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
- Explain what patient-centered care means, and describe its effect on the delivery of respiratory care
- Explain pulmonary rehabilitation and describe the difference between pulmonary and cardiac rehabilitation
- Document how pulmonary rehabilitation outcomes are ascertained
- Explain reimbursement issues facing respiratory in-patient and home care today
- Differentiate between equipment used in the hospital and long-term care settings as well as in the home
- Describe the role of respiratory therapists in the sleep lab and in smoking cessation clinics
- Discuss the psychological needs of patients and family members dealing with long-term and palliative care
- Understand the Hospice philosophy
- 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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