(7.9 Contact Hours)

Written By: Abby Plambeck, RN, BSN, CCRN
 

The price of this course is $44.00. You will only be asked to pay for the course if you decide to grade the Post Examination to earn a certificate with Contact Hours (CEUs).

 

 

After completion of Ventilation Management, the participant will be able to:

1. Define mechanical ventilation.
2. Identify three clinical situations in which mechanical ventilation may be used.
3. Describe the role of the respiratory therapist in the management of mechanically ventilated patients.
4. List six types of artificial airways and the indications for each one.
5. Describe the nurse’s responsibilities before, during, and after intubation.
6. Identify three alternative means of communication for patients with artificial airways.
7. Describe three different ventilator settings.
8. Describe three different ventilator modes.
9. List three potential causes for a high pressure alarm.
10. List two nursing interventions for a high respiratory rate alarm.
11. List three types of non-invasive mechanical ventilation.  
12. Describe proper nursing care of an endotracheal tube.
13. Describe proper nursing care of a tracheostomy tube.
14. Describe the correct procedure for sterile suctioning.     
15. Identify two indications for sedating and pharmacologically paralyzing a mechanically ventilated patient.
16. Define train-of-four and describe the correct procedure for testing.
17. Identify four parameters that must be monitored while patients are mechanically ventilated.
18. Identify five nursing interventions for a patient who is accidentally extubated.
19. Define ventilator weaning.
20. Compare and contrast two different weaning methods.
21. Identify three criteria that indicate when the patient is ready to be extubated.
22. Describe proper post-extubation nursing care.