Now that you are giving respiratory care serious thought as a career direction, the next leg of the journey is finding out what it takes to complete your respiratory care degree and to get started making a living in a very rewarding field.

 

Consider the Respiratory Care Program at Lincoln Land Community College

 

 

Our goal is to prepare graduates with demonstrated competence in the knowledge, skills, and behavior learning domains of respiratory care practice as performed by registered respiratory therapists (RRTs)

 

Sixty-five credit hour curriculum leading to an Associate Degree in Applied Sciences.

A class of sixteen (16) students begin the program every fall semester. The program is five (5) semesters in length.

The coursework is intense. It is possible to have at least 3 tests per week.

Our students start clinical in the hospitals during the 9th week of the first semester.


Students complete over 800 Clinical hours. Clinical rotations include such areas as general care units, intensive care (adult, pediatric and neonatal), cardiac recovery, emergency department, surgery, pulmonary function testing, smoking cessation counseling, sleep lab, physicians' office and rounds, home care, and long-term care.