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Torres’ Patient Care in Imaging Technology, 9th Edition

ISBN-13: 978-1496378668
ISBN-10: 1496378660

Author: Andrea Dutton (Author), TerriAnn Ryan (Author)

Torres’ Patient Care in Imaging Technology, 9th Edition helps students develop the knowledge and skills they need to become safe, perceptive, and efficient radiologic technologists. The book offers a strong illustration program and a logical organization that emphasizes the connections between classroom learning and clinical practice. Fully aligned with the latest ARRT and ASRT standards, this edition covers current trends and advances in the field and offers an unparalleled array of online teaching and learning resources.

PREFACE
DEVELOPING SKILLS FOR SAFE, PERCEPTIVE, AND EFFECTIVE PRACTITIONERS
The ninth edition of Torres’ Patient Care in Imaging Technology not only provides you with the knowledge and skills that will empower you to become safe, perceptive, and effective in providing excellent patient care but also alerts the student to real consequences of failed actions. Focused on connecting classroom learning to clinical practice, the text is designed to present key concepts effectively for beginning students as well as more advanced students and practitioners who want to improve their skills in patient care and imaging technology.
UPDATED, ENGAGING, AND EFFECTIVE
Torres’ Patient Care in Imaging Technology will engage you with its focused, visually attractive, comprehensive approach. Outlining key concepts, current trends, and advances in imaging technology and patient
care, this book uses a concise style and logical organization to ensure that crucial topics are addressed effectively and efficiently. Chapter 18 provides an introduction to patient care for other modalities such as computed tomography (CT) and sonography. The appealing full-color design breaks up the text with illustrations and pedagogic features in a way that enhances learning.
CULTURAL CONSIDERATIONS AND OTHER REAL-WORLD EXPERIENCE
Torres’ Patient Care in Imaging Technology’s student-centered approach is designed to take you from theory to practice quickly. The Cultural Considerations feature helps you become aware of the diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds of your patients. This complements the strong pedagogic approach of Torres’ Patient Care >in Imaging Technology, which includes online situational judgment questions, skills checklists, and laboratory activities. The newly added legal considerations enforce the learning component regarding consequences of actions that are not effectively carried out and care falls below the standard practice.
AN INTEGRATED, EFFICIENT, AND EFFECTIVE LEARNING SYSTEM
Torres’ Patient Care in Imaging Technology is designed to help every course become a dynamic learning experience. The concise text enables coverage of key concepts in a limited amount of time, yet it is also integrated with rich pedagogic resources that engage students, present concepts in a relevant way, and provide many ways in which to practice and build important skills. The new edition includes real-world case studies, demonstration videos, and laboratory activities to put you in situations that you will face every day on the job.
FROM THE AUTHORS
It has been almost 40 years since the first edition of this book was published. It was first named Basic Medical Techniques and Patient Care for Radiologic Technologists. The author, Lillian Torres, and her consultants had no idea of the degree or magnitude of changes that would take place in the profession of radiologic technology. Each edition of this book has made contributions to the profession by meeting the changing needs of students and educators in this field and by making improvements in patient care. Patient care is the foundation of medical imaging, and although health care may change, high quality patient care should not.
The ninth edition of this book has been altered to serve the needs of the beginning student in this profession as well as those who desire advanced courses in imaging technology. It includes the latest techniques used in imaging and meets the current requirements of the American Society of Radiologic Technologists (ASRT) and the American Registry of Radiologic Technologists (ARRT). A new component of the ARRT examination is cultural diversity, and this is addressed in each chapter. With the changes in the ARRT examination that have now resulted in more questions on Patient Care, the authors feel that this book, which focuses solely on patient care, will provide the student with all aspects of knowledge needed to excel in the patient care category.
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NINTH EDITION
• Cultural diversity is addressed in each chapter appropriately. This helps the student understand the differences in patient care that are sometimes required to respond to certain beliefs and behaviors.
• Legal considerations have been added to reaffirm the standard practice of care and that lawsuits can and do happen to the radiographer. Real-life case studies show how the radiographer can be held accountable for a “mistake” that resulted in harm to the patient.
• All chapters have been reviewed and updated to include the most current and relevant information.
• The pharmacology and drug administration chapters have been enhanced to increase the students’ knowledge in these areas.
• All tables and displays have been updated; more color photos have been added and more radiographic images included to enhance information presented.
• Procedures are placed in a step-by-step format for quick and easy reference for student and instructor use.
• More call out and warning boxes have been added to provide students with notice of vital concepts.
• Infection control in imaging is stressed and includes the current threats to the health care of patients and all health care workers. Methods of protecting all involved in patient care from nosocomial infections are emphasized.
• A de-emphasis on those procedures that are less likely to be done in the imaging departments because of advances and changes in technology has been made to be more in line with real-life situations.
It is the hope of the authors that the changes in the ninth edition will assist radiologic technology students to be safe and sensitive practitioners in every aspect of patient care.
Andrea Guillen Dutton, MEd, ARRT (R, M), CRT (R, F)
Terriann Ryan, MEd, ARRT (R, M), CRT (R, M, F), CRA