28 courses with the subject RC, each shown exactly as we captured it from the college's catalog, with every element we hold. Where the wording looks broken, that is our reading of the catalog, not the college's text.
RC 100Introduction to Respiratory Care Principles1
This introductory course is the entry point for all students interested in exploring respiratory therapy. The course is designed to introduce the students to the fundamental principles of respiratory care. Topics include the historical development of the respiratory profession and organizational structure, fundamental principles of health care reimbursement, basic legal and ethical aspects of respiratory care practice, infection control, patient safety, and OSHA. Students will also explore the structure of medical language, the body in health and disease, hematology, immunology, education, and health promotion.
RC 1100/3100 Respiratory Care Clinical Education Practicum I3
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.
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.
RC 1200/3200 Respiratory Care Clinical Education Practicum II3
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.
RC 127Research and Evidence-Based Practice in Respiratory Care3
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.
This course introduces students to the fundamental theory and clinical application of respiratory care equipment commonly used in healthcare settings. Topics include oxygen therapy, humidity and aerosol therapy, bronchial hygiene techniques, tracheal suctioning, patient monitoring equipment, hyperinflation therapies, and the production, storage, and delivery of medical gases. The course also provides an introduction to artificial airways and tracheostomy care.
This course provides students with foundational theory related to respiratory care equipment used in airway management. Students will learn to differentiate and apply endotracheal tubes, tracheostomy tubes, and other artificial airway devices. The course also introduces the equipment required for intubation and extubation procedures. Students will gain an understanding of basic invasive and non-invasive patient circuits. Instruction includes the assessment, performance, and interpretation of bedside spirometry and pulmonary function studies, including lung mechanics, lung volumes, diffusion studies, and other key pulmonary measurements. This course will also explore respiratory care practice in the acute care and alternative care arenas.
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. 3 credits 210
RC 207Respiratory Care Practice in Acute and Alternative Settings3
This course will explore respiratory care practice in the acute care and alternative care arenas. Focus will include responsibilities of respiratory clinicians in the ER, flight transport, exercise stress testing, metabolic testing, telemedicine, and informatics.
RC 2100/4100 Respiratory Care Clinical Education Practicum III
This course provides students with practical clinical experience in an approved off-campus clinical site performed in a critical care arena. The clinical training plans for this rotation will include the initiation of respiratory therapy skills in the intensive care setting including EKG assessment and basic ventilator management. Students will be instructed on the initiation of ventilation support including patient selection, indications, contraindications, hazards, ventilator set-up, and optimal setting selection.
RC 217Patient Safety and Quality Improvement in Respiratory Care3
This course provides foundational principles, concepts, and methods for promoting and improving healthcare quality and patient safety within the profession of respiratory care. Students will investigate micro and macro-system levels with a focus on application at the micro-system level in the healthcare environment.
This course is designed to provide the student a comprehensive understanding of various aspects of patient care encountered within respiratory practice. Topics to be discussed include the patient interview process, physical assessment of the patient, chest X-ray evaluation, EKG assessment, clinical laboratory tests, techniques in the diagnosis and treatment of pulmonary disease, patterns of cardiopulmonary dysfunction, and arterial blood gas sampling and interpretation. The student will also initiate the physiological approach to etiology, management, and prognosis of the various respiratory diseases.
Respiratory clinicians will discuss and investigate new respiratory care pathophysiological principles, structure, and theories including new advances in the pathology of ARDS and COPD patients, bronchiolitis obliterans with organizing pneumonia, sudden infant death syndrome, pertussis, SARS – severe acute respiratory syndrome, lymphangioleiomyomatosis, hantavirus, the effect of thyroid disorders on the human body, pulmonary alveolar proteinosis, and rhabdomyolysis.
This course is designed to provide the students with information about the anatomy and physiology of the cardiopulmonary system including the pulmonary system, circulatory system, oxygen transport, diffusion, applied physiology of gas laws, physical principles of gases found in the respiratory system, and how they relate to other body systems. Students will be instructed on extensive respiratory physiologic considerations, including normal and abnormal lung alterations within cardiopulmonary diseases.
