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Program Format: Campus Program Level: Associate

Respiratory Therapy from Shawnee State University is a Campus Associate Respiratory Care degree that prepares you for a Healthcare career. Graduates of the Respiratory Therapy Program at Shawnee State University earn an Associate of Applied Sciences degree . The program is five semesters in length and combines classroom, laboratory, and clinical educational experiences. All classroom and laboratory instruction is provided at the University. Clinical education is provided at a variety of hospital, extended care facilities, and homecare sites located throughout southern Ohio, northern Kentucky, and western West Virginia. This program is fully accredited by the Committee on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC). Graduates are eligible to take both the Entry-Level (Certification) and Advanced-Practitioner (Registry) Examinations of the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC). Respiratory therapy is an allied health specialty whose practitioners are employed, under medical direction, to provide treatment, management, diagnostic evaluation, and care to patients with deficiencies or abnormalities associated with the process of breathing. Respiratory therapists work side-by-side with physicians, nurses, and other health care team members to treat patients ranging in age from premature infants to the elderly. Their duties vary from the administration of oxygen, humidity, aerosols, and the drainage of lung secretions, to the use of technologically sophisticated monitoring devices and treatment techniques in order to assure the survival of patients with life threatening conditions such as head or chest trauma. Some practitioners choose to spend the majority of their time working in diagnostic laboratories, where they assist in the evaluation of the type and extent of a patient?s pulmonary dysfunction and evaluate the effectiveness of the patient's current therapy . Other practitioners may choose to work in specialized areas of respiratory care, including education, management, home care , sales, research, and specialized areas of diagnostic testing or patient care such as cardio?vascular diagnostics or care of infants and children. View more details on Shawnee State University . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Respiratory Care courses.

Shawnee State University details


Shawnee State University address is 940 Second St, Portsmouth, Ohio 45662. You can contact this school by calling (740) 354-3205 or visit the college website at www.shawnee.edu .
This is a 4-year, Public, Baccalaureate Colleges--Arts & Sciences according to Carnegie Classification. Religion Affiliation is Not applicable and student-to-faculty ratio is 20 to 1. The enrolled student percent that are registered with the office of disability services is 3% or less .
Awards offered by Shawnee State University are as follow: One but less than two years certificate Associate's degree Bachelor's degree Master's degree.
With a student population of 4,711 (4,618 undergraduate) and set in a Town: Distant, Shawnee State University services are: Remedial services Academic/career counseling service Employment services for students Placement services for completers On-campus day care for students' children . Campus housing: Yes.
Tuition for Shawnee State University is $6,762. Type of credit accepted by this institution Dual credit Credit for life experiences Advanced placement (AP) credits . Most part of the informations about this college comes from sources like National Center for Education Statistics


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