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1st primal stress - CORRECT ANSWER: fight or flight- heartbeat accelerates and blood
pressure rises; hormones rush to blood stream to send sugar to muscles and brain;
food digestion temporarily ceases more blood is available for energy; ex. stage fright
2nd Primal Stress - CORRECT ANSWER: Obtaining food; how are you going to feed
yourself; persuasion, bartering, searching and producing; not-life threatening but can be
painful stress; when food is withheld you may feel love being withheld too
3rd Primal Stress - CORRECT ANSWER: death; inevitable you will die; all must rely on
personal coping mechanisms regardless of what they are to get by
Abraham Maslow - CORRECT ANSWER: noted psychologist; classified human needs
based on a hierarchy
affective domain - CORRECT ANSWER: embrace "appropriate" attitudes, beliefs, and
feelings toward what you are learning, what you are doing, and how you are doing them
AIDET - CORRECT ANSWER: Acknowledge, Introduce, Duration, Explanation, Thank
you
ALARA - CORRECT ANSWER: as low as reasonably achievable
anatomic position - CORRECT ANSWER: body is erect with arms at the side, with
palms of the hands facing forward and feet side by side
,anode - CORRECT ANSWER: positively charged electrode that serves to decelerate e-
and to store and dissipate heat
anter, anteri - CORRECT ANSWER: before or front
anterior - CORRECT ANSWER: pertaining to the front
ARRT certification - CORRECT ANSWER: process through which an agency grants
recognition to an individual upon demonstration of specialized professional skills
autonomy - CORRECT ANSWER: from greek auto-nomos meaning one who gives
oneself their own law; each person is entitled to determine their own destiny; basic right
to self determination including the right to make informed decisions concerning their
own body
background radiation - CORRECT ANSWER: the average background radiation per
person is 370 millirems per year
beneficence - CORRECT ANSWER: remove and prevent evil and harm; do and
promote good; requires individual to perform some action either to prevent harm or to
do good; may require health professional to take a stand against another or to intercede
for the patient's well-being
board of directors - CORRECT ANSWER: authorized by law to operate a hospital; made
up up of member of the community who volunteer their services and may not profit from
their service
Bremsstrahlung radiation - CORRECT ANSWER: occurs when high speed e- passes
near nucleus of an atom
carcin - CORRECT ANSWER: cancer
, cardinal principles of radiation protection - CORRECT ANSWER: time, distance,
shielding
cathode - CORRECT ANSWER: negatively charged electrode that serves as source of
e-
caud - CORRECT ANSWER: toward the tail, down, downward
caudad - CORRECT ANSWER: toward the tail
central nervous system syndrome - CORRECT ANSWER: nerve cells are the least
sensitive to radiation
cephal - CORRECT ANSWER: up, upward, toward the head
cephalad - CORRECT ANSWER: toward the head
certain skills and personal qualities needed to do the job expected of you - CORRECT
ANSWER: cheerful outgoing personality, clear communication, complete competency,
thorough knowledge
certification - CORRECT ANSWER: voluntary process; responsibility of person not
school or employer; set requirements of recognition of professionals through registration
certification by examination; fees are changed for the service; annual fees charged for
continued recognition
Characteristic radiation - CORRECT ANSWER: occurs when an incident e- ejects an
orbital e- from an inner shell of an atom in the bombarded material