Ethics Course for Respiratory Therapist
Gain mastery in ICU ethical decision-making as a respiratory therapist. This course covers clinical ethics principles, understanding advance directives, ventilator choices, strong communication techniques, and ways to handle moral distress, all while safeguarding patient rights and your own professional standards. It prepares you to make sound choices in high-pressure situations with confidence and care.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This focused ethics course equips respiratory therapists with essential skills to handle tough ICU choices, covering goals-of-care talks, proper documentation, and protocols like SPIKES, NURSE, and REMAP. You will learn to read advance directives and POLST forms, follow legal and hospital rules, team up with other experts, resolve disputes, and tackle moral distress through solid self-care and support methods.
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Develop skills
- Apply ICU ethics by matching ventilation to care goals and treatment boundaries.
- Quickly and accurately interpret advance directives and POLST forms in line with the law.
- Conduct compassionate family meetings in ICU using proven communication frameworks.
- Handle surrogate choices, disputes, and ethics consultations with assurance.
- Identify moral distress and address it with effective self-care approaches.
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