RCP 700 - Resp Therapy Practicum I

1. Obtain pertinent information from the medical record in an efficient manner
   1. Locate a physician’s order in a medical record
   2. Gather important information regarding a patient’s history
   3. Find pertinent laboratory and radiology information
   4. Obtain information documented by other respiratory care practitioners and use this information to maximize therapy benefit
   5. Determine indications and goals for ordered respiratory care
2. Display a professional attitude when dealing with patients and other health care practitioners
3. Communicate with patients and health care practitioners
   1. Express self using proper oral communication skills
   2. Display written skills which will help the respiratory care practitioner effectively communicate with physicians, nurses and other health care practitioners
4. Perform routine respiratory care under direct supervision of an instructor.
   1. Administer Intermittent Positive Pressure Breathing Therapy
   2. Provide Humidity and Aerosol Therapy
   3. Initiate Oxygen Therapy
   4. Perform Postural Drainage and Percussion Therapy
   5. Administer Hand Held Aerosol Therapy
   6. Initiate Incentive Spirometry Therapy
   7. Perform suctioning of the airway
5. Change regulators on high pressure gas cylinders
   1. Identify gas contents in a high pressure cylinder
   2. Identify safety systems used on high pressure regulators
   3. Change the regulator on a high pressure H cylinder
   4. Change the regulator on a high pressure E cylinder
6. Monitor patients during any therapy listed above
   1. Observe Breathing Rate and Pattern during therapy
   2. Monitor heart rate and rhythm during therapy
   3. Use observation techniques to help judge patient tolerance to therapies
   4. Identify side effects of different therapies
   5. Monitor patient for any change in appearance during therapy (e.g. color, use of accessory muscles, tremors, etc
7. Evaluate patient responses to therapies
   1. Identify the goals and objectives of therapies given
   2. Perform auscultation on patient to assess effectiveness of therapies
   3. Classify normal and abnormal breath sounds.
   4. Explain causes of abnormal breath sounds
   5. Determine whether the goals and objectives of a therapy were met after a therapy has been given
8. Document care provided
   1. Record patient medical information in proper section of patient medical records
   2. Document respiratory care procedures according to departmental protocol
   3. Correct mistakes in a patient record properly
   4. Use only hospital approved abbreviations
9. Report on the clinical usefulness of information obtained form medical literature
   1. Use the Index Medicus to search for articles on a particular topic.
   2. Identify common journals used in pulmonary medicine
   3. Explain whether the hypothesis of an article is supported by the data presented in it.
   4. Recognize whether an article justifies changing the methods of a respiratory care procedure. Search medical literature to critically read health care journal 
10. Disinfect and sterilize respiratory care equipment
    1. Disinfect equipment between patient use
    2. State different agents which can be used to disinfect equipment.
    3. State different agents and methods which are used to sterilize equipment.
    4. Prepare equipment for sterilization or disinfection
    5. Sterilize equipment
    6. Evaluate effectiveness of disinfection and sterilization procedures
11. Manage time effectively
    1. Perform assigned therapies at the scheduled times
    2. Prioritize respiratory care procedures when procedure times conflict
    3. Use clinical time effectively to enhance student learning
12. Apply knowledge to patient care
    1. State indications for respiratory care procedures
    2. Identify contraindications for respiratory care procedures.
    3. State drug dosages and methods of action for commonly used respiratory drugs
    4. Suggest the proper oxygen equipment and flowrate for given patient situations.
    5. Demonstrate the proper positions for draining each lung segment when performing postural drainage with percussion