Chapter 11

The highest level of Maslow's hierachy of needs is

• self-actualization

• belonging

• physiologic

• self-esteeem

The word ambulatory means that the patient

• must be confined to a wheelchair

• must be moved by ambulance

• can be moved by stretcher

• can walk

Which of the following would you not want to discuss with a patient?

• hobbies

• medical chart

• ability to walk

• weather

Questions about the diagnosis of an examination from a patient or visitor are best answered by

• explaining that only a radiologist can read radiographs

• providing the best diagnosis available

• explaining that the results are not available yet

• suggesting that the question is inappropriate

Which method is effective in communicating with a patient?

1. 1. professional appearance

2. 2. touch

3. 3. pantomime techniques

• 1 only

• 1 and 2 only

• 2 and 3 only

• 1, 2 and 3

When is touching a patient valuable?

• for emotional support

• for emphasis

• for palpation

• all of the above

Which of the following characterize the development of a toddler (1 to 3 years of age)?

• understands simple abstractions

• is unable to understand more than one word for something

• is unable to take the viewpoint of antoher

• all of the above

Of the changes that occur in geriatric patients that are especially important when patients are undergoing radiologic examinations, which of the following may produce patient paranoia about potential falls with potential for permanent loss of mobility?

• osteoporotic loss of bone mass

• arthritis

• decreased muscle strength

• atrophied muscle mass

Which of the following is considered to be the first stage of acceptance of dying for a terminally ill patient?

• anger

• frustration

• denial and isolation

• shock

Which of the following permits the patient to begin to work through the various stages that precede dying?

• suspicious awareness

• mutual pretense

• open awareness

• all of the above