Respiratory Care (AAS)

The Hudson Valley Community College Respiratory Care program, CoARC program number 200138, an A.A.S. degree program offered at the Troy, 纽约校区是由呼吸护理认证委员会认证的, 264 Precision Blvd., Telford, TN 37690 (http://coarc.com/).

CoARC对美国的呼吸治疗教育项目进行认证. 为了实现这一目标，它采用了“基于结果”的流程. Programmatic outcomes are performance indicators that reflect the extent to which the educational goals of the program are achieved and by which program effectiveness is documented. Outcomes data from the program’s Annual Report of Current Status has been posted on the CoARC website. 

该项目的教师将几十年的经验带到课堂上, labs and clinical rotations.

Each member of the department is licensed by New York State as a Respiratory Therapist. Clinical instruction is performed with low student-to-teacher ratios to ensure student competency and patient safety.

Patricia Hyland, Department Chairperson
David Ten Eyck, Clinical Coordinator
Michael Hyland, Faculty
Linda Mazur-Riordan, Faculty
Ken Riordan, Faculty

Patient contact and hospital exposure begin in the summer session and continue through the second year of study. 临床经验将理论应用于病人的情况. Hospital-based teaching and evaluation is done in small groups to promote one-on-one instruction and to ensure patient safety.

Clinical instruction is held in eight area health care institutions and one home care company, 让学生接触到呼吸的各个方面的护理. 转运对于临床阶段的研究是必要的, 但没有车的学生通常可以拼车和拼车.

Listed below are links to some clinical sites respiratory care students attend:

• Albany Medical Center Hospital
• Ellis Hospital
• Glens Falls Hospital
• Northeast Center for Special Care
• Pathways Nursing & Rehabilitation
• 肺和重症监护服务，P.C.
• St. Peter's Hospital
• Saratoga Hospital
• Samaritan Hospital
• The Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital

Respiratory Care students must demonstrate numerous competencies representing all three learning domains: cognitive, pyschomotor and affective. Students learn, 在不同的环境中实践和验证这些能力, including the classroom, laboratory and clinic.

在课堂环境中达到所要求的能力, 呼吸护理学生必须感知, 吸收和整合来自各种来源的信息. These sources include oral instruction, printed material, visual media and live demonstrations. 学生必须参与课堂讨论, give oral reports and pass written and computer-based examinations of various formats. Completion of these tasks requires cognitive skills, such as reading, writing and problem-solving.能够胜任课堂工作, students must, with assistance, be able to see, hear, speak, sit and touch. Respiratory care laboratories provide students with the opportunity to view demonstrations, 评估和实践医疗器械, 并进行模拟临床程序. 除了课堂上需要的认知技能, students must demonstrate psychomotor skills in manipulating patients and equipment as well as general professional behaviors such as team-building and interpersonal communications. To satisfy laboratory requirements, students must perform all procedures without critical error. 这需要高水平的认知、知觉和精神运动功能.

除了身体上的能力，课堂作业, the laboratories require students, with assistance, to assemble equipment, 站立时双手操作, perform fine motor skills, 并执行需要相当力量的程序. 后一种程序的例子包括翻身和移动病人, endotracheal intubation, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Clinical education in respiratory care involves application of skills acquired in the classroom and laboratory setting to actual patients in the clinical setting. 除了在这些环境中需要的认知技能, 学生必须展示病人评估的技能, clinical reasoning, problem-solving, 综合护理计划和设备故障排除. Professional behaviors required for clinical training include constructive responses to situations involving emergencies, deaths, stress, frustrating situations and complex interactions with other members of the health care team. 学生还必须表现出对他人的尊重, empathy, responsibility, efficiency, integrity and initiative. In addition to the physical capabilities required during the classroom and laboratory sessions, 临床培训包括在病人护理区域之间快速移动, and meeting the mental and physical demands of 12-hour shifts on both day and night rotations.

Program Mission Statement
与哈德逊山谷社区学院的使命一致, the Respiratory Care Program is committed to providing didactic and clinical education which prepares graduates for positions as respiratory therapists. 毕业生将拥有适当的行为, skill and knowledge to delivery high quality respiratory care in any health care environment.

Program Goal
为毕业生做好胜任工作的准备, 注册呼吸治疗师的认知(知识), Psychomotor (skills), 情感(行为)学习领域.

Program Intended Outcomes

1. 毕业生将展示理解能力, apply and evaluate clinical information related to their role as a Registered Respiratory Therapist.
2. Graduates will demonstrate technical proficiency in all skills necessary in their role as Registered Respiratory Therapist.
3. Graduates will demonstrate personal behavior consistent with professional and employer expectations in their role as Registered Respiratory Therapist.
4. Graduates will be employed as Registered Respiratory Therapist within six months of graduation.
5. Graduates are eligible to sit for the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC) Therapist Multiple Choice (TMC) Exam immediately following graduation. 如果他们在TMC考试中获得高分, 然后他们可以尝试临床模拟考试. 如果通过临床模拟考试, 他们将获得注册呼吸治疗师(RRT)证书. For more information regarding NBRC requirements, please visit the official website at www.nbrc.org.