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Resp. Care Test 1

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Who is professionally responsible for the day-to-day patient care in respiratory care dept?   Department head  
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What term is used to describe the process in which a govt agency gives an individual permission to practice an occupation?   Licensure  
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What organization is responsible for credentialing respiratory therapist?   NBRC  
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What agency is a voluntary professional organization for respiratory therapists and individuals interested in respiratory therapy?   AARC  
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Responsibility for the technical direction of a respiratory care dept lies with whom?   department manager  
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Making sure a patient is comfortable and has water within reach is an example of what?   Beneficence  
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A patient requests that in the case of a life threatening event, she would like her daughter to make decisions regarding her healthcare. This is an example of what?   advanced directive  
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The point at which the manibrium of the sternum and the body of the sternum meet has two names. What are they?   Angle of Louis/Sternal Angle  
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Ear tips of the stethoscope should be pointed how to hear the best?   forward toward the nose  
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Breath sound that often clears w/ a strong cough   rhonchi  
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most accurate means of obtaining a temperature   rectal  
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adult patient has a pulse of 122. This patient is what?   tachycardic  
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What breathing pattern is associated with metabolic acidosis most commonly diabetic ketoacidosis?   Kussmaul's breathing  
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Increased tactile fremitus over left lower lobe on patient would most likely indicate what?   consolidation/atelectasis  
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normal lung tissue should have what percussion note?   resonance  
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decreased tactile fremitus indicates   pnuemothorax  
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tracheal deviation toward affected side indicates   atelectasis  
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normal breath sounds heard over lungs are   vesicular  
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abnormal breath sounds also known as   adventitious  
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tracheal breath sounds are heard   over trachea  
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these breath sounds are heard over upper portion of sternum   bronchial  
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where are bronchovesicular breath sounds heard?   over sternum at around 2nd intercostal space and between scapulae  
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wheezes occur b/c   narrowing of airways  
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bronchial breath sounds in lung peripheri indicates   consolidation or atelectasis  
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acrocyanosis is   same as peripheral cyanosis (blue color to fingers/toes)  
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periorbital cyanosis   blue color of whites of eyes  
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perioral cyanosis   blue color around mouth  
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central cyanosis   blue color all over  
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5 basic components of communication   sender, message, channel, receiver, feedback  
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True/False: legally, documentation of care given to a pt means that care was given.   True  
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Charting must be done so it is meaningful for how long?   years  
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healthcare communication involves who?   nurses, pts, resp therapists, doctors, pt's signifcant others  
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Communication skills play a key role in the RT's ability to do what?   identify pt's problem, evaluate pt's progress, make recommendations for resp care  
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what are the basic strategies to resolve conflict   competing, compromising, avioding, accommodating, collaborating  
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example of a nonverbal message   gesture  
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example of formal channel used for communication   memo  
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factors that affect communication   emotional factors, internal factors, use of medical jargon, environmental factors, sensory factors  
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True/False: Documentation is required for each medication, treatment, or procedure.   True  
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True/False: Leaving blank lines in charting is acceptable.   False  
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True/False: Abbreviations are acceptable as long as you know what it means.   False  
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True/False: When a mistake is made during charting, erasing or drawing a line through it are both acceptable.   False  
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Lifting heavy objects is best done with what technique?   straight spine, bent legs  
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primary factor determining effect of an electrical shock   current  
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High amperage (6A or more) applied externally to skin can cause what?   skin burns, sustained myocardial contraction, respiratory paralysis  
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How can risk of fire b/c of static electrical discharge in presence of oxygen be minimized?   maintaining high relative humidity in are of use  
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What ethical principle can be used to justify the pain that might occur in drawing blood from a pt for diagnostic test?   double effect  
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a health professional who withholds the truth from a pt, saying it is for her own good, is engaged in what practice?   benevolent deception  
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debate over prolongation of life versus relief of suffering in elderly pts mainly involves differing opinions regarding what ethical principle?   beneficence  
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moral basis for rationing health care services falls under what ethical principle?   distributive justice  
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a clinician who justifies support for withdrawing life support from a pt b/c "in the end, it would be best for all involved" is applying what ethical viewpoint?   consequentialism  
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what branch of law is concerned w/ recognition and enforcement of rights and duties of private individuals and organizations?   civil  
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a nurse who practices below a reasonable standard of care is committing what type of malpractice?   ethical  
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the word credentialing is general refers to what?   recognition of an individual in the profession  
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what agency is responsible for assuring quality in respiratory care through voluntary certification and registration?   NBRC  
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what organization is responsible for credentialing respiratory therapists?   NBRC  
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what term is used to describe the process in which a govt agency gives an individual permission to practice an occupation?   licensure  
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Who is responsible for reviewing resp care schools to ensure quality?   CoARC  
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treatment based on careful review of available literature is know as   evidence-based medicine  
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RT's do NOT:   diagnose, interpret tests, prescribe  
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4 methods for examining the chest   inspection, palpation, percussion, auscultation  
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most common tort used against practitioners   negligence/malpractice  
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diminished breath sounds indicate   consolidation, atelectasis, pleural effusion  
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Absent breath sounds indicate   pneumothorax  
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tracheal deviation toward affected side   atelectasis, fibrosis  
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tracheal deviation away from affected side   pleural effusion or pneumothorax  
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hypopnea   shallow breathing  
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what does RACE stand for?   R-rescue pts in immediate area of fire A-alert personnel C-contain fire E-evacuate other pts and personnel  
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when to do 3 min handwash   upon arrival, before eating, after restroom use, before leaving  
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when to do 15 sec handwash   before & after pt contact, between procedures for same pt if cross contamination occurred  
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contact precautions   infection thru body fluids, blood, fecal matter, 3 ft minimum, gown and gloves required  
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droplet precautions   infection thru propelled droplets, coughing, sneezing, suctioning, bronchoscopy, mask if within 3 ft, door can be open, private room or w/ pt w/ same infection  
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dull percussion note indicates   atelectasis  
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airborne infection isolation   infectious agent (TB), use N-95 respirator, private room, negative pressure room, door closed  
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protective environment   reverse isolation, pts, w/ compromised immune system, chemotherapy, leukemia, AIDS, PPE worn to protect pt, positve pressure room, no plants or dried/fresh flowers  
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hyperressonant percussion indications   pneumothorax/air trapping  
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flat percussion note indicates   pleural effusion  
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barrel chest is commonly associated with   chronic lung disease due to air trapping and loss in lung compliance  
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scoliosis   lateral curvature of spine  
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kyphosis   anterior-to-posterior curvature of thoracic region of spine that gives humpback apperance  
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lordosis   inward curvature of lumbar spine  
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stridor   high pitched crowing sound, indicates upper airway obstruction, caused by croup, epiglottitis, postextubation  
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clubbing is a sign of   chronic hypoxemia  
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change in color of sputum indicates   infection  
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signs of increased WOB   tripod position, nasal flarring, pursed lip breathing, paradoxical breathing, barrel chest, accessory muscle use, retractions, tachypnea  
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cyanosis according to reduced HB content   greater than 5 grams %  
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tracheobronchial breath sounds are normal when found in ___________ but indicate lung consolidation when found in lung periphery.   trachea  
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adventitious breath sound characterized as loud gurggling sound probably produced by secretions in large airways that often clears w/ effective cough   rhonchi  
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adventitious breath sound characterized as a popping noise possibly created from opening of alveoli or small airways   crackles/rales  
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