Course description
This course builds on the prior learning of the Registered Respiratory Therapist, and emphasizes the following domains of theoretical learning: neonatal physiology, maternal risk factors, labour and delivery, neonatal pathophysiology, Vermont Oxford Network and EPIC guidelines, mechanical ventilation, collaborative care and communication. In skills acquisition labs and clinical immersive simulations, students will apply this learning and develop skills / capabilities required for practice in the neonatal intensive care unit.
Course details
Credit transfer
Have you taken this course or an equivalent course? Contact the Credit Transfer Office.
Registration dates
Not all courses are offered each term.
Winter 2025 registration opens November 4, 2024. Spring 2025 registration opens March 17, 2025.Delivery options
In person: classes held in person on a campus/site in a classroom/lab/shop/studio for the course duration
Online - Asynchronous: 100% online delivery, no scheduled day or time course requirements with the instructor, assigned due dates
Online - Synchronous: 100% online delivery, scheduled day and time course requirements with the instructor, assigned due dates
Hybrid: any combination of in person, timetabled, on campus, online, and hyflex delivery