Standards

Respiratory Therapy: An Open Workbook for the Entry-to-Practice Student is based on external standards and uses a conceptual approach.

External Standard

NBRC Therapist Content Outline 2020 Sponsoring Organization:

The National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC) Therapist Multiple-Choice (TMC) Examination objectively measures essential knowledge, skills, and abilities required of respiratory therapists at entry into practice.^[1] Passing the TMC Examination and the CSE Examination and wearing the Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) badge of distinction signals to employers, colleagues, and patients that you are committed to excellence in respiratory care. Additionally, all 49 states that regulate the practice of respiratory care use the CRT or RRT (Registered Respiratory Therapist) credential as the basis for state licensure.

Conceptual Approach

Respiratory Therapy: An Open Workbook for the Entry-to-Practice Student incorporates the following concepts:

• Evidence-Based Practice (EBP). Evidence-based practices are referenced by footnotes throughout the textbook. To promote the development of digital literacy, links are provided to credible, free online resources that supplement content. Respiratory Therapy: An Open Workbook for the Entry-to-Practice Student will be updated as new EBP are established.

• Clinical Judgment. Laboratory activities, critical thinking assessments, and skill competency are incorporated. Formative assessments encourage students to recognize cues, analyze cues, generate solutions, take action, and evaluate outcomes.

• Safe, Quality, Patient-Centered Care. Content reflects the priorities of safe, quality, patient-centered care.

• Open-Source Images and Fair Use. Images are included to promote visual learning. Students and faculty can reuse open-source images by following the terms of their associated Creative Commons licensing. Some images are included based on Fair Use as described in the “Code of Best Practices for Fair Use and Fair Dealing in Open Education” presented at the OpenEd 2020 conference. Refer to the citations.

• Open Pedagogy. Students are encouraged to contribute to the Respiratory Therapy: An Open Workbook for the Entry-to-Practice Student project in meaningful ways by reviewing content for clarity and assisting in the creation of open-source images.^[2]