Patient confidentiality is part of the everyday job of a radiologic technologist. For a sexually active adolescent, the right to confidentiality is important to ensure the adolescent is likely to seek health care as needed. Radiologic technologists must determine if a patient may be pregnant prior to an exam to protect any possible fetus. How would you handle this situation of questioning a 14 year old girl who needs an abdominal x-ray? What if her parents are in the room? What if the parents refuse to leave the room prior to actually taking the x-rays?
1. First of all, explain what is abdominal x-ray to the patient and its side effects, after which we must ask the patient if she is sexually active and expecting a child or had an unprotected intercourse recently.
2. If her parents are in the room, explain them about patient confidentiality and ask them politely to wait outside the room.
3. If the parents refuse to leave the room prior to actually taking the x-rays, we must give them lead protected apron in order to prevent any radiation sickness.
Patient confidentiality is part of the everyday job of a radiologic technologist. For a sexually active...
Patient confidentiality is part of the everyday job of a radiologic technologist. For a sexually active adolescent, the right to confidentiality is important to ensure the adolescent is likely to seek health care as needed. Radiologic technologists must determine if a patient may be pregnant prior to an exam to protect any possible fetus. 1. How would you handle this situation of questioning a 14 year old girl who needs an abdominal x-ray? 2. What if her parents are in...