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The Spaced Retrieval Technique: A How To for Respiratory Therapists

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1.  _______ Spaced Retrieval is when a Respiratory Therapist modifies the environment or trains caregivers in an intervention.
  1. Direct
  2. Passive
  3. Indirect
  4. None of the above
2.  Research shows that both COPD and Dementia often:
  1. No evidence supports any correlation between the disease processes
  2. Do not exist
  3. Is unrelated
  4. Coexist
3.  It is important to assess cognitive functioning in patients with COPD, in order to:
  1. Optimize patient oriented treatment
  2. Reduce personal discomfort
  3. Reduce hospital admissions and mortality
  4. All of the above
4.  _______ is one of the top reasons for hospital readmissions, leading to rising healthcare costs.
  1. Compliance
  2. Non-compliance
  3. Billing fraud
  4. Hospital shortage of beds
5.  An example of a functional goal area for spaced retrieval might be:
  1. Teaching a client to recall the liter flow of home oxygen use
  2. Teaching a client to recall how to use a nebulizer
  3. Teaching a client to recall how to manage medications
  4. All of the above

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