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- Title
What nurses need to know about mobile radiography.
- Authors
Bwanga, Osward
- Abstract
Nurses have a vital role in providing nursing care to patients requiring mobile radiography. Mobile radiography is requested when a patient's condition makes it impossible for them to be transported to the radiology department. All health professionals involved in mobile radiography, such as nurses, medical doctors and radiographers should be knowledgeable in this area. This is even more important in current practice, where nurse consultants and nurse advanced practitioners are assessing and referring patients for limited radiological examinations. However, there is little literature to equip nurses with knowledge about mobile radiography. The aim of this article is to raise awareness of this subject at a time when the number of patients requiring mobile radiography has increased globally, due to the outbreak of coronavirus. Critically ill patients with COVID-19 require portable chest X-rays to diagnose complications of the disease, such as pneumonia.
- Subjects
RADIOGRAPHY equipment; PREVENTION of communicable diseases; INDUSTRIAL safety; NURSES; NURSING practice; RADIATION protection; OCCUPATIONAL roles; MOBILE hospitals; COVID-19 pandemic
- Publication
British Journal of Nursing, 2020, Vol 29, Issue 18, p1064
- ISSN
0966-0461
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.12968/bjon.2020.29.18.1064