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Patient care Flashcards

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■ 2.1 CAMRT description of practice

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  • Professionalism
  • Patient and family-centered care
  • interprofessional collaboration
  • commitment to education and life-long learning
  • Commitment to the profession
  • Acting within legal and ethical boundaries
  • Expertise in Medical imaging
  • Quality Patient care
  • A safe environment
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■ 2.2 CAMRT’s Best Practice Guide Line

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  • continuing Education and life-long learning
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Reflective practice

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people learn from their own professional experience

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■ 2.3 misconduct for MRTs

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  • failure to obtain consent for treatment
  • practice while impaired by a substance
  • fraud
  • misrepresentation of qualification
  • sexual and other forms of abuse
  • breach of patient confidentiality
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■ 2.4 Ethics vs Morals

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Ethics - rules e.g. codes of conduct in workplaces

Morals - an individual’s own principles regarding right or wrong

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Ethics

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Deals with the philosophy
Ethics are external standards
Social system or a framework
Define correct moral behavior

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3 ethical philosophies

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  1. Utilitarianism (consequentialism) right act - best outcome. ways to achieve it
  2. Deontology - duty, acting according to duty/ obligation
  3. Virtue Ethics - understand and live a life of moral character, utilize wisdom rather than emotional or intellectual problem solving
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Ethical Dilemma

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two or more alternatives are morally correct, but both options cannot be exercised

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Ethical Distress

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know what the right course of action is, but a barrier prevents implementation of that course

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Dilemma of Jusice

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distribution problems, the problem of providing for fair and equal distribution of health care

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◎ Ethical Principles

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Beneficence

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doing what is in the patient’s best interest

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Non-maleficence

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no harm

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Justice

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treated equally or receiving equal benefits

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confidentiality

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PHIA

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double effect

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produce a good and bad effect, abortion, euthanasia

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fidelity

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faithful to the promises the made

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Paternalism

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Parent knows Best

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Sanctity of life

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human life is sacred holy and precious

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veracity

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truth telling

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Patient-centered care

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  • Advocating and collaborating for optimal patient care
  • Involving patients in their own care
  • Respecting patient dignity and rights
  • Protecting confidentiality
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Maintaining competence

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  • Performing only the procedures for which the MRT has acquired competence
  • Engaging in lifelong learning to maintain a consistent level of competence in their disciplines of practice
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Evidence-based and reflective practice

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Delivering care based on professional judgements that consider their clinical experience and the patient’s needs
-Remaining current on MRT trends, basing their practice choices on evidence, and applying this knowledge to the clinical

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Providing a safe environment

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  • Maintaining current knowledge of safety standards

- Ensuring a safe environment and taking steps to minimize the exposure to potential risks

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Acting with professional integrity

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■ 2.6 Legal issues

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Law

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all rules of conduct established and enforced

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Patients’ Bill of Rights

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page 34

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■ 2.6 Legal issues

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Patients’ Bill of Rights

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page 34

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Civil torts

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the right between individuals in non-criminal actions

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Intentional torts - a purposeful deed committed with the intention of producing the consequences

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  • False Imprisonment ( use of physical restrains without physician’s order)
  • Invasion of privacy
  • Defamation of character (slander and libel)
  • Assault - threat of touching ( remain still!!!!)
  • Battery - unlawful touching
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Unintentional Torts

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  • Negligence - omission of reasonable care

- Malpractice - an act of negligence in the context of a relationship between a MRT and patient.(gross negligence)

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Claim of Malplractice

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  • a patient must prove the loss or injury
  • MRT is partly responsible for the loss
  • loss is due to negligence or malpractice
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Criteria for Valid Consent

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  1. Voluntary and genuine consent
  2. informed consent
  3. consent to act performed
  4. capacity to consent
  5. competency to consent
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Simple consent

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  • Express consent

- Implied consent - in emergency

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Informed consent

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  • to obtain permission
  • include potential risks, benefits, consequences
  • blank must be filled before being signed
  • ignorant consent = inadequate consent
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Exams requiring informed consent

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  1. Angiograms
  2. interventional procedures
  3. CT requiring contrast
  4. MRI requiring contrast or anesthetics
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Consent for minors

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  • 18 years of age, has full legal capacity and can make all decisions.
  • 16 years of age, has some limited legal capacity; has right to make decisions relating to medical treatment
  • under 16, mature minor rule “ minor who has a full appreciation of the nature and consequences of medical treatment may consent to medical treatment”
  • typically, their parents must do so on their behalf
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Good Samaritans Law

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law protects people who give medical aid to others in an emergency

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■2.7 Medical Records ( chart)

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page 40 review

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Diagnostic images

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are considered part of the patient’s medical record and can be used as legal evidence in the event of lawsuit

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factors needed on image

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Pt name and DOB
date of exam
identification number
name of the facility
correct sequence and parameters
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Incident reports and disclosure

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written reporting is imperative

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■2.8 Computer applications

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eChart, RIS, PACS, EPR (electronic patient record)

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■2.9 Confidentiality and Privacy

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PHIA

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