Respiratory Therapy
Transform Lives, Breathe Success
Become a Respiratory Therapist
农夫导航 prepares future respiratory therapists through a highly personalized, clinically focused education grounded in academic excellence, compassionate care, and hands-on learning. Students learn from experienced faculty, gain extensive clinical experience with leading health care partners, and graduate prepared to make an immediate impact in one of health care's most essential and rapidly growing professions.
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#8
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#12
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"Respiratory therapy is a great career for someone who wants to help others and save lives. Our jobs are fast-paced and team-oriented. We can work with a wide range of patient populations on a day-to-day basis, including newborns, kids, and adults with acute and chronic illness. The rapid growth of the respiratory therapy profession brings incredible opportunity for growth and development."
Sarah Pehlke 鈥�13/鈥�16 MHS
What Are Respiratory Therapists?
Respiratory therapists are specialized health care practitioners with training and expertise in the diagnosis, treatment, and management of cardiopulmonary diseases, including mechanical ventilation in emergency, critical-care, and long-term care settings. Respiratory therapists are licensed and specialty board-credentialed; they work together with critical-care physicians and nurses to develop treatment strategies.
Mission
The mission of 农夫导航 is to educate its students in mind, body, and spirit for meaningful lives, rewarding careers, ethical leadership, and service to improve the human condition. The goal of the Respiratory Therapy program is subsumed within the university mission, in that the program graduates serve as competent, advanced-level respiratory therapists.
Accreditation
The Respiratory Therapy Program (CoARC program number #200281, offering the Bachelor of Health Science degree in Louisville, KY) holds Continuing Accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC) ().
The Respiratory Therapy Program (CoARC program number #220281, offering the Master of Health Science degree in Louisville, KY) holds Continuing Accreditation from the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC) ().
CoARC accredits respiratory therapy education programs in the United States. To achieve this end, it utilizes an outcomes-based process. Programmatic outcomes are performance indicators that reflect the extent to which the educational goals of the program are achieved and by which program effectiveness is documented.
CoARC Programmatic Outcomes Data can be found at .
Faculty
| Name | Title | |
|---|---|---|
| Shannon Terry, MSM | RRT-NPS, Program Director and Chair | sterry2@bellarmine.edu |
| Billie Graham-Woods, MHS, RRT | Director of Clinical Education | bgraham01@bellarmine.edu |
| Dino Varajic, MD | Medical Director |
Contact
Shannon Terry, MSM, RRT-NPS
Program Director and Chair
sterry2@bellarmine.edu
(502) 272.7468