RESPIRATORY CARE CLINICAL COMPETENCY LAB MANUAL - Elsevier eBook on VitalSource, 1st Edition

by Sandra T. Hinski, PHD, MS, RRT-NPS

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ISBN: 9780323100588

Publication Date: 12-20-2013

Page Count: 720

Imprint: Mosby

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Respiratory Care Clinical Competency Lab Manual provides your students with the practical skills needed to apply classroom theory to clinical practice. This text has the flexibility to be used in conjunction with all other respiratory care titles, as well as in other disciplines that require competencies in respiratory therapy. With detailed, step-by-step procedures, supporting procedural illustrations, hands-on lab exercises, case studies, and critical thinking questions, this text helps your students understand and apply theoretical knowledge by demonstrating specific skills. Procedural competency evaluation forms help you to assess student progress and measure performance of specific procedures.

Key Features
- Detailed, structured lab activities provide your students with hands-on opportunities to assess psychomotor and patient communication skills in a controlled environment.
- Procedural Assessment form(s) give you the opportunity to measure and document students’ ability to correctly perform a specific procedure.
- Content correlation to NBRC combined CRT/RRT exam content outlines helps your students better prepare for credentialing exams.
- Integration of case-based questions within the lab activities helps your students develop and promote their critical thinking abilities.
- Step-by-step procedural competencies prepare your students for the RT competency areas established by the American Association of Respiratory Care (AARC) and meet the national practice standards for patient care.
- Up-to-date coverage of current technology, equipment, Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPGs), CPR guidelines, CDC recommendations, and mass casualty/disaster management equips your students with the most state-of-the-art training for respiratory care.
- Over 200 images provide students with the visual guidance on how to perform procedures.
- UNIQUE! Coverage of polysomnography addresses clinical evaluation in this expanding specialty to better prepare your students for this required competency area.
- Glossary of terms offers students quick reference to terms presented in the text.
- UNIQUE! Reality Check boxes arm your students with practical knowledge on the real-world application of various procedures.
- UNIQUE! Tip boxes supply your students with helpful pointers for the clinical arena.
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Contents
Section 1: Foundations for Clinical Practice
1. Quality and Evidence-Based Respiratory Care
2. Patient Safety, Communication and Medical Records
3. Principles of Infection Control
4. Patient Assessment
5. Preparing for Clinical Rotations
6. Interpreting Clinical Lab Data
7. ECG Interpretation
8. Hemodynamic Monitoring
9. Analysis, Sampling and Monitoring of Gas Exchange
10. Pulmonary Function Testing
11. Chest X-Ray and Imaging Interpretation
12. Airway Management
13. Emergency Life Support
14. Humidity and Bland Aerosol Therapy
15. Storage and Delivery of Medical Gases
16. Medical Gas Therapy
17. Lung Expansion Therapy
18. Airway Pharmacology
19. Delivery Devices
20. Mechanical Ventilators
21. Noninvasive Ventilatory Support
22. Invasive Ventilatory Support
23. Monitoring and Management of the ICU Patient
24. Venous Access
25. Discontinuing Ventilatory Support
26. Respiratory Care of Neonatal and Pediatric Patients
27. Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation
28. Polysomnography
29. Home Care and Transport
30. Interviewing and Preparing to Enter the Respiratory Care Profession
Lab Activities

Procedural Assessment Forms

Answer Key to Lab Activities and Review Questions

Appendix A: Normal/Common Values

Appendix B: AARC Clinical Practice Guidelines

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Authors

Sandra T. Hinski, PHD, MS, RRT-NPS, Faculty Respiratory Care Division, Gateway Community College, Phoenix, Arizona, USA
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