Karen Holland

Consultation with long term care facilities and nursing homes on N-95 fittings, COPD education, Cpap, BiPap equipment RX settings and mask fitting, assessments.

• Assessed, diagnosed, and treated breathing issues.
• Educated patients and families on disease management, breathing techniques, and medication administration, promoting self-care and adherence to treatment plans.

Registered respiratory therapist for LTC and their patients in Boise, Emmett, and Meridian, Nampa Idaho

* Cpap and Bipap set up and RX settings. Equipment evaluation

• Enhanced the efficiency of the respiratory department by streamlining processes and optimizing staff utilization.
• Maintained meticulous records of all patient interactions, treatments administered, and outcomes achieved to ensure accurate documentation for future reference.
• Mask fit and refit
• Patient, nursing, and family education
• Patient assessment

Patient, nursing, and family education

• Performed advanced diagnostic procedures such as pulmonary function tests to accurately assess patient conditions.
• N-95 fitting for nursing and facility staff

• Managed ventilator support for critically ill patients in intensive care units, ensuring proper adjustments according to physician orders and clinical guidelines.
• Managed and operated mechanical ventilators to deliver airway management.
• Administered oxygen therapy, aerosol therapy and inhalation therapy to improve patients' breathing and lung function.
• Assessed, diagnosed, and treated breathing issues.
• Educated patients and families on disease management, breathing techniques, and medication administration, promoting self-care and adherence to treatment plans.

• Managed ventilator support for critically ill patients in the patient home ensuring proper adjustments according to physician orders and clinical guidelines.
• Managed and operated mechanical ventilators to deliver airway management.
• Administered oxygen therapy, aerosol therapy and inhalation therapy to improve patients' breathing and lung function.
• Assessed, diagnosed, and treated breathing issues.
• Educated patients and families on disease management, breathing techniques, and medication administration, promoting self-care and adherence to treatment plans.

• Maintained meticulous records of all patient interactions, treatments administered, and outcomes achieved to ensure accurate documentation for future reference.
• Performed advanced diagnostic procedures such as spirometry, 6 minute walk testing.
• Patient mask fitting
• RX addition for CPAP, BiPap machines ordered by physician and set up
• Patient and family education on oxygen use, CPAP, BiPap machines and masks, pulse oximetry

• Administered oxygen therapy, aerosol therapy and inhalation therapy to improve patients' breathing and lung function.
• Assessed, diagnosed, and treated breathing issues.
• Educated patients and families on disease management, breathing techniques, and medication administration, promoting self-care and adherence to treatment plans.
• Opened and managed a sleep disorders laboratory and pulmonary clinic along with medical director to serve this community in a critical access hospital/clinic system
• Pulmonary function
• COPD education
• smoking cessation
• Overnight oximetry
• home sleep testing
• Sleep disordered breathing assessment and treatment