Exam 1: Preparing for the Patient Encounter

Good communication is especially critical when "handing off" a patient to another caregiver at the end of the shift.To ensure that adequate information is transmitted, the SBAR format is useful.This acronym stands for situation, background, assessment, and ____________.

You are riding in an elevator at the hospital where you are employed as an RT.The elevator is full, but standing next to you is Joe, the RT who is scheduled to relieve you.He turns to you and asks, "How is Mr.Copper doing?" Earlier in the day, Mr.Copper had a cardiac arrest, and he is now being mechanically ventilated.How should you respond to Joe?

Prior to discharge, patients should receive a written action plan that establishes treatment goals and self-care activities.The acronym SMART is helpful in establishing the action plan.The "M" in SMART stands for:

A respiratory care student returns from a clinical experience , excited that she has had the opportunity to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) for the first time.She immediately goes to her Facebook page and describes her day.Which of the following entries would be a violation of HIPAA standards?

What type of behavior is least appropriate in the patient's intimate space?

An RT enters a room for a patient's second treatment of the day and notes that the patient is dyspneic and tachycardic and has rales that can be heard throughout all lung fields but are especially prominent in the bases.A treatment is given with little positive change.The therapist should:

The therapist enters the room of a 6-year-old victim of an automobile accident who is unconscious and receiving ventilation therapy.The therapist assesses the patient, gives a treatment, and suctions the patient.The patient's mother then asks in a worried voice, "Is he going to be all right?" The appropriate response for the therapist would be:

What is the appropriate distance for the personal space?

In which stage of patient-clinician interaction is the patient identification bracelet checked?

Two respiratory care students are taking their lunch break and want to compare notes about patients they have seen during the morning.Which of the following locations would be considered a violation of HIPAA standards?

Which of the following techniques is not associated with the demonstration of active listening?

Which of the following would be the most appropriate way for respiratory care student Amy Long to initially approach a 58-year-old female patient, Mrs.Nora Jones?

A 20-year-old respiratory care student enters the room of a 65-year-old female patient, saying, "Hi, Linda! I am Joe from Respiratory Care." He immediately approaches her, looks her in the eye, and places his stethoscope on her chest.

The umbrella term patient-centered care includes all of the following elements except:

One effective teaching tool is the teach-back method.This is:

While interviewing a patient in a room with another patient and that patient's family present, the appropriate course of action for an RT would be to:

What should be done just before the patient's ID bracelet is checked?

What is the goal of the introductory phase?

Failure of care providers to collaborate with one another potentially results in:

Which of the following activities is best performed in the personal space?