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Login & EmailNMC's 3+1 dual-degree sequence is one of the most efficient paths into respiratory therapy available: spend three years on campus earning your Associate of Science in Respiratory Care (ASRC) and becoming a Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT), then complete your Bachelor of Science in Respiratory Therapy (BSRT) entirely online in as little as one year while working in a paid clinical role.
Respiratory therapists evaluate and treat all types of patients, from premature infants lacking fully developed lungs to adults suffering from labored breathing to elderly persons whose lungs have become diseased.
The profession continues to grow and embrace a more holistic role that not only includes acute care at the patient's bedside but also preventive care and patient education. Today's RTs lead patient education programs, manage chronic pulmonary disease in outpatient and home care settings, coordinate care across clinical teams, and increasingly serve as physician extenders in community and home health. NMC's curriculum is designed to prepare you for this expanded scope of practice.
A bachelor's degree is the future of this ascending healthcare profession as determined by the American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC).
You can become a leader in the field and enter respiratory therapy practice
earlier with a wage-earning professional year built into this innovative dual-degree 3+1 program. Earn your associate degree and become a Registered Respiratory Therapist (RRT) in three years. Then, finish your bachelor's degree in as little as one year while working in an advanced professional role with opportunities for greater responsibility and leadership.
AS in Respiratory Care and Bachelor of Science in Respiratory Therapy Program Goals, Outcomes & Assessment
To provide graduates of entry into respiratory care professional practice degree programs with additional knowledge, skills, and attributes in leadership, management, education, research, or advanced clinical practice both to meet their current professional goals and to prepare them for practice as advanced degree respiratory therapists.
ASRC Programmatic Student Outcomes Data
The Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care maintains the latest information on student outcomes from all accredited programs. https://coarc.com/students/programmatic-outcomes-data/
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.
Program Goals
Graduates of the AS Respiratory Care Program will:
- Exhibit cognitive (knowledge) competency at the level of an entry-level respiratory therapist.
- Demonstrate clinical competence that includes the ability to perform age- appropriate patient care by incorporating assessment skills, interprofessional communication, and decision-making abilities.
- Model ethical and culturally sensitive professional attitudes and behaviors to promote excellent patient care.
- Attain the NMC Educated Citizen skills to become Reflective Individuals, Effective Communicators and Change Agents.
Goal of the Bachelor of Science in Respiratory Therapy Program
To provide graduates of entry into respiratory care professional practice degree programs with additional knowledge, skills, and attributes in leadership, management, education, research, and/or advanced clinical practice that will enable them to meet their current professional goals and prepare them for practice as advanced degree respiratory therapists.
Graduates of the BSRT program will:
- Develop model, evidence-based protocols and respiratory care plans for clinical practice to include disease management.
- Demonstrate the effectiveness of the respiratory therapist in health promotion and disease prevention.
- Comprehend the role of leadership and management as it relates to healthcare policies that affect patient care and professional practice.
- Utilize oral and written interdisciplinary communication in coordinating care for patients.
- Apply educational theory practice to implement education programs for pulmonary disease patients.
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