Respiratory Care in Nursing Practice

Overview

The Respiratory Care in Nursing Practice programme at Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland will provide you with an advanced level of theoretical knowledge deemed relevant to enhancing practice and is designed to expand your questioning approach to knowledge development and professional issues pertinent to leading respiratory patient care.

As part of your study, you will develop an in-depth knowledge of the respiratory systems and associated conditions which will in turn enhance your clinical practice. 

Learning outcomes

This Respiratory Care in Nursing Practice programme will provide you with the skills and knowledge to critically:

• Appraise the management and care of adult respiratory conditions in the context of population health.

• Evaluate respiratory anatomy, physiology, ventilation, lung function, blood flow and metabolism and the relationship between ventilation and perfusion.

• Explore theories that inform care with reference to biological and behavioural sciences.

• Evaluate alternate approaches to planning and implementing health education and promotion interventions, policies and strategies to promote respiratory health, care and management.

• Discuss current understandings of immunology with specific reference to the respiratory system.

• Discuss the concepts of health and wellbeing in the context of respiratory health, care and management.