RC 4200 - Clinical Education Practicum IV

Institution:

Carlow University

Subject:

Description:

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 includes 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

Credits:

4.50

Credit Hours:

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Instructional Type:

Clinic

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.carlow.edu

Phone Number:

(412) 578-6000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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