Now fully aligned with the latest ARRT and ASRT standards, Torres’ Patient Care in Imaging Technology, 10th Edition, by TerriAnn Ryan, helps students develop the knowledge and skills they need to become safe, perceptive, and efficient radiologic technologists. This student-focused text offers a strong illustration program and a logical organization that emphasizes the connections between classroom learning and clinical practice. Designed to keep readers informed and up to date, it covers current trends and advances in the field and offers an unparalleled array of online teaching and learning resources. 

• Contains a new chapter from the ASRT curriculum: Medical Ethics and the Law 

• Incorporates real case studies that demonstrate how radiologic technologists, patient care and ethics are intertwined   

• Features updated content that reflects the latest ASRT curriculum and standards 

• Provides case studies, cultural considerations boxes, and situational judgment sections that build critical thinking skills and give students practice dealing with the types of real-world situations they will encounter on the job 

• Features procedure boxes with accompanying online videos to help students master the steps needed to ensure the safety of both the rad tech and the patient 

• Includes student-focused features such as Learning Objectives, Key Terms, and chapter tests; display boxes that highlight accreditation, competency, or skills information; and call-out and warning boxes that alert students to important facts and common pitfalls help students prepare for practice