An overview of nuclear medicine imaging procedures

Hogg, P; Lawson, R

Abstract

Nuclear medicine imaging is not generally well understood by nurses who work outside this area. Consequently, nurses can find themselves unable to answer patients’ questions about nuclear medicine imaging procedures or give them proper information before they attend for a test. This article aims to explain what is involved in some common diagnostic nuclear medicine imaging procedures so that nurses are able to discuss this with patients. It also addresses some common issues about radiation protection that nurses might encounter in their usual working routine. The article includes links to videos showing some typical nuclear medicine imaging procedures from a patient’s point of view and links to an e-Learning for Healthcare online
resource that provides detailed iformation for nurses.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Aug 28, 2015
• Publication Date: Nov 25, 2015
• Deposit Date: Dec 15, 2015
• Publicly Available Date: Apr 5, 2016
• Journal: Nursing Standard
• Print ISSN: 0029-6570
• Electronic ISSN: 2047-9018
• Publisher: RCN Publishing
• Volume: 30
• Issue: 13
• Pages: 52-59
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.7748/ns.30.13.52.s47
• Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.7748/ns.30.13.52.s47
• Related Public URLs: http://nursingstandard.rcnpublishing.co.uk/