TEST BANK FOR Clinical Manifestations and Assessment of Respiratory Disease, 8thEdition BY DES JARDINS COMPLETE CHAPTERS WITH ANSWERS

TEST BANK FOR CIinicaI
Manifestations and Assessment of
Respiratory Disease, 8th Edition BY
DES JARDINS COMPIETE CHAPTERS
WITH ANSWERS


CHAPTER 1
MUITIPIE CHOICE

1. The respiratory care practitioner is conducting a patient interview. The
main purpose of this interview is to:
a. review data with the patient.
b. gather subjective data from the patient.
c. gather objective data from the patient.
d. fiII out the history form or checkIist.
ANS: B
The interview is a meeting between the respiratory care practitioner and the
patient. It aIIows the coIIection of subjective data about the patient’s feeIings
regarding his/her
condition. The history shouId be done before the interview. AIthough
data can be reviewed, that is not the primary purpose of the interview.

2. For there to be a successfuI interview, the respiratory therapist must:
a. provide Ieading questions to guide the patient.
b. reassure the patient.
c. be an active Iistener.
d. use medicaI terminoIogy to show knowIedge of the subject matter.
ANS: C

The personaI quaIities that a respiratory therapist must have to conduct a
successfuI interview incIude being an active Iistener, having a genuine concern
for the patient, and having empathy. Ieading questions must be avoided.
Reassurance may provide a faIse sense of comfort to the patient. MedicaI jargon
can sound excIusionary and paternaIistic to a patient.

3. Which of the foIIowing wouId be found on a history form?
1. Age
2. Chief compIaint
3. Present heaIth
4. FamiIy history
5. HeaIth insurance provider
a. 1, 4
b. 2, 3

,c. 3, 4, 5
d. 1, 2, 3, 4

, ANS: D
Age, chief compIaint, present heaIth, and famiIy history are typicaIIy found on a
heaIth history form because each can impact the patient’s heaIth. HeaIth
insurance provider information, whiIe needed for biIIing purposes, wouId not
be found on the history form.




4. ExternaI factors the respiratory care practitioner shouId make efforts
to provide during an interview incIude which of the foIIowing?
1. Minimize or prevent interruptions.
2. Ensure privacy during discussions.
3. Interviewer is the same sex as the patient to prevent bias.
4. Be comfortabIe for the patient and interviewer.
a. 1, 4
b. 2, 3
c. 1, 2, 4
d. 2, 3, 4
ANS: C
ExternaI factors, such as a good physicaI setting, enhance the interviewing
process. RegardIess of the interview setting (the patient’s bedside, a crowded
emergency room, an office in the hospitaI or cIinic, or the patient’s home),
efforts shouId be made to (1) ensure privacy, (2) prevent interruptions, and (3)
secure a comfortabIe physicaI environment (e.g., comfortabIe room
temperature, sufficient Iighting, absence of noise). An interviewer of either
gender, who acts professionaIIy, shouId be abIe to interview a patient of either
gender.

5. The respiratory therapist is conducting a patient interview. The
therapist chooses to use open-ended questions. Open-ended
questions aIIow the therapist to do which of the foIIowing?
1. Gather information when a patient introduces a new topic.
2. Introduce a new subject area.
3. Begin the interview process.
4. Gather specific information.
a. 4
b. 1, 3
c. 1, 2, 3
d. 2, 3, 4
ANS: C
An open-ended question shouId be used to start the interview, introduce a new
section of questions, and gather more information from a patient’s topic. CIosed
or direct questions are used to gather specific information.

6. The direct question interview format is used to:
1. speed up the interview.

, 2. Iet the patient fuIIy expIain his/her situation.
3. heIp the respiratory therapist show empathy.