Communication skills required of sonographers include explaining the exam or procedure to the patient discussing the patient and/or the exam with the interpreting physician coordinating and/or scheduling the exam with the health care team taking a patient history all of the above

Critical skills that sonographers use include (check all that apply): ability to apply didactic education to the clinical setting. the ability to think in 3-dimensions. fine motor skills, visual acuity, and hand-eye coordination. excellent patient care skills, including communication abilities.

The initial use of effective verbal communication between the sonographer and patient should result in the establishment of: affection love clarity trust

Performing a sonographic exam is an active process in which the sonographer is constantly assessing the patient by adjusting and directing the ultrasound beam to obtain diagnostic quality visualization of the internal organs and structures. True False

Which of the following does NOT provide credentialing exams for sonographers? ARDMS CCI ARRT SDMS

Which of the following words can be used to describe the work of a sonographer? complex and fast-paced mentally demanding physically strenuous psychologically taxing all of the above