Ethics Course for Respiratory Therapist
This course equips respiratory therapists with essential ethical skills for ICU decision-making, including interpreting directives, conducting family meetings, resolving conflicts, and managing moral distress.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
This short ethics course helps build useful skills for handling tough decisions in the intensive care unit, from talking about care goals and writing records to using methods like SPIKES, NURSE, and REMAP. You will learn to understand advance directives and POLST, follow legal and hospital rules, work together with other health workers, handle disagreements, and deal with moral stress using good self-care and support from professionals.
Elevify advantages
Develop skills
- Apply ICU ethics: align ventilation, goals of care, and limits of treatment.
- Interpret advance directives and POLST forms quickly, accurately, and legally.
- Lead clear, compassionate ICU family meetings using structured talk tools.
- Navigate surrogate decisions, conflict, and ethics consults with confidence.
- Recognize and manage moral distress using practical self-care strategies.
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