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Exam #1 Fundamentals Of Respiratory Care
With Complete Solutions 2024
What is the NBRC? - correct answers National Board for Respiratory Care. What is CoARC? - correct answers Accreditation for schools who grant students the opportunity to graduate and go on to take the National Exam. What is the scope for RC practice? - correct answers Application of technology and use of protocols across all care sites but not limited to hospitals, clinics, m.d. offices, rehab facility and patients home. (Things you can actually do within the hospital) What is joint commission? - correct answers People who come and rate the hospitals Who grants your credentials? - correct answers NBRC Who gives you a license to practice? - correct answers The licensing of state
What are protocols? - correct answers Protocols give the RCP specific authority to make adjustments to patient without calling a doctor. What has to be written by a physician for a proper protocol? - correct answers "RC protocol" What is Quality Assurance - correct answers Often uses skills check or competencies. Fowler - correct answers Sitting straight up 90 degree angle. The higher the patient sitting the faster the breathing treatment go. Semi Fowler - correct answers 45 degree angle. Great position to be in when giving breathing treatments. Prone - correct answers Flat on stomach. Used to increase oxygenation and pulmonary blood flow to lung areas which may be filled with fluid (pneumonia) Supine - correct answers Flat on back. Hard to breathe in supine position for patients who are SOB
Aerosolized Medications - correct answers Bronchodilators (Sympathomimetics, Parasympatholytics), Mucolytic Agents, Anti-inflammatory Agents, Antibiotic Agents Bronchodilators (Sympathomimetics and Parasympatholytics) - correct answers Used to offset bronchial smooth muscle constriction. Mucolytic Agents - correct answers Enhance mobilization and thinning of bronchial secretions. Anti inflammatory Agents - correct answers Used to suppress bronchial inflammation and edema. Antibiotic Agents - correct answers treat infectious respiratory diseases. SOAP - correct answers Subjective, Objective, Assessment, Plan. SBAR - correct answers Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation. What is SBAR? - correct answers A form of communication used when speaking to other health care workers
5 basic styles of conflict resolution - correct answers Competing, accommodating, avoiding, collaboration, compromising Competing - correct answers Power oriented Accommodating - correct answers unassertive and cooperative Avoiding - correct answers unassertive and uncooperative Collaborating - correct answers Assertive and cooperative Compromising - correct answers Middle of the ground that includes assertive and cooperative. What are sources of conflict - correct answers Poor communication, personal behavior, role conflict, structural problem What is the difference between licensure and credentialing? - correct answers You must have a license to practice. Credentialing tells you your title. Who administers the exams? - correct answers NBRC
Who is Virginia Apgar - correct answers Invented the APGAR score, a way to quickly assess the health of a newborn child immediately after birth. Who is Forrest Bird - correct answers Invented the first low cost pediatric respirator known as the Baby Bird which have been credited by medical experts to reduce mortality rates of infants with respiratory problems. Who is Sister May Yvonne Jean? - correct answers The very first RRT Mechanical Ventilation Protocol - correct answers Artificial breath for the patient. "Iron Lung" is an example of what therapy? - correct answers Mechanical Ventilation How long do you have to obtain your RRT credential prior to retaking the test again? - correct answers 3 years What are the different specialty exams and what is the credential you obtain with each? - correct answers Sleep Disorder Specialist Neonatal/Pediatric Specialist ACCS (Adult Critical Care Specialist)
RPFT (Registered Pulmonary Function Technologist) CPFT (Certified Pulmonary Function Technologist) RRT (Registered Respiratory Therapist) CRT (Certified Respiratory Therapist) In the state of Texas how often do you have to renew your license to practice? - correct answers Every 2 years What position is best for a patient with GERD? - correct answers Reverse Trendelenburg What position is best for a COVID patient or anyone with pneumonia located on the back chest? - correct answers Prone What position is best for a patient with hypotension? - correct answers Trendelenburg What positon is best for a patient with SOB (shortness of breath)? - correct answers Semi Fowler What position is best for a patient with right lung pneumonia? - correct answers laying on their LEFT SIDE called LEFT lateral decubitus
Occupations that may be significant to lung health - correct answers Nail Shop Chemical Plants Firefighters Good things in patient interview - correct answers Physical appearance Posture Gestures Facial Expressions Eye Contact Voice Bad things in patient interview - correct answers Over use of authority Professional Jargon Leading or Biased questions Talking too much Interrupting Using WHY questions Touching unless you know the patient well Improving Communication Skills - correct answers SHARE information rather than TELLING
Seek to RELATE to people rather than CONTROL Value DISAGREEMENT as much as AGREEMENT ELIMINATE THREATENING BEHAVIOR Use EFFECTIVE NONVERBAL communication technique Factors affecting communicarion - correct answers Internal qualities of sender and receiver
Prior experiences Attitudes Values Cultural background Self concepts and feelings RCP as Receiver and Listening - correct answers Work at listening Stop talking Resist distraction Keep mind open, no objective Hear the speaker our before making evaluation Judge content and not delivery Maintain composure and control emotions Active listening is the key
