The Comprehensive Respiratory Therapist Exam Review

7th Edition - March 15, 2020
Imprint: Mosby
Author: James R. Sills
Language: English
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Gain realistic National Board of Respiratory Care (NBRC) Exam experience to help eliminate exam day surprises! The Comprehensive Respiratory Therapist's Exam Review, 7th Edition covers every topic listed on the 2020 NBRC Detailed Content Outline — and presents every item listed as testable on the Therapist Multiple Choice (TMC) Exam and Clinical Simulation Exam (CSE). It provides study hints, in-depth content review, and self-assessment questions with rationales to help you retain more information. Two practice exams on an accompanying Evolve website prepare you for the TMC Exam. In addition, twenty-two updated practice clinical simulation scenarios on Evolve offer invaluable CSE prep.

Updated content reflects 2020 NBRC Detailed Content Outline

Exam Hints point out commonly tested items to help you determine what to study, how to plan your time, and improve test-taking skills.
Special NBRC coding of topics corresponds to every topic covered on the NBRC Detailed Content Outline (DCO) so that you know exactly what to expect on the exams and can easily review each of the areas covered on the DCO.
Self-study questions at the end of each chapter include an answer key with rationales to help you analyze areas of strengths and weaknesses in content learned. Additional analysis-type questions account for changes in the testing matrix.
Rationales for each question provide feedback for correct and incorrect answers to help you understand why an answer is correct or incorrect and retain information better.
Difficulty level codes (recall, application, analysis) for each question included with each NBRC topic to help you prepare for questions in a way that is most appropriate for that type of question (e.g., memorization for recall or synthesis for analysis).
Twenty-two clinical simulations align in content and structure with the new 2020 NBRC Clinical Simulation Exam in both study mode and exam mode. In the untimed study mode you can select each scenario individually and choose to receive detailed feedback on the items that were selected, or on all possible items, upon completion. In the exam mode you take all 22 scenarios with a 4-hour time limit and receive feedback after completion. The clinical simulations can be found on the secured Evolve website and accessed by a pin code (access code in book). The software mimics that used on the actual NBRC CSE.
Two 160-question versions of the Therapist Multiple Choice (TMC) Exam align in content and structure with the new 2020 NBRC TMC Exam. The untimed study (pretest) version provides immediate feedback on each question with a rationale about the correct and incorrect answers. The timed exam (posttest) version has a 3-hour limit. Feedback, including the correct answer and a rationale for the correct and the incorrect answers, is provided on each question upon completion. Final scores are given in the pretest and posttest versions, and the software for both versions mimics that used on the actual NBRC TMC Exam. The question sequence mixes with each repeated attempt, giving you a unique exam experience each time. This content can be found on the secured Evolve website and accessed by a pin code (access code in book).

Cover image
Title page
Table of Contents
Copyright
Dedication
Reviewers
Foreword
Preface
Acknowledgments
Introduction to the NBRC examinations and examination success
1. Patient Assessment
Module A
Module B
Module C
Module D
Module E
Module F
Module G
Module H
Module I
2. Infection Control
Module A
Module B
Module C
3. Blood Gas Sampling, Analysis, Monitoring, and Interpretation
Module A
Module B
Module C
Module D
Module E
Module F
Module G
Module H
Module I
Module J
4. Pulmonary Function Testing
Module A
Module B
Adjustment Considerations
“80% Rule” and Other Adjustments
General Pathologic Findings
Module C
Module D
Module E
5. Advanced Cardiopulmonary Monitoring
Module A
3. Arterial–residual volume carbon dioxide gradient
4. Capnometry equipment
Module B
Module C
5. Pulmonary capillary wedge pressure monitoring
6. Cardiac output
7. Stroke volume
8. Cardiac index
Module D
6. Oxygen and Medical Gas Therapy
Module A
Module B
Module C
Module D
Module E
Module F
Module G
7. Hyperinflation Therapy
Module A
Module B
Module C
Module D
Module E
8. Humidity and Aerosol Therapy
Module A
Module B
Module C
Module D
Module E
Module F
9. Pharmacology
Module A
Module B
Module C
Module D
10. Airway Clearance Therapy
Module A
Module B
Module C
Module D
Module E
Module F
Module G
11. Cardiac Monitoring and Cardiopulmonary Emergencies
Module A
Module B
Module C
Module D
Module E
Module F
12. Airway Management
Module A
Module B
Module C
Module D
Module E
Module F
Module G
Module H
Module I
Module J
Module K
Module L
Module M
Module N
13. Suctioning the Airway
Module A
Module B
Module C
Module D
14. Intermittent Positive-Pressure Breathing
Module A
Module B
Module C
Module D
15. Mechanical Ventilation of the Adult
Module A
Module B
Example
Example
Example
Example
Example
Example
Module C
Module D
Module E
Example
Example
Example
Example
Module F
Module G
Module H
16. Mechanical Ventilation of the Neonate
Module A
Module B
Module C
2. Select a mechanical ventilator
3. Noninvasive ventilation
4. Continuous mechanical ventilation
Module D
2. Patients with decreased lung compliance and normal airway resistance such as in infant RDS
3. Patients with increased airway resistance and normal lung compliance
4. Patients with persistent pulmonary hypertension of the newborn
5. Patients with bronchopulmonary dysplasia
Module E
Module F
Module G
Module H
17. Home Care and Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Module A
Module B
Module C
Module D
Module E
18. Special Procedures
Module A
Module B
Module C
Module D
Module E
Answer Key and Rationales for the Self-Study Questions
Index
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