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  • RC 1100: Respiratory Care Clinical Edu Prac I

    3.00 Credits
    Carlow University

    Clinical rotations will allow the student to apply classroom theory in the real world. Students will be exposed to various aspects of patient and cardiopulmonary care. This course provides students with practical clinical experience in the general patient care setting at an approved off-campus clinical facility. The clinical training plans for this rotation will include caring for patients receiving drug aerosol treatments, lung expansion, pulmonary hygiene, and/or oxygen therapy, chart review, chart documentation, MDI administration, and patient monitoring
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  • RC 117: Enhanced Theories in Respiratory Care

    3.00 Credits
    Carlow University

    This course is designed to provide the student with a dynamic view of various advanced respiratory care applications and procedures. The student will investigate new concepts and research related to improvement of patient care. Areas of concentration will include advancements in smoking cessation programs and the role of respiratory therapists as a health coach, advancements in the diagnosis and treatment of COPD, the role of respiratory therapists in hyperbaric oxygenation applications, new advances in management of microbiological pathogens, interventional pulmonary procedures, and enhanced theories for caring for patients receiving mechanical ventilation
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  • RC 1200: Repiratory Care Clinical Education II

    3.00 Credits
    Carlow University

    This clinical course provides the students with clinical education exposure to various aspects of patient and cardiopulmonary specialty areas at approved off-campus clinical facilities. The clinical training plans for this rotation will include administration and review of respiratory care procedures in various alternative settings such as home care, pulmonary rehabilitation, long-term acute facilities, sleep lab, hyperbaric oxygenation, and pulmonary function laboratory. The Clinical Director, through site visitation, will supervise and evaluate clinical activities
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  • RC 127: Research & Evidence Based Practice in Respiratory Care

    3.00 Credits
    Carlow University

    This course is designed to provide the student with a dynamic view of evidence-based practice principles focused on various new respiratory care applications and procedures. The student will investigate new concepts and research related to the improvement of patient care. Areas of concentration will include e-cigarettes, new advances in the effects of smoking, hyperbaric oxygenation applications, invasive and non-invasive cardiopulmonary procedures, exploration of imagery scans, and atypical mechanical ventilation
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  • RC 200: Respiratory Care Equipment I

    3.00 Credits
    Carlow University

    This course is designed to instruct the students on the basic theory of respiratory care equipment found within the clinical setting. Topics discussed include basic respiratory equipment operating principles, humidity and aerosol therapy, bronchial hygiene techniques, tracheal suctioning, airways and maintenance, patient monitoring devices, lung expansion equipment and techniques, the production, storage and delivery of medical gases, and medical gas therapy. The students are also instructed on the assessment, performance, and interpretation of bedside spirometry and pulmonary function studies including lung mechanics, lung volumes, diffusion studies, and other pulmonary measurements
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  • RC 201: Respiratory Care Equipment II

    3.00 Credits
    Carlow University

    This course is designed to provide the students with the basic theory of respiratory care equipment utilized in airway management. Students will master concepts concerning the differentiation, selection, application, and discontinuation of endotracheal tubes, tracheostomy tubes and other artificial airway devices. Students will also be introduced to the equipment needed and application for intubation and extubation procedures. This course introduces students to basic invasive and non-invasive mechanical ventilation machines and patient circuits
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  • RC 205: Cardiopulmonary Pathophysiology

    3.00 Credits
    Carlow University

    The student will be expected to master various pulmonary, cardiovascular, and neurological disorders as these impact cardiopulmonary disorders in terms of definition, etiology, pathogenesis, pathology, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, monitoring, diagnosis, and treatment
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  • RC 207: Respiratory Care Practice in Acute and Alternate Settings

    3.00 Credits
    Carlow University

    This course is designed to instruct the students on appropriate delivery of respiratory care in alternative settings such as home care, long term acute facilities, rehabilitation centers, cardiopulmonary exercise programs, sleep labs, hyperbaric oxygenation, and smoking cessation strategies. The students will receive instruction on home care equipment, therapeutic modalities, patient selection, discharge planning, patient education, and development of a cardiopulmonary rehabilitation program
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  • RC 217: Patient Safety & Quality Improvement in Respiratory Care

    3.00 Credits
    Carlow University

    This course will focus on the methods used for quality improvement in a healthcare setting and safety measures to improve delivery of care to patients. General principles of quality improvement including, current models, developing models for improvement, along with measuring, testing, and monitoring quality improvement models will be considered. This course will include current patient safety standards along with techniques such as teamwork, communication, event analysis, cognition and critical thinking/decision making skills aimed at improving care delivery in specific settings
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  • RC 2200: Repiratory Care Clinical Edu Prac IV

    4.00 Credits
    Carlow University

    This course provides students with additional practical clinical experience in an approved off-campus clinical site performed in an adult critical care setting and also provides clinical instruction in the neonatal intensive care setting. The training plans for this rotation will include caring for adult patients receiving mechanical ventilation and include ventilator maintenance, weaning techniques, chart review, hemodynamic monitoring, chart documentation, and patient monitoring. In addition, the students will participate in neonatal clinical rotations and perform ventilator assessments, surfactant administration, neonatal CPAP initiation, and high-frequency oscillatory ventilation. The students will develop and master the skill of ventilator graphic assessment and interpretation. The Clinical Director, through site visitation, will supervise and evaluate clinical activity
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