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Does anyone know of where you can attend a class or seminar on how to improve your skills of viewing x-rays?

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What is your need for reading x-rays? Is it clinical or just personal education?

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Specializes in ICU, LTACH, Internal Medicine.

Two one-day workshops (one ortho, one spine) on my own. I got Mettler's "Essentials of Radiology" (2nd edition, $10 or so), read it through and then read myself evey xray I'd seen. I asked hospitalists if I didn't understand something, one of them called radiologist, he didn't mind teaching at all. Also, got "Radiographic Anatomy/Xray" app for Android (free). When there is a talk about Xray in Harrison (which is my main book), I find it online to take a look.

It takes a fair lot of time and attention, but, just as so many other things in clinical medicine, it is far from the rocket science.

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It's clinical. I am a NICU nurse.

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It's clinical. I am a NICU nurse.

Are you expected to interpret XRAYS as a bedside nurse? That seems odd to me.

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Maybe s/he just wants to learn, for enjoyment of the material. Plus, I assume it's no fun to be the one person who can't see something like a huge pneumo, for example.

We're used to all waiting for official reads, but in critical situations there's something to be said for being able to have an idea how bad something is without waiting however long it is for the intensivist read (maybe only 10 minutes, but still...).

I see nothing wrong with wanting to improve this skill as a nurse so long as scope of practice boundaries are not over-stepped.

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Maybe s/he just wants to learn, for enjoyment of the material. Plus, I assume it's no fun to be the one person who can't see something like a huge pneumo, for example.

We're used to all waiting for official reads, but in critical situations there's something to be said for being able to have an idea how bad something is without waiting however long it is for the intensivist read (maybe only 10 minutes, but still...).

I see nothing wrong with wanting to improve this skill as a nurse so long as scope of practice boundaries are not over-stepped.

That's why I asked if it was a clinical expectation or simply personal education. The choice of supplemental education is variable and depends on the end goal.

Never said I had a problem with it just wanted more information before giving advice that may or may not be appropriate.

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That's why I asked if it was a clinical expectation or simply personal education. The choice of supplemental education is variable and depends on the end goal.

Never said I had a problem with it just wanted more information before giving advice that may or may not be appropriate.

It's all good...I didn't say you said you did. :)

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Specializes in critical care, ER,ICU, CVSURG, CCU.

Ok crusty ole bat here,

Look at every X-ray that is appropriate.....

You will in time teach, yourself

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It's all good...I didn't say you said you did. :)

Good on my side too!

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