Patient Care Management

Catalog description

Prerequisites: Admission to the Radiologic Technology program and reading proficiency Patient Care Management focuses on technological and assessment skills and concepts required to build a foundation for holistic care of patients. The student gains a beginning understanding of the Radiologic Technologists' responsibilities as a member of the interdisciplinary health care team so to apply that understanding to the diagnostic imaging environment. Instruction will introduce the basic concepts of cultural and legal aspects of patient care, vital signs, medical asepsis and infection control, hygiene, body mechanics and mobility, safety, documentation, evaluation of physical needs, and surgical asepsis. (F)