RCP - 533 Pediatric and Neonatal Respiratory Care

Provides 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, and children 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. RCP 512, RCP 520 RCP 521, RCP 522, RCP 523 Credit Hours: 4