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1. Should Respiratory Care get its own mid-level provider credential?

   incrediblehulk2016 replied to incrediblehulk2016's topic in General Nursing

   Well this was a great discussion from two diffferent viewpoints... Thank you all for you're responses !!! Keep on posting if you have something to add

2. Should Respiratory Care get its own mid-level provider credential?

   incrediblehulk2016 replied to incrediblehulk2016's topic in General Nursing

   No I do understand, I've known people who have done it, and worked with many who fell at the feet of Nursing Theory is incredibly hard, in fact, the Nursing Model was the reason why I stayed clear of Nursing, people definetly know this. A lot of peo...

3. Should Respiratory Care get its own mid-level provider credential?

   incrediblehulk2016 replied to incrediblehulk2016's topic in General Nursing

   I did not intend to make assertions that something is true but more the less predictions of what I believe my opinion is of what may happen.......I apologize for that. I do believe that a BSN will someday become the norm in Nursing.

4. Should Respiratory Care get its own mid-level provider credential?

   incrediblehulk2016 replied to incrediblehulk2016's topic in General Nursing

   I wanted to respond to this in its own thread because what you said right here is the #1 reason why I posted here, not to start fights and troll as far as you seem to believe", and I should have just said this from the beginning. "*** PA seems to m...

5. Should Respiratory Care get its own mid-level provider credential?

   incrediblehulk2016 replied to incrediblehulk2016's topic in General Nursing

   To Respond, you clearly have misunderstood and misinterpreted everything I have said. It's ok, it happens, lots of words tossed out there, some get overlooked/ missed. I am NOT supporting "degree inflation" or saying that BSN's are better than ADN's ...

6. Should Respiratory Care get its own mid-level provider credential?

   incrediblehulk2016 replied to incrediblehulk2016's topic in General Nursing

   Thank you for the input!

7. Should Respiratory Care get its own mid-level provider credential?

   incrediblehulk2016 replied to incrediblehulk2016's topic in General Nursing

   There are also Radiologist Assistants for Rad Techs and Radiation Therapists with B.S degrees to pursue advanced practice

8. Should Respiratory Care get its own mid-level provider credential?

   incrediblehulk2016 replied to incrediblehulk2016's topic in General Nursing

   "What would these proposed new titles for RTs mean? What would RTs be able to do that would be different from what they do now?" Good Question: This is also speculation and proposed idea, but there is a movement upon the NBRC and AARC with the RT pro...

9. Should Respiratory Care get its own mid-level provider credential?

   incrediblehulk2016 replied to incrediblehulk2016's topic in General Nursing

   CRNA's do not practice independently in every states. Most states still require Physician direction. However in 16 states, they do practice independently, and other states could opt out of this requirement of MD supervision. A.A's do not that, they M...

10. Should Respiratory Care get its own mid-level provider credential?

    incrediblehulk2016 replied to incrediblehulk2016's topic in General Nursing

    There is no requirement that I know of yet, but there is definetly a strong movement for that. By 2015 it's reccomended that NP programs make the transition to the DNP, but we'll see. I think it's too much too soon?

11. Should Respiratory Care get its own mid-level provider credential?

    incrediblehulk2016 replied to incrediblehulk2016's topic in General Nursing

    I was more the less speculating for discussion purposes. I know I made it sound like an absolute fact!, I am sorry for the misunderstanding.! I do think a time will come when my field of PA's and my mid level counterparts in NP's will have a doctora...

12. Should Respiratory Care get its own mid-level provider credential?

    incrediblehulk2016 posted a topic in General Nursing

    I know this is primarily a nursing forum, but Respiratory and RRT/RN dual title holders are also very prominent in this forum, but me being an RRT/and current PA student, I have an interest in this particular question: Every profession in allied heal...

13. Do you need an RN lisence to be a LNHA

    incrediblehulk2016 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hello, I am interested in becoming a LNHA someday years down the road and I am currently a respiratory therapist in the Rochester, NY area. Ive been moving up the management ladder the past couple years and now the clinical manager of my department ...