This course provides students with the opportunity to apply foundational concepts from Respiratory Care Equipment I in a hands-on laboratory setting. Students will practice techniques for administering oxygen, aerosol, and humidification therapies, as well as hyperinflation and airway clearance therapies. Skills related to the use of peak flow meters and other respiratory modalities are included. The course also introduces tracheostomy care and the fundamentals of artificial airways. 1 credit
This course provides students with the opportunity to apply concepts from Respiratory Care Equipment II in a hands-on laboratory setting. Students will practice techniques for intubation, extubation, tracheostomy procedures, and the use of alternative airway devices, as well as the appropriate setup of invasive and noninvasive patient circuits. Instruction also includes the proper procedures for performing spirometry and pulmonary function studies.
The students are expected to utilize the relevant laboratory equipment and concepts in support of the mechanical ventilation concepts course. Procedures emphasized include initial ventilator set-up for invasive and non-invasive ventilation, patient/ventilator system assessment techniques, proper circuit changes and administration of aerosols to ventilated patients. The basic principles and techniques of neonatal and pediatric ventilation are also discussed.
RC 265/455 Mechanical Ventilation Concepts II & Critical Care Concepts3
This course is a continuation of Mechanical Ventilation Concepts I, covering advanced modes of mechanical ventilation, ventilator graphics, and special techniques used in ventilatory support. The students will also be instructed on advanced cardiopulmonary monitoring procedures and techniques utilized in the management of patients in the critical care setting. Topics include 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.
RC 275/380 Neonatal and Pediatric Respiratory Care I with Lab2
This course will instruct students to master concepts relating to normal and abnormal fetal growth and development, fetal gas exchange and circulation, the process of neonatal delivery, and common neonatal and pediatric pulmonary disease processes. Also discussed are the anatomical and physiological changes that occur with fetal and neonatal transition. Students will develop a comprehensive strategy in the diagnosis, interpretation, monitoring, and treatment of breathing disorders identified in the neonatal and pediatric patient. Students will be instructed and participate in a lab setting with an emphasis on the skills related to capillary heel sampling, transcutaneous monitoring, apnea monitoring, oxyhoods, isolettes, and neonatal resuscitation.
RC 277Medical Ethics and Legal Principles in Respiratory Care3
This course will provide students with an introduction to basic ethical and legal topics in healthcare and respiratory care practice. Ethical and legal principles, definitions, applications, and case study scenarios will be utilized to emphasize knowledge, learning, and practical applications in respiratory care.
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 principles 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.
This capstone course is designed to review and assist in preparation for the written and clinical simulation portions of the CRT and RRT examinations. Students will complete a comprehensive review of disease recognition and management, treatment applications, therapeutic modifications, and case study analysis. Test-taking and application skills will be stressed through various methodologies including completion of mock written and simulation examinations. The students will be required to complete a special project which includes the research, assessment, and presentation of the approved clinical case topic. 2 credits program), BIO 157 (BS program)
RC 265/455, RC 275/380, RC 1100/3100, RC 1200/3200, RC 2100/4100, BIO 202/208, CHM 105 or CHM 111/113 (BS
RC 307Advanced Respiratory Care Pharmacology
Respiratory clinicians will examine new pharmacology medications, principles, structure, and theories of operation utilized within respiratory care. Specific medication categories to be explored will include cardiac agents, diuretics, antibiotics, surfactants, 212
RC 317Leadership and Management Issues in Respiratory Care3
Students within this course will examine various theoretical constructs as a means of becoming more aware of their own leadership styles. Application of strategic management models will be studied to improve respiratory leadership and management skills in others. Students will identify and apply strategic models to analyze problems, formulate strategic solutions, and make sound decisions in the respiratory care forum. 3 credits RC 327 (POL 327) Respiratory Care Education 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.
RC 407Capstone – Respiratory Care Project/Portfolio3
This course focuses on the creation and development of a senior respiratory care project and portfolio. Students will select an approved respiratory care special project topic and complete a comprehensive analysis, research, report, and presentation discussing all aspects of the topic selected. The student will also learn the proper procedure and expectations while producing a professional respiratory care portfolio. 2
This course covers the classifications, morphology, cultivation, and inhibition of microorganisms commonly found within healthcare environments. The emphasis is on bacteriology.
