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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Progression of student to full clinical independence, upon demonstrating clinical competency, student can refne skills through independent practice; includes feld experiences in elective specialization. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course. Prerequisite: Admission into the Radiography program/plan 246. 1 lecture and 40 lab hours per week. 5 credit hours.
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3.00 Credits
For students who need to improve their reading skills; efcient reading of textbooks and other materials including work in mechanics of reading, vocabulary development, comprehension, and rate of reading. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course. Prerequisite: Placement Test, or Grade of C or better in Reading 099, or Consent of Department Chairperson. 150 minutes per week. 3 credit hours.
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3.00 Credits
Ability to read and to analyze college level materials. For students with advanced reading skills. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course. Prerequisite: Placement Test, or grade of C or better in Reading 125, or Consent of Department Chairperson. 150 minutes per week. 3 credit hours.
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3.00 Credits
Concepts of the health care feld and hemodialy-sis, history and theory of dialysis; batch systems and proportioning systems, single and multiple patient systems, types of dialyzers: plate, coils and capillaries. Types of membrane surfaces, fltration, difusion; dialysis clearance and physics of extra-corporeal circuits. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course. Prerequisite: Admission into the Renal Technology program/plan 247 or 248. 1 lecture and 4 lab hours per week. 3 credit hours.
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3.00 Credits
Overview of dialysis equipment, types of dialyzers, blood lines, conductivity meter, blood pump, air bubble detector, dialysis monitoring; negative and positive pressure dialysis, blood fow, vital signs, water treatment (deioniza-tion, reverse osmosis). Heparinization, safety monitor, single needle apparatus. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course. Prerequisite: Admission into the Renal Technology program/plan 247 or 248. 1lecture and 4 lab hours per week. 3 credit hours.
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3.00 Credits
Drug therapy and complications, antihypertensive agents, antibiotics, anticoagulants, phosphate binders. Calculation of dosages, apothecary metric. Administration procedures, circulatory hemodynamics of the heart, CHF normal EKG, EKG and ESRD. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course. Admission into the Renal Technology program/plan 247 or 248. 2lecture and 2 lab hours per week. 3 credit hours.
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3.00 Credits
Advantages and disadvantages of various types of machines, dialyzers and supplies. Dialysis related problems; disequilibrium, air embolism, excessive ultrafltration, dialyzer rupture, dialyzer clotting, line separation, pyrogenic reaction, hemolysis, convulsions, hepatitis; conductivity and temperature; efect of end stage renal disease on the patient, family and dialysis personnel; disease control. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course. Prerequisite: Admission into the Renal Technology program/plan 247 or 248. 6 lab hours per week. 3 credit hours.
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3.00 Credits
Aseptic technique, medical ethics, legal aspects in the feld of nephrology, infectious disease control, isolation techniques, patient care techniques, professional relationships of being a member of a health care team, legal aspects of medical records, patient care plan, physician orders, EKG for normal ESRD and arrhythmias. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course. Prerequisite: Admission into the Renal Technology program/plan 247 or 248. 6 lab hours per week. 3 credit hours.
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3.00 Credits
Di- agnostic tests and their interpretations, urinalysis, collection and examination, hematology, serology, clinical chemistry, including Na+ and K+, fame photometry, diagnostic tests for renal, pulmonary, cardiovascular disorders, EKG and EEG overview. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course. Prerequisite: Admission into the Renal Technology program/plan 247 or 248. 6 lab hours per week. 3 credit hours.
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3.00 Credits
Teory of negative pressure; laboratory instructions in building, sterilizing, priming, testing, washing and preparing for use. Writing assignments, as appropriate to the discipline, are part of the course. Prerequisite: Admission into the Renal Technology program 247 or 248. 1 lecture and 4 lab hours per week. 3 credit hours.
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