F1 student, Respiratory Therapist

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hey!

Im an international student who applied to nursing school last semester, they told me that I would get in by spring 11! Im so tired of waiting....At the same time, I read some interesting news about the RT program (Respiratory Therapist) and I actually applied for that program last week. Nursing is my biggest dream in life and thats what I wanna do, but due to the retrogression maybe RT is a better choice even though the work may be limited?

If I dont like the program, I can go back to nursing school either way because they told me I would get in this fall! No waiting at all..

My question is, are Respiratory Therapists affected by the nursing retrogression? Is it easy to work in the US with an ADN degree in Respiratory Therapy? Maybe this is the wrong forum to ask?

thanks.

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Specializes in Medical and general practice now LTC.

Depends on what visa you apply for with your respiratory therapy. If immigrant then you will still be affected by retrogression. Either way your employer will have to prove that they can not employ USC or PR before you

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I concur the last post! However, there are parts in the USA where the demand for respiratory therapist is quite high and not enough employees!

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In the hospital that I currently work for just had a position for RT, they didn't require experience. That position was either pulled or it was filled. Right now the hospital doesn't have the means to sponsor anybody for RT.

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