Critical Thinking in Respiratory Care - Paperback

by Shelley C. Mishoe (Author)

This basic text teaches respiratory therapy content in a framework that promotes students' decision-making skills. The problem-based learning approach relies on clinical cases and a systematic method in which students may develop a deep and broad understanding of respiratory care content on sound clinical decision making. Topics covered include communication and negotiation skills, patient assessment and writing care plans, patient education, and ethical and cost considerations.

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Contemporary and inclusive, Critical Thinking in Respiratory Care features:
* Problem-based learning in a variety of real-life clinical cases
* Case-based exercises that build skills in patient assessment, critical analysis, therapeutic choice, and knowledge put into action
* Systematic strategies for assessing what is known, and what needs to be known and how to make treatment decisions
* Real-life clinical cases of AIDS and TB, chronic bronchitis and emphysema, asthma, cystic fibrosis, trauma, myocardial infarction, and many others
* Covering conditions that range from the neonatal to the adult
* Solid foundation in communication and negotiation skills, ethical and cost considerations, patient education, resource and time management, and other essential skills