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The following courses are accepted by the Nevada State Board of Medical Examiners. They accept courses approved by AARC, and these courses have been approved by AARC for Continuing Respiratory Care Education.

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Ethical Considerations of Organ Donation
Presented by Jessica Fino, EdD, RRT
Video
Course: #2256Level: Introductory1 Hour
This course provides a review of the ethics as it relates to organ donation. In addition, this course discusses the history, laws, and special considerations that influence organ sharing.

End of Life Issues for the Patient with End-Stage COPD
Presented by Kevin Collins, PhD, RRT, RPFT, AE-C
VideoAudio
Course: #1993Level: Advanced1 Hour
This course addresses the challenges faced by the respiratory therapist in engaging patients with end-stage COPD. Legal and ethical issues, as well as practical approaches to engaging patients with end-state COPD, is discussed.

Palliative Care and the Respiratory Therapist
Presented by Shawna Strickland, PhD, CAE, RRT, RRT-NPS, RRT-ACCS, AE-C, FAARC
VideoAudio
Course: #1969Level: Intermediate1 Hour
This course explores the ethical considerations and the fundamental distinctions between palliative care and hospice, providing respiratory therapists with a comprehensive understanding of these approaches to patient care. Additionally, it delves into the application of palliative care principles within the context of chronic lung disease while also emphasizing the crucial role that respiratory therapists play in delivering compassionate and holistic palliative care to patients.

The Ethics of Ambiguity: Life and Death in the NICU
Presented by Evan Richards, Advanced Practice Clinical Consultant, BSc, RT
Video
Course: #1927Level: Advanced1 Hour
This lecture traces the history of how life and death decisions are made in the NICU, and the ambiguity inherent in neonatal ethics. The lecture includes a discussion of moral distress, how to recognize it, and what to do about it.

Understanding Organ Donation After Circulatory Death and the Role of the Respiratory Therapist
Presented by Thomas Nakagawa, MD, FAAP, FCCM
VideoAudio
Course: #1826Level: Advanced1 Hour
This webinar reviews organ donation after circulatory determination of death (DCD) and the respiratory therapist's role in this process. The process of DCD is described, and ethical considerations are reviewed.

Ethical Considerations in Post-Acute Care: A Clinical Perspective
Presented by Kathleen Weissberg, OTD, OTR/L, CMDCP, CDP
VideoAudio
Course: #1565Level: Intermediate2 Hours
In this session, practical information about ethics is provided from a clinical perspective. Core ethical principles as they relate to healthcare and senior care are reviewed. Behaviors that are considered unethical by most credentialing bodies are considered as well as legal and ethical issues typically encountered in one’s daily profession. The course applies models for analyzing and resolving ethical dilemmas in healthcare, including CELIBATE, RIPS, and the Rest Four Component Model. Case examples illustrating various ethical dilemmas and issues that can take place in senior care settings are offered to enhance learning.

Alzheimer's and Ethical Considerations Involving Therapy and Patient Care
Presented by Andrea Holzner, BS, CCP, MPhil, PhD
VideoAudio
Course: #1619Level: Intermediate2 Hours
This course comprises ethical principles and considerations for respiratory therapists and healthcare providers relating to Alzheimer's patients. This course offers practical guidance, based on case studies, for therapy and patient care, professional moral dilemmas, ethical and theoretical approaches, as well as discerning ethical decision-making.

Futile or Fruitful: Medical Interventions and the Respiratory Therapist
Presented by Shawna Strickland, PhD, CAE, RRT, RRT-NPS, RRT-ACCS, AE-C, FAARC
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Course: #1573Level: Intermediate1 Hour
Interventions that are not likely to produce a medical benefit for the patient are referred to as futile. In this presentation, futility is defined, and the limitations of practical use identified. Case studies that illustrate the concept of futility and the challenges associated with application will be presented.

Professionalism within the Multidisciplinary Team: Meeting the Standards that Matter
Presented by Kathleen Weissberg, OTD, OTR/L, CMDCP, CDP
VideoAudio
Course: #15631 Hour
Although professionalism is an elusive concept, it is defined by sets of attitudes and behaviors specific to professions. You know it when you see it. You certainly know it when you don't. This course provides an overview of expected professional behaviors in healthcare including confidentiality, ethics, professional development, communication, and customer/patient service.

Alzheimer's and Oral Health Impacting Respiratory Disease
Presented by Andrea Holzner, BS, CCP, MPhil, PhD
VideoAudio
Course: #1618Level: Intermediate2 Hours
This course comprises key aspects of Alzheimer's and oral health issues leading to respiratory disease. This course includes an Alzheimer's overview, prevalent oral health concerns, and areas respiratory therapists and other professionals may encounter in patient care settings. Additionally, discussions on professional implementation to minimize respiratory disease. Scenarios are utilized to illustrate practices that guide ethical respiratory care. Case studies support understanding and learning of essential ethical practices.

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