Reliability of and correlation between the respiratory therapist written registry and clinical simulation self-assessment examinations.

Study Objectives: The purpose of this study was to determine the reliability of two respiratory therapy self-assessment examinations: the written registry examination (WR), and the clinical simulation examination (CSE). We then used reliability coefficients to test the true correlation between the WR and CSE by employing the Spearman-Brown formula to attenuate for unreliability.

Design: This was a nonexperimental correlational study.

Respiratory therapists' attitudes toward recredentialing.

Recredentialing, sometimes referred to as recertification, is the process whereby people maintain their professional credentials by retesting or continuing education. The National Board for Respiratory Care has proposed mandatory recredentialing policies for respiratory therapists who receive a professional credential after July 1, 2002. The purpose of this study was to determine respiratory therapists' attitudes toward recredentialing.