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Safe and Effective Staffing for Respiratory Therapists

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1.  "Patient days or discharges" are _________ indicators of workload intensity for respiratory care services. Great Poor Considerable Significant

2.  Which of the following accounts for RT time and value? Transports SBTs Codes All of the above

3.  Which of the following is CORRECT regarding time standards? Can be specific and detailed to the minute Cannot account for changing procedures Does not offer flexibility Eliminates unbilled services

4.  All of the following addresses value inefficiency, EXCEPT: The interventions provided are necessary and of clinical value Pursuing the wrong goals and using resources badly to achieve those goals Wasted resources and deadweight losses An optimal level of goods or services is not produced

5.  Life Support (CPR, oxygen therapy, transport) are goals highlighting the activity value of which category? Liberation Comfort Safety Nonproductive