RCP - 533 Pediatric and Neonatal Respiratory Care

This course is designed to provide the student with the opportunity to utilize evidence-based knowledge and critical thinking skills in the planning and provision of comprehensive respiratory care to newborns, infants, children and adolescents along the health-illness continuum. Topics include fetal growth and development, neonatal and pediatric cardiopulmonary physiology and pathophysiology, respiratory care assessment of the newborn, infant and pediatric patient, as well as respiratory care diagnostic and therapeutic interventions targeted to specific cardiopulmonary pathologies. Prerequisites: RCP-512, RCP-520, RCP-521, RCP-522 and RCP-523. Offered: fall. Retake Counts for Credit: No. Pass/No Pass Grading Allowed: No. Credit(s): 4