BreatheDeep

BreatheDeep has 6 years experience and specializes in Respiratory Therapy.

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1. LVN scope with ventilators?

   BreatheDeep replied to riquelle's topic in LPN/LVN

   Well then that's just even more ridiculous! One thing I've noticed is that there's often an inverse relationship between how territorial an RT is and how good of a therapist they are. The strong ones know their own skills and knowledge, know they do...

2. LVN scope with ventilators?

   BreatheDeep replied to riquelle's topic in LPN/LVN

   I think the real monsters here were your supervisors. If an RT wrote you up for bagging a patient (which, by the way, is probably the most absurd thing I've ever heard before, and the person who wrote that complaint should find a new career field), ...

3. LVN scope with ventilators?

   BreatheDeep replied to riquelle's topic in LPN/LVN

   You're correct, home care wasn't what prompted this decision from the Boards. This whole decision is the unfortunate sequelae of events stemming from the practices of various SNF/LTAC facilities. The unfortunate truth is that their actions, specific...

4. LVN scope with ventilators?

   BreatheDeep replied to riquelle's topic in LPN/LVN

   As someone who works very closely with the CA RCB, and who was also involved in the negotiations between the RCB and BVNPT, allow me to expand a bit on what this means, and why it happened. Also, just for the record, some of this might be upsetting ...

5. Nurse vs Respiratory Therapist

   BreatheDeep replied to Lost and Found's topic in General Students

   No worries mate, just want to make sure you're aware. Also, this is the internet, so while you may feel some way its also impossible for anyone else to truly comprehend anything other than the words plainly written on the page. And no, not necessari...

6. Nurse vs Respiratory Therapist

   BreatheDeep replied to Lost and Found's topic in General Students

   MykRTstudent, From one RT to another, I would suggest that you be careful with your tone and what you say next time you post. Every nurses scope goes far beyond just bathing and ADL's, which I know you know. And trust me, nobody is more aware of the ...

7. Nursing VS Respiratory Care

   BreatheDeep replied to w0ntonsoup's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Do you want to be a narrow specialist, or a wide ranging generalist? When you're taking care of your patients, do you want to be responsible for them head to toe? Do you want to know about absolutely everything that's going on with them? Or do you on...

8. RN delegating nursing function to CNA/RT

   BreatheDeep replied to LPNfurever's topic in Safety

   Technically RT could do it, as usually all forms of vascular access also falls within an RT's scope - with the caveat that it must be related to cardiopulmonary function in some way. For example, I do it all the time after drawing my RT labs (VBG's a...

9. Nurse vs Respiratory Therapist

   BreatheDeep replied to Lost and Found's topic in General Students

   Have you looked at OSU's new APRT program? They have apparently just received acceptance from the Medical and Nursing faculty for the program. It will be Masters level, the RT's will sit in half of their classes right along-side the NP's (systemic pa...

10. Nurse vs Respiratory Therapist

    BreatheDeep replied to Lost and Found's topic in General Students

    I suck at things...real message is below

11. Switching from Nursing to Respiratory Therapy

    BreatheDeep replied to MykRTstudent's topic in General Students

    This goes both ways. Yes, some states have opened sleep up to EMT's and LPN's - typically states with overall weak regulatory environments. In contrast, there are other states where sleep has been moved 100% within the realm of RT. RT has it's own sl...

12. PNW Respiratory therapy requirements different than Nursing program?

    BreatheDeep replied to Mbazyuk's topic in General Nursing

    Here is a link to their prerequisite requirements: Program Details Looks the same as most programs: English, Math, Psych, and Communication + the sciences with Anatomy and Physiology I & II, General Chemistry, and Microbiology. It seems they use...

13. PEEP and blood pressure/other hemodynamics

    BreatheDeep replied to sunnybabe's topic in Critical

    So I know this thread is a few months old at this point, but on the off chance you look at it again I figured I'd also give some RT insight on the whole urine output and PEEP thing. There were some good answers but one which was missed. Muscle cells ...

14. Nurses, please help this RT to better understand IV's and drawing blood!

    BreatheDeep replied to BreatheDeep's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, my facility is a hot mess. Lab does all our lab draws as well - in fact they are the only department which even carries butterfly needles. Except they decided they didn't like doing stat labs (usually lactates, but sometimes VBG's and Chemistry...

15. Nurses, please help this RT to better understand IV's and drawing blood!

    BreatheDeep posted a topic in General Nursing

    Drawing blood sounds simple enough right? I'm sure it is and all...except that I'm an RT and not an RN. Short backstory: RT has our own blood gas, chemistry, and co-oximetery machines in my hospital. As such RT recently took over processing all stat ...