ARRT Nuclear Medicine Exam Guide 2026: Current NMT Blueprint
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A patient scheduled for a nuclear medicine procedure reports an allergy to iodine. Which radiopharmaceutical should be used with caution or avoided?
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Question · Easy
A current 2026 ARRT Nuclear Medicine Technology guide with the real 230-item format, 230-minute test time, 250-minute appointment, official domain counts, primary-path eligibility, and February 2027 blueprint warning.
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Technologist's Role in Informed Consent
Patient Care
Flashcard
Before administering a radiopharmaceutical to a female patient of childbearing age, what is the most important question to ask?
Portable device kept nearby that analyzes a heart rhythm and delivers an electrical shock when appropriate during cardiac arrest.
Patient care
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Chapter 1: Patient Assessment, Care & Emergency Procedures
1.1 Patient Assessment, Medical History & Communication
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A patient experiencing anaphylaxis after radiopharmaceutical administration requires immediate intervention. What is the FIRST medication that should be administered?
Question · Medium
Read the clue and guess the term in 6 tries.
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HIPAA Minimum Necessary Standard
According to the ARRT Code of Ethics, a nuclear medicine technologist may discontinue a procedure when:
Emergency technique of chest compressions, with or without rescue breaths, used when a person's heart has stopped beating or the person has stopped breathing.
A patient receiving I-131 therapy for thyroid cancer begins vomiting shortly after administration. What is the most appropriate immediate action?
Chain of Infection
What is the maximum annual occupational dose limit for the whole body (deep dose equivalent) according to NRC regulations?
Arrt Nuclear Medicine Safety
Gloves, gowns, masks and eye covers that keep blood or other potentially infectious material from reaching the skin, eyes or clothing during normal use.
1.2 Venipuncture, Vascular Access & Emergency Response
Which type of radiation has the highest linear energy transfer (LET) and therefore poses the greatest biological hazard per unit of absorbed dose?
Swap tiles to line up three of the same term.
Term Match
Standard Precautions
What is the required posting for areas where radioactive materials are used and radiation levels could exceed 5 µSv (0.5 mrem) in one hour?
Principle of keeping radiation exposures far under the regulatory dose limits to the extent practical for the purpose of the licensed activity.
Radiation safety
According to the ALARA principle, what is the primary method for reducing occupational radiation exposure during patient imaging?
First Signs of an Allergic Reaction After Radiopharmaceutical Injection
What is the half-value layer (HVL) of lead for Technetium-99m?
___-in-storage: holding byproduct material with a physical half-life of 120 days or less until its surface reading cannot be distinguished from background before disposal.
Chapter 2: Ethical, Legal & Professional Standards
2.1 ARRT Code of Ethics & Patient Rights
A technologist receives a shallow dose equivalent reading of 550 mSv to the hand from a TLD ring badge over one quarter. What NRC action is required?
Question · Hard
Flip two cards at a time to find matching terms.
Term Pairs
Purpose of Medication Reconciliation Before a Nuclear Medicine Study
What type of radiation survey meter is most appropriate for detecting contamination from Tc-99m spills?
SI unit of absorbed dose equal to one joule per kilogram.
Which of the following is the biological effect of radiation that is NOT dependent on the dose?
Photoelectric Effect vs. Compton Scattering
Radiation Safety
The annual occupational dose limit for the lens of the eye is:
___ field: quality-control image made with a uniform radiation source to check count density across a detector.
Instrumentation
2.2 Patient Care in Special Populations & Infection Control
What is the minimum lead equivalence required for syringe shields used in nuclear medicine?
Find five hidden terms in a grid of letters.
Term Search
Deterministic vs. Stochastic Radiation Effects
A technologist discovers skin contamination while performing a routine survey. What is the FIRST action that should be taken?
Standard measure of a camera's energy resolution, given as a percentage of gamma energy; a smaller number is better.
According to NRC regulations, which of the following is considered a "medical event" (misadministration) that must be reported?
Cardinal Principles of Radiation Protection
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