Respiratory Therapists ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Respiratory Therapists - Correct answers✔✔Also known as respiratory care practitioners;
evaluate, treat, and care for patients with breathing or cardiopulmonary disorders.
Primary Responsibility - Correct answers✔✔Assume primary responsibility for all respiratory
care therapeutic treatments and diagnostic procedures, including the supervision of respiratory
therapy technicians.
Consultation - Correct answers✔✔Consult with physicians and healthcare staff to help develop
and modify patient care plans.
Complex Therapy - Correct answers✔✔Provide complex therapy requiring considerable
independent judgment, such as caring for patients on life support in intensive-care units of
hospitals.
Patient Range - Correct answers✔✔Evaluate and treat all types of patients, ranging from
premature infants to older adults.
Work Hours - Correct answers✔✔Generally work between 35 and 40 hours a week, including
evenings, nights, or weekends due to hospital operations around the clock.
Work Environment - Correct answers✔✔Spending long periods standing and walking between
patients' rooms, and working under stress in emergency situations.
Employment Statistics - Correct answers✔✔In 2019, about 135,800 jobs were held by
respiratory therapists, with about 82% in hospitals and the remaining in various healthcare
settings.
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Respiratory Therapists - Correct answers✔✔Also known as respiratory care practitioners;
evaluate, treat, and care for patients with breathing or cardiopulmonary disorders.
Primary Responsibility - Correct answers✔✔Assume primary responsibility for all respiratory
care therapeutic treatments and diagnostic procedures, including the supervision of respiratory
therapy technicians.
Consultation - Correct answers✔✔Consult with physicians and healthcare staff to help develop
and modify patient care plans.
Complex Therapy - Correct answers✔✔Provide complex therapy requiring considerable
independent judgment, such as caring for patients on life support in intensive-care units of
hospitals.
Patient Range - Correct answers✔✔Evaluate and treat all types of patients, ranging from
premature infants to older adults.
Work Hours - Correct answers✔✔Generally work between 35 and 40 hours a week, including
evenings, nights, or weekends due to hospital operations around the clock.
Work Environment - Correct answers✔✔Spending long periods standing and walking between
patients' rooms, and working under stress in emergency situations.
Employment Statistics - Correct answers✔✔In 2019, about 135,800 jobs were held by
respiratory therapists, with about 82% in hospitals and the remaining in various healthcare
settings.
