RT 101 - Exam One fully solved &
updated version (graded A+)
What is respiratory care? - answer The healthcare discipline that
specializes in the promotion of optimal cardiopulmonary function
and health.
What does the acronym RCP stand for? - answer Respiratory Care
Practitioner
What does the RCP title mean? - answer RCP is your licensure to
practice from the state of California.
What does the acronym RRT mean? - answer Registered Respiratory
Therapist
What does the RRT title mean? - answer RRT is your credential from
the NBRC.
What is the difference between licensure and credentialing? -
answer Licensure is involuntary. Credentialing is voluntary.
What does NBRC stand for? - answer National Board of Respiratory
Care
What is the NBRC (not what it stands for!) - answer The NBRC is an
independent national credentialing agency for individuals who work
in respiratory care and related services.
What does the NBRC do? - answer The NBRC administers the
credentialing examination that RT's must pass after graduation.
, What is the ITA? When and where was it founded? - answer
Inhalation Therapy Association. Founded in 1947 in Chicago.
Why is the ITA important? - answer It was the first professional
association for the respiratory care field.
What did the ITA become and when? - answer ITA became the
American Association for Respiratory Therapy (AART) in 1973.
What did AART become and when? - answer AART became the
American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC) in 1982.
What is the AARC? - answer American Association for Respiratory
Care
What does the AARC do? - answer The AARC advocates for our
profession to legislative and regulatory bodies, the insurance
industry and the general public. They also sponsor CEU activities.
What does CoARC stand for? - answer Committee on Accreditation
for Respiratory Care
What does CoARC do? - answer They accredit respiratory care
programs in the United States.
When were the first guidelines for respiratory care educational
programs published? - answer 1956
Who was the first great biologist? - answer Aristotle
updated version (graded A+)
What is respiratory care? - answer The healthcare discipline that
specializes in the promotion of optimal cardiopulmonary function
and health.
What does the acronym RCP stand for? - answer Respiratory Care
Practitioner
What does the RCP title mean? - answer RCP is your licensure to
practice from the state of California.
What does the acronym RRT mean? - answer Registered Respiratory
Therapist
What does the RRT title mean? - answer RRT is your credential from
the NBRC.
What is the difference between licensure and credentialing? -
answer Licensure is involuntary. Credentialing is voluntary.
What does NBRC stand for? - answer National Board of Respiratory
Care
What is the NBRC (not what it stands for!) - answer The NBRC is an
independent national credentialing agency for individuals who work
in respiratory care and related services.
What does the NBRC do? - answer The NBRC administers the
credentialing examination that RT's must pass after graduation.
, What is the ITA? When and where was it founded? - answer
Inhalation Therapy Association. Founded in 1947 in Chicago.
Why is the ITA important? - answer It was the first professional
association for the respiratory care field.
What did the ITA become and when? - answer ITA became the
American Association for Respiratory Therapy (AART) in 1973.
What did AART become and when? - answer AART became the
American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC) in 1982.
What is the AARC? - answer American Association for Respiratory
Care
What does the AARC do? - answer The AARC advocates for our
profession to legislative and regulatory bodies, the insurance
industry and the general public. They also sponsor CEU activities.
What does CoARC stand for? - answer Committee on Accreditation
for Respiratory Care
What does CoARC do? - answer They accredit respiratory care
programs in the United States.
When were the first guidelines for respiratory care educational
programs published? - answer 1956
Who was the first great biologist? - answer Aristotle
