2020-2021 Catalog and Student Handbook 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
2020-2021 Catalog and Student Handbook [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

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CRS 412 - Long-Term and Palliative Survey of Cardiorespiratory Care


Credits: 3
Description
Topics pertinent to long-term care facilities including ethics, care, rehabilitation, reimbursement, family interaction, psychology of long-term illness (both patient and family). Palliative care, hospice philosophy, end-of-life topics.

Student Learning Outcomes
  1. Explain what patient-centered care means, and describe its effect on the delivery of respiratory care
  2. Explain pulmonary rehabilitation and describe the difference between pulmonary and cardiac rehabilitation
  3. Document how pulmonary rehabilitation outcomes are ascertained
  4. Explain reimbursement issues facing respiratory in-patient and home care today
  5. Differentiate between equipment used in the hospital and long-term care settings as well as in the home
  6. Describe the role of respiratory therapists in the sleep lab and in smoking cessation clinics
  7. Discuss the psychological needs of patients and family members dealing with long-term and palliative care
  8. Understand the Hospice philosophy
  9. Demonstrate the ability to educate the home-care patient and family members on self-care and disease processes in a way easily comprehended by the lay person

Prerequisite: Admission to the Bachelor of Applied Science Cardiorespiratory Sciences degree program



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