jjohnnym65

jjohnnym65 has 12 years experience and specializes in Respiratory Therapy, Polysomnography.

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1. Working on MS in Health Informatics but not an RN. How screwed am I?

   jjohnnym65 replied to jjohnnym65's topic in Informatics

   The lower salary probably won't be an issue. I've got 2 bachelor's degrees (one in respiratory therapy), the "advanced" respiratory therapy credential (RRT), and my RPSGT credential from the Board of Registered Polysomnographic Technologists (BRPT) p...

2. Working on MS in Health Informatics but not an RN. How screwed am I?

   jjohnnym65 posted a topic in Informatics

   I've been reading some of the threads on this forum talking about the difficulty some people are having finding work even after earning advanced degrees. I do have a clinical background as a respiratory therapist and am in my second semester of work ...

3. Insomnia meds for psych patients?

   jjohnnym65 replied to medsurgrnco's topic in Psychiatric

   As an RRT, RPSGT (Registered Polysomnographic Technologist) and psych patient (depression) I think I can weigh in/rant on this issue. I have been in an "intensive" and only slightly bearable outpatient therapy program for 2 months following 5 days of...

4. vent not working

   jjohnnym65 replied to G'smommy's topic in MICU

   I'm also really curious as to what type of vent you were using. I haven't seen any of the modern vents just "stop pushing air" when encountering an obstruction such as a clogged HME or plugged trach/ETT. Usually they'll continue to up the applied pre...