SCIENCE MEDICINE NURSING UPDATED ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
Sleep Technologist
Answer:
1. Ensure patient safety and confidentiality
2. Collect and evaluate information during the sleep study
3. Educate patients on sleep disorders and healthy sleep
4. Act as the representative of the medical director
Question:
Becoming a Sleep Technologist
Answer:
1. Obtain a high school diploma or equivalent
2. Choose an educational pathway:
- A certificate or associate's degree by a CAAHEP or CoARC approved program.
- ASTEP introductory and modules
- Obtain another allied health certificate or health professional degree with onthe-job sleep center
experience.
Question:
Challenges in Sleep Technology
Answer:
• Occasional difficult patients
• Anxious patients
• Long hours that include close contact with coworkers
• Shift work
• Complicated protocols and equipment
• Protocol-based independent work with limited oversight
Question:
Rewards in Sleep Technology
Answer:
• Gratifying
- Use skills to make a stressful procedure more manageable
• Help people stay healthy
- Provide a much-needed service
• Positive impact
- Have a positive impact on the lives of patients
• Make a difference
- The look on a patient's face after a successful PAP titration
Question:
The CAAHEP Program
, Answer:
• Offers certificates and/or associate's degrees
• Typically lasts one year
• Include a contribution of lectures and hands-on laboratories
• Must be associated with an AASM-accredited sleep disorders center.
Question:
A-STEP Program
Answer:
• Reinforce on the job training
• Provide background information on sleep and sleep disorders
• Expand your knowledge base and improve your performance.
• Series of modules about record scoring
• Brief test after each module
Question:
Certifications
Answer:
1. The American Board of Sleep Medicine (ABSM):
- Offers exams in sleep technology that test knowledge and skills taught in: ASTEP and CoA PSG STAR.
2. The Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists (BRPT):
- Offers CPSGT and RPSGT certification exams.
3. The Natural Board of Respiratory Care (NBRC):
- Offers an examination for respiratory therapists who have additional training in sleep technology.
Question:
Standard Job Description
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Question:
Sleep Technologist
Answer:
1. Ensure patient safety and confidentiality
2. Collect and evaluate information during the sleep study
3. Educate patients on sleep disorders and healthy sleep
4. Act as the representative of the medical director
Question:
Becoming a Sleep Technologist
Answer:
1. Obtain a high school diploma or equivalent
2. Choose an educational pathway:
- A certificate or associate's degree by a CAAHEP or CoARC approved program.
- ASTEP introductory and modules
- Obtain another allied health certificate or health professional degree with onthe-job sleep center
experience.
Question:
Challenges in Sleep Technology
Answer:
• Occasional difficult patients
• Anxious patients
• Long hours that include close contact with coworkers
• Shift work
• Complicated protocols and equipment
• Protocol-based independent work with limited oversight
Question:
Rewards in Sleep Technology
Answer:
• Gratifying
- Use skills to make a stressful procedure more manageable
• Help people stay healthy
- Provide a much-needed service
• Positive impact
- Have a positive impact on the lives of patients
• Make a difference
- The look on a patient's face after a successful PAP titration
Question:
The CAAHEP Program
, Answer:
• Offers certificates and/or associate's degrees
• Typically lasts one year
• Include a contribution of lectures and hands-on laboratories
• Must be associated with an AASM-accredited sleep disorders center.
Question:
A-STEP Program
Answer:
• Reinforce on the job training
• Provide background information on sleep and sleep disorders
• Expand your knowledge base and improve your performance.
• Series of modules about record scoring
• Brief test after each module
Question:
Certifications
Answer:
1. The American Board of Sleep Medicine (ABSM):
- Offers exams in sleep technology that test knowledge and skills taught in: ASTEP and CoA PSG STAR.
2. The Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists (BRPT):
- Offers CPSGT and RPSGT certification exams.
3. The Natural Board of Respiratory Care (NBRC):
- Offers an examination for respiratory therapists who have additional training in sleep technology.
Question:
Standard Job Description
