Learn key clinical nursing skills and techniques to care for respiratory patients, with this free online course. This free online nursing course will teach you how to properly care for respiratory patients. The course will guide you through the anatomy and physiology of the respiratory system, teach you about the role that each organ plays in respiration, and examine common factors that cause each organ to become diseased. By the end of the course, you will be up to speed on the duties nurses perform to ensure their respiratory patients are well cared for.
| College | Alison |
| Course ID | 188784 |
| Course Type | Online Learning |
| Course Qualification | CPD Certificate |
| Course Duration | 1.5-3 hours |
| Course Fee | Free |
| Entry Requirements | Like all courses on the Alison Free Learning platform this is a free, CPD-accredited course. A Graduate can choose to buy a certificate or diploma upon successful completion of a course, but this is not required or necessary. At Alison we believe that free education, more than anything, has the power to break through boundaries and transform lives. Alison is the world’s largest free online empowerment platform for education and skills training, offering over 5000 CPD accredited courses and a range of impactful career development tools. It is a for-profit social enterprise dedicated to making it possible for anyone, to study anything, anywhere, at any time, for free online, at any subject level. Through our mission, we are a catalyst for positive social change, creating opportunity, prosperity, and equality for everyone. |
| Career Path | In This Free Course, You Will Learn How To • Describe the anatomy and physiology of the respiratory system • Identify when a patient is exhibiting abnormal respiration patterns • Discuss performing various physical examinations or procedures to determine if respiratory surgery is required • Identify the symptoms of a range of disorders of both the upper and lower respiratory system • Discuss the implications that respiratory disorders can have on the care that you can provide to a patient • Examine the most effective ways to treat and prevent the most common disorders of upper or lower respiratory system • Describe the various procedures that can be used for pulmonary drainage |
| Course Code | 1568 |

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