Unit 3 Quiz

1. UNIT#4Responsibility for the technical direction of a respiratory care department lies with whom?( )A) Medical director
(X)B) Department manager
( )C) Hospital administrator
( )D) Shift supervisor
( )E) Hospital biomedical engineering department
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2. What term is used to describe the process in which a government agency gives an individual permission to practice an occupation?( )A) Certification
(X)B) Licensure
( )C) Registry
( )D) Credentialing
( )E) None of the above
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3. What system has the federal government developed to evaluate the quality of care given to Medicare
beneficiaries?( )A) Hospital restructuring and design
( )B) Patient-focused care
(X)C) Peer review organizations (PROs)
( )D) Protocols
( )E) Case study reviews
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4. What term is used to describe the work done by a researcher who reviews numerous studies on a single topic and gives more weight to the more rigorous ones before making recommendations?( )A) State-of-the-art paper
(X)B) Meta-analysis
( )C) Alpha review
( )D) Apical review
( )E) None of the above
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5. For the CRT credential, what does the letter “T” stand for?(X)A) Therapist
( )B) Technician
( )C) Trainee
( )D) Teacher
( )E) None of the above
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6. What term is used in current health care that refers to an organized strategy of delivering care to a large group of individuals?( )A) Patient-focused care
( )B) Protocol-based medicine
(X)C) Disease management
( )D) Evidence-based medicine
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7. What is the chief reason that respiratory care protocols were developed and are currently being used in hospitals throughout North America?(X)A) Enhance proper allocation of respiratory care services.
( )B) Decrease patient care costs to hospitals and insurance companies.
( )C) Expand patient care skills among respiratory care providers.
( )D) Enhance efficiency of respiratory care personnel in providing patient care.
( )E) Justify reasons for increasing patient care costs.
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8. The word “credentialing” in general refers to what?(X)A) Recognition of an individual in the profession.
( )B) Licensure by a state or national organization.
( )C) Successful completion of entry-level board examination.
( )D) Voluntary certification by state agency.
( )E) Not used in the field of respiratory care.
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9. Who is professionally responsible for the clinical function of the respiratory care department?( )A) Shift supervisor
( )B) Department head
(X)C) Medical director
( )D) Clinical supervisor
( )E) Senior pulmonologist
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10. What voluntary accrediting agency monitors quality in respiratory care departments?( )A) JRCRTE
(X)B) AARC
( )C) FDA
( )D) JCAHO
( )E) AMA
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11. HIPAA was established in 1996 to set standards related to sharing confidential health history information about patients. What does the letter “P” stand for?( )A) Privacy
(X)B) Portability
( )C) Patient
( )D) Protection
( )E) People
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12. Which of the following is a key element of a respiratory care protocol program?( )A) Strong and committed medical direction
( )B) Collaborative environment among health care providers
( )C) Responsiveness to address and correct problems
( )D) Capable therapists
(X)E) All of the above
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13. Current JCAHO standards for accreditation emphasize which of the following?(X)A) Continual quality improvement.
( )B) Therapist-driven protocols.
( )C) License and registration of health care providers.
( )D) Health, welfare, and safety of patients using respiratory care equipment.
( )E) Development of continuing education programs for health care providers.
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14. Quality in the practice of respiratory care encompasses which of the following?( )A) Personnel performing care
( )B) Equipment used
( )C) Method or manner in which care is provided
( )D) Level of experience of respiratory care providers
(X)E) All of the above
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15. What agency is responsible for ensuring quality in respiratory care through voluntary certification and registration?( )A) JRCRTE
( )B) CoARC
(X)C) NBRC
( )D) AARC
( )E) CAAHE
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16. The responsibilities of a respiratory care department manager include all of the following except.( )A) Check that medical devices function at an appropriate and safe level.
( )B) Develop respiratory care protocols and procedures.
(X)C) Regulate medications delivered by respiratory care staff.
( )D) Maintain knowledge of changes in medications and delivery devices.
( )E) Evaluate new devices and methods for effectiveness commensurate with cost.
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Which of the following is an essential element of a comprehensive protocol program?( )A) Carefully structured assessment tool and care plan form.
( )B) Active quality monitoring.
( )C) Comprehensive delineation of boundaries between respiratory care, nursing, and physician personnel.
(X)D) Both B and C
( )E) None of the above
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18. Hospital restructuring and redesign have involved all of the following except.( )A) Cross-training employees and using unlicensed assistive staff.
(X)B) Nursing unit having its own admitting and medical laboratory facilities.
( )C) Downsizing and decentralizing high-budget, labor-intensive departments.
( )D) Deploying respiratory care personnel to individual nursing units.
( )E) Training multiskilled assistive personnel to perform basic patient care.
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19. Respiratory care education programs are reviewed by which committee to ensure quality?(X)A) Committee for Accreditation of Respiratory Care
( )B) American Association for Respiratory Care
Education
( )C) Joint Review Committee Respiratory Care Education
( )D) Respiratory Care Education Committee
( )E) none of the above
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20. The effectiveness of the patient-focused care model has been limited by which one of the following?( )A) Requirement that each nursing unit has its own admitting, x-ray unit, medical laboratory, pharmacy, and physical therapy facilities.
( )B) Reduction of the number of health care providers for patients.
(X)C) Expense of relocating radiology, pharmacy, and laboratory services to nursing units.
( )D) Assignment of cross-trained personnel to specific units.
( )E) Expense of training multiskilled personnel to perform patient care.
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