,Des Jardins: Clinical Manifestations and Assessment of Respiratory
Disease, 9th Edition
Chapter 01: The PATIENT Interview
MULTIPLE
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. fill out the history form or checklist.
CORRECT ANS:B
The interview is a meeting between the respiratory care practitioner
and the PATIENT. It allows the collection of subjective data about
the PATIENT’s feelings regarding his/her condition. The history
should be done before the interview. Although data can be
reviewed, that isnot the primary purpose of the interview.
2. For there to be a successful interview, the respiratory therapist must:
a. provide leading questions to guide the PATIENT.
b. reassure the PATIENT.
c. be an active listener.
d. use medical terminology to show knowledge of the subject matter.
CORRECT ANS:C
The personal qualities that a respUir atoSry tNher aTp i s t m u Os t have to conduct
a successful interview include being an active listener, having a genuine
concern for the PATIENT, and having empathy. Leading questions must
be avoided. Reassurance may provide a false sense of comfort to the
PATIENT.
Medical jargon can sound exclusionary and paternalistic to a PATIENT.
3. Which of the following would be found on a history form?
1. Age
2. Chief complaint
3. PresentHEAlth
4. Family history
5. Health insurance providera. 1,
4
b. 2, 3
c. 3, 4, 5
d. 1, 2, 3, 4
, CORRECT ANS:D
Age, chief complaint, presentHEAlth, and family history are typically
found on aHEAlth history form because each can impact the
PATIENT’sHEAlth.HEAlth insurance provider information, while
needed forbilling purposes, would not be found on the history form.
, 4. External factors the respiratory care practitioner should make
efforts to provide during an interview include which of the
following?
1. Minimize or prevent interruptions.
2. Ensure privacy during discussions.
3. Interviewer is the same sex as the PATIENT to prevent bias.
4. Be comfortable for the PATIENT and interviewer.
a. 1, 4
b. 2, 3
c. 1, 2, 4
d. 2, 3, 4
CORRECT ANS:C
External factors, such as a good physical setting, enhance the interviewing
process. Regardless of the interview setting (the PATIENT’s bedside, a
crowded emergency room, an office in the hospital or clinic, or the
PATIENT’s home), efforts should be made to (1) ensure privacy, (2)
prevent interruptions, and (3) secure a comfortable physical environment
(e.g., comfortable room temperature, sufficient lighting, absence of noise).
An interviewer of either gender, who acts professionally, should be able 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 allow the therapist to do which of the following?
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
CORR
ECT
ANS:C
An open-ended question should be used to start the interview, introduce a
new section of questions, and gather more information from a PATIENT’s
topic. Closed or direct questions are used to gather specific information.
6. The direct question interview format is used to:
1. speed up the interview.
Disease, 9th Edition
Chapter 01: The PATIENT Interview
MULTIPLE
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. fill out the history form or checklist.
CORRECT ANS:B
The interview is a meeting between the respiratory care practitioner
and the PATIENT. It allows the collection of subjective data about
the PATIENT’s feelings regarding his/her condition. The history
should be done before the interview. Although data can be
reviewed, that isnot the primary purpose of the interview.
2. For there to be a successful interview, the respiratory therapist must:
a. provide leading questions to guide the PATIENT.
b. reassure the PATIENT.
c. be an active listener.
d. use medical terminology to show knowledge of the subject matter.
CORRECT ANS:C
The personal qualities that a respUir atoSry tNher aTp i s t m u Os t have to conduct
a successful interview include being an active listener, having a genuine
concern for the PATIENT, and having empathy. Leading questions must
be avoided. Reassurance may provide a false sense of comfort to the
PATIENT.
Medical jargon can sound exclusionary and paternalistic to a PATIENT.
3. Which of the following would be found on a history form?
1. Age
2. Chief complaint
3. PresentHEAlth
4. Family history
5. Health insurance providera. 1,
4
b. 2, 3
c. 3, 4, 5
d. 1, 2, 3, 4
, CORRECT ANS:D
Age, chief complaint, presentHEAlth, and family history are typically
found on aHEAlth history form because each can impact the
PATIENT’sHEAlth.HEAlth insurance provider information, while
needed forbilling purposes, would not be found on the history form.
, 4. External factors the respiratory care practitioner should make
efforts to provide during an interview include which of the
following?
1. Minimize or prevent interruptions.
2. Ensure privacy during discussions.
3. Interviewer is the same sex as the PATIENT to prevent bias.
4. Be comfortable for the PATIENT and interviewer.
a. 1, 4
b. 2, 3
c. 1, 2, 4
d. 2, 3, 4
CORRECT ANS:C
External factors, such as a good physical setting, enhance the interviewing
process. Regardless of the interview setting (the PATIENT’s bedside, a
crowded emergency room, an office in the hospital or clinic, or the
PATIENT’s home), efforts should be made to (1) ensure privacy, (2)
prevent interruptions, and (3) secure a comfortable physical environment
(e.g., comfortable room temperature, sufficient lighting, absence of noise).
An interviewer of either gender, who acts professionally, should be able 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 allow the therapist to do which of the following?
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
CORR
ECT
ANS:C
An open-ended question should be used to start the interview, introduce a
new section of questions, and gather more information from a PATIENT’s
topic. Closed or direct questions are used to gather specific information.
6. The direct question interview format is used to:
1. speed up the interview.
