RAD 110 - Patient Care and Assessment

Credits: 3
Lecture Contact Hours: 2
Lab Contact Hours: 2
Description: This course is designed to prepare the student for clinical practice and discuss the practitioner’s role in the health care delivery system. Patient rights, informed consent, and legal and ethical standards will be reviewed. Course content will include concepts of patient care, body mechanics, vital signs, aseptic technique, pharmacology, infection control, and standard precautions. Contrast and medical emergencies are also discussed. This course explores diversity and the psychological needs of the patients and their families.

Prerequisites: Acceptance into the Radiologic Technology Program. HIT 100. BIOL 236 with a minimum grade of 3.0. RAD 100 with a minimum grade of 3.0.
Corequisites: None.
Recommended: None.

Course Category: Occupational
This Course is Typically Offered: Spring, Summer
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Students who already have this knowledge may qualify for prior learning credit. https://www.schoolcraft.edu/student-records/prior-learning-credits

Course Competencies

Explore legal and ethical standards related to patients’ rights.
Critique orders, requests, and diagnostic reports.
Investigate interpersonal communications and challenges.
Explain radiographic procedures to patients and families.
Demonstrate proper usage of body mechanics while working with Radiology patients.
Explain the appropriate use of and complications associated with contrast agents.
React to medical emergencies appropriately.
Review Standard Precautions.
Demonstrate proper handling and disposal of toxic or hazardous material.
Apply pharmacology principles.
Explain mobile, surgical, and trauma imaging services.
Demonstrate venipuncture skill standards.