RET 4912 - Respiratory Care Capstone

College of Health Sciences

Credit(s): 4
Contact Hours: 60
Effective Term Fall 2024 (640)

Requisites

(Associate of Science degree in Respiratory Care from a regionally accredited institution and
Current and valid Registered Respiratory Therapy (RRT) credential) or
Admission to Cardiopulmonary Science (Bachelor of Science) (CARD-BS)

Course Description

This capstone course, taken in the final semester of the program, is designed to provide students an opportunity to further develop and assess their knowledge of advanced adult critical care or advanced neonatal and pediatric respiratory care. Students will prepare to take the National Board of Respiratory Care (NBRC) Neonatal Pediatric Specialty exam or the Adult Critical Care Specialist exam. Students will work with a mentor to explore the professional roles available to them and to evaluate the required skills needed for those roles.

Learning Outcomes and Objectives

  1. The student will identify the key elements of a National Board of Respiratory Care (NBRC) content matrix for a specific specialty credentialing exam by:
    1. describing the process used to establish an NBRC Specialty credential.
    2. explaining the process by which a content matrix is developed and validated.
    3. comparing and contrasting the content matrices for two separate NBRC credentialing exams.
  2. The student will explain the steps required to successfully obtain a NBRC specialty credential by:
    1. identifying the resources available to help a candidate prepare for this exam.
    2. listing the content required to develop an effective preparation resource for a specific specialty credentialing exam.
    3. completing one NBRC self-assessment exam for the specialty credential of their choice, and evaluating their weak areas and missed items on this self-assessment exam.
  3. The student will discuss the process by which clinical practice guidelines are developed and revised by:
    1. evaluating the current clinical relevance of clinical practice guidelines in their area of choice.
    2. listing proposed or recent updates in this clinical practice guideline.
    3. listing, via an annotated bibliography, evidence that supports or refutes recent or proposed updates to the clinical practice guideline.
  4. The student will analyze a selected professional role in his/her specific studies discipline by:
    1. describing the position desired and the required academic qualification and work experience.
    2. identifying and interviewing a mentor in the selected professional role.
    3. summarizing the leadership and management skills of his/her mentor and how they relate to his/her personal managerial style.
    4. evaluating the impact of completing the St. Petersburg College Bachelor of Applied Science Program in Cardiopulmonary Science on current and future professional goals.

Criteria Performance Standard

Upon successful completion of this course the student will, with a minimum of 70% accuracy, demonstrate mastery of each of the above stated objectives through measures developed by the individual course instructors

History of Changes

C&I Approval: , BOT Approval: , Effective Term: Fall 2024 (640)

Related Programs

  1. Advanced Adult Critical Respiratory Care Certificate (RESACC-ATC) (565) (Active)
  2. Advanced Neonatal/Pediatric Respiratory Care Certificate (RESNPS-ATC) (565) (Active)
  3. Cardiopulmonary Science (CARD-BS) (655) (Active)