2013-2014 Catalog

RESP 1991 Clinical Practicum I

0.0 - 16.5 - 5.5

Prerequisite

(2) RESP 1010 and RESP 1020

Course Description

Students are assigned 16.5 hours per week to clinical practice in affiliated hospitals and healthcare agencies. Along with an orientation to clinical policies and facilities, the course emphasizes the basics of oxygen therapy, patient assessment techniques, sustained maximum inspiration, medical aerosol and metered dose inhaler therapy, and medical asepsis.