Provide at least two examples where excellent projection and positioning in X-ray imaging can be used effectively to reduce patient exposure and provide radiation protection 34. With regard to your knowledge of radiation effects, truthfulness and the basic considerations with respect to providing information to patients discussed in your text how would you respond to a teenager (female) and her parents that are concemed about potential reproductive risks from a CT scan and bone scans needed to evaluate for...
31. Provide examples where projection and positioning during routine x-ray procedures can be used to reduce patient exposure and provide radiation protection in a procedure involving exposure to ionizing radiation. 32. Describe briefly the differences in designating an area as a “Radiation Area”, “High Radiation Area” and a “Very High Radiation Area” with respect the potential risk from exposures to ionizing radiation. 33. Provide at least two examples where excellent projection and positioning in X-ray imaging can be used effectively...
what discuss can you make about medicalization and chronic disease and illness? Adult Lealth Nursing Ethics mie B. Butts OBJECTIVES After reading this chapter, the reader should be able to do the following: 1. Explore the concept of medicalization as it relates to the societal shift away from physician predominance of the 1970s. 2. Differentiate among the following terms: compliance, noncompliance, adherence, nonadherence, and concordance. 3. Examine cultural views with regard to self-determination, decision making, and American healthcare professionals' values...