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• RC 280: Respiratory Care Pharmacology

  3.00 Credits

  Carlow University

  
  The students will be instructed on the pharmacodynamics of respiratory medication administration including the pharmaceutical, pharmacokinetic, and pharmacodynamics phases. In addition, the course covers the extensive principals of respiratory pharmacology including the application, dispensing, dosing, uses and effects of pharmacological agents administered by respiratory care practitioners. Students will also be instructed on pharmacological agents administered for cardiac and renal systems as these apply to respiratory care
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• RC 290: Respiratory Care Alternative 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 counseling. 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 305: 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 307: Advanced RC Pharmacology

  3.00 Credits

  Carlow University

  
  This course includes an advanced discussion of Pharmacological interventions used to treat a variety of cardiopulmonary disorders including asthma, cystic fibrosis, chronic obstructive pulmonary disorders (COPD), and other pulmonary disorders. Additionally, students will focus on drug agents administered for the treatment of cardiac disorders, control of the central nervous system, sleep-related disturbances, smoking cessation aids, pulmonary hypertension, control of infections and how these medications apply to respiratory care
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• RC 3100: Clinical Education Practicum 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 317: Leadership and Management Issues in Respiratory Care

  3.00 Credits

  Carlow University

  
  The course examines various theoretical constructs as a means of becoming more aware of their own leadership styles. Application of strategic management modesl will be studied to improve respiratory leadership and management skills in others. The course identifies and applies budgeting and strategic models to analyze problems, formulate strategic solutions, and make sound decisions in the respiratory care forum
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• RC 3200: Clinical Education Practicum II

  4.00 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 321: Advanced Patient Management

  3.00 Credits

  Carlow University

  
  The students will be instructed in this course through a discussion of advanced cardiopulmonary monitoring procedures and techniques utilized in the management of patients in the critical care setting. Topics include medical emergencies, radiographic imagery, bronchoscopy procedures, EKG assessment and interpretation, hemodynamic techniques and monitoring, interpretation of obtained hemodynamic values, Swan-Ganz catheter indications and applications, blood pressure monitoring, and arterial line indications and applications
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• RC 327: Respiratory Care Education

  3.00 Credits

  Carlow University

  
  The course examines the key educational concepts including teaching and learning strategies and techniques, learner characteristics, learning styles, technology in education, and the evaluation of teaching and learning. This course will also extend into the ethical, legal, and economic foundations of the educational process, health literacy in the adult client population, gender, socioeconomic, cultural attributes of the learner, and educating learners with disabilities
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• RC 335: Cardiopulmonary Diagnostic

  3.00 Credits

  Carlow University

  
  The students are 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 such as bronchial challenge testing, exercise testing, and ABG analysis. Students will also be instructed on proper pulmonary rehabilitation techniques and procedures
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