NSG 550 exam 1| Answered 100% correctly| 2026

NSG 550 exam 1| Answered 100% correctly| 2026 Specificity Looking for patients without disease. Low false positives. Sensitivity Looking for patients with disease. Low false negatives. Sensitivity: Equation TP ——————- (TP+FN) Specificity: Equation TN ————— (TN+FP) American College of Radiology Appropriateness Criteria Guidelines for ordering tests Contrast vs. non-contrast Compares radiation exposure What are NP's obligations for patient safety in testing? Read Findings and Impression Inconsistencies and incidentals..... follow up. Deliver results to patients Ultrasound Used for vessels, ovaries, testicles, soft tissue, abscess/cyst, thyroid, guide needle biopsy, stage tumor Vessels: imaging Ultrasound & MRI Ovaries: imaging Ultrasound Testicles: imaging Ultrasound Soft tissue: imaging Ultrasound & MRI Abscess/ cyst/ blood clot: imaging Ultrasound Thyroid: imaging Ultrasound Thyroid: Non-blood test Radioactive Iodine Uptake High RAIU- Hyperthyroid Low RAIU- Hypothyroid Use ultrasound to see where the iodine was absorbed. MRI In depth look at: Bone Tissues Vessels Bone: Imaging MRI & X-ray & Nuclear med Testing bone densitometry X-ray Microscopy Culture and Sensitivity Blood culture Urinalysis Culture and sensitivity: test Microscopy blood culture test Microscopy urinalysis test Microscopy X-ray Bones and bone densitometry Evaluate dye excretion Detect breast cancer Guide needle biopsy Determine patency of fallopian tubes Nuclear med Bone scan Thyroid scan = scintograpy Thyroid scan: name Scintography Thyroid scan: testing Nuclear med Bone scan Nuclear med Renal tests Urinalysis CO2 PSA Creatinine Microalbumin KUB Renal Scan Cystoscopy Gold Standard for first time kidney stone testing?