Do RT's ever help you with bedside nursing?

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If you are busy and they see you need help?

Only if the task is related to RT. "Could you help me boost him up so we can sit him up high for extubation?" Otherwise, no.

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Specializes in SICU, trauma, neuro.

Once in a great while, we will recruit them for lifting help. A while back we had a very large pt fall and all available helped--even the resident. But generally, they're a bit busy with a dozen other intubated pts, plus running to codes, going to the ED to help bring up intubated admits, going w/ other RNs to CT with intubated pts...

So anyway, if the RN needs help with a nursing task we'll generally either get another RN or a CNA.

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Fascinated with RTs, eh? I put my focus on doing my own job.

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