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Respiratory System Career Specialties Answers

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What does a pulmonologist do?

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takes orders from medical doctors
B
diagnoses respiratory conditions
C
performs basic tests
D
follows the direction of respiratory nurses
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Respiratory nurses do which of the following tasks? Check all that apply.

A
carry out doctors’ orders
B
care for patients
C
perform surgery
D
work in hospitals
E
educate patients
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Respiratory therapists evaluate patients to

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decide whether they require surgery.
B
determine how to advise the pulmonologist.
C
understand the severity of their respiratory condition.
D
decide whether they want to become pulmonologists.
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What is the minimum level of education required to become a respiratory technician?

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two-year degree
B
one-year degree
C
four-year degree
D
medical school
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How do LPNs and RNs become respiratory care LPNs and RNs?

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They go to medical school.
B
They acquire specialized training.
C
They receive a four-year degree.
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What do many employers require of respiratory technicians? Check all that apply.

A
basic life support certification
B
a specialized respiratory certification
C
a four-year medical degree
D
certification from the National Board for Respiratory Care
E
specialized training in pediatrics or geriatrics
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Which of the following is required of a pulmonologist? Check all that apply.

A
continuing education courses
B
attending workshops and conferences
C
medical school degree
D
one-year associate’s degree
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The National Board for Respiratory Care administers exams that

A
certify nurses to be respiratory care nurses.
B
license nurses to be respiratory care nurses.
C
grant licenses to nursing students, making them RNs.
D
allow nurses to skip continuing education classes.
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Registered respiratory therapists are preferred over CRTs in hospitals because the

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have more proven skill and knowledge.
B
attended medical school.
C
are licensed.
D
take continuing education classes.
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Pediatric pulmonary medicine has to do with

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adult respiratory conditions.
B
children’s respiratory conditions.
C
emergency respiratory conditions.
D
older adult respiratory conditions.
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Respiratory technicians are trained to

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prescribe medicine.
B
perform surgery.
C
perform tests.
D
give direction to pulmonologists.
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What is the minimum level of education required to become a respiratory therapist?

A
two-year degree
B
one-year degree
C
four-year degree
D
medical school
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All of the respiratory specialties require

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hands-on training.
B
medical school.
C
a residency.
D
a fellowship.
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What are the requirements for a certified respiratory therapist? Check all that apply.

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license
B
two-year degree
C
certification
D
one-year degree
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If a respiratory therapist has an RRT certification, what does that mean?

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The respiratory therapist can provide specialty services to older adult patients.
B
The respiratory therapist can provide specialty services to children.
C
The respiratory therapist did not need a CRT certification.
D
The respiratory therapist must first have had a CRT certification.

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