Nurses' Perspectives on Radiation: Drawing Expressions

Abstract

Significant developments in technology have reached the health system quickly and started to medical use of radiation effectively. 1 More than 10 million radiological images per day are obtained in the world. 2 Use of radiation for medical examinations and tests is the largest manmade source of radiation exposure. 3 Radiation has been beneficial in diagnosis and treatment in diseases but it has been revealed that it can be harmful to human health. 4 Nowadays, it is not possible to avoid the effects of radiation. Accordingly, health workers are at great risk to be exposed to the effects of radiation. 5 Health workers may have incorrect or inadequate information about radiation, even if they work in the field of radiation. 6-8