yahoomagoo

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1. Switching from Nursing to Respiratory Therapy

   yahoomagoo replied to MykRTstudent's topic in General Students

   I mean, if this isn't overall RRT bashing idk what is. Yes there are several states where an RRT cannot do this or that. There have been studies on overall patient safety and outcome through the Bureau of Labor Statistics as far as RRT not being requ...

2. confessions of a RRT

   yahoomagoo replied to yahoomagoo's topic in General Nursing

   Oh I get it. Although Ill be a fully licensed perfusionist, im still not a nurse and therefore should be less respected.right. you can do that job too its just a bunch of tubes and blood, no math or physics at all. go ahead and press the alarm silenc...

3. confessions of a RRT

   yahoomagoo replied to yahoomagoo's topic in General Nursing

   "who have a license to do everything that you do" that must be why there are 120,000 RRTs in the country with their own license and own degree(s) someone just played a big trick on us and we all turned out to be undercover nursing assistance. so go a...

4. confessions of a RRT

   yahoomagoo replied to yahoomagoo's topic in General Nursing

   heres a dose of reality for you, stop acting as if your gods gift to patients and the hospital just because you're with 2 patients for 12 hours pushing meds. stop acting like you can walk on water just because you can hang a bag and press start then ...

5. confessions of a RRT

   yahoomagoo replied to yahoomagoo's topic in General Nursing

   gods gift to nurses? stop acting like your gods gift to your patients does your title say RN-MD Phd RRT NP OT PT ST etc etc let me guess you know just as much as they do too right?

6. confessions of a RRT

   yahoomagoo replied to yahoomagoo's topic in General Nursing

   And that's exactly my point, I started out extremely proactive. Asking nurses if I can help in anyway after my treatments,vent checks, suctioning etc. Asking about what this drug does, and what the pump alarm means I was genuinely interested. Now I s...

7. confessions of a RRT

   yahoomagoo replied to yahoomagoo's topic in General Nursing

   all the nurses on the floor ive been working on habitually bash me non stop. I literally went on that floor with a mentality that I can be a part of their team. They don't listen to any of my concerns about patients, they side track the MD's up their...

8. confessions of a RRT

   yahoomagoo replied to yahoomagoo's topic in General Nursing

   I could openly admit that I know nothing about your IV poles but you can openly admit that maybe just maybe an RRT is a little more knowledgeable than you when it comes to the safety of the patient.

9. confessions of a RRT

   yahoomagoo posted a topic in General Nursing

   Dear fellow healthcare colleagues, Growing up I had a father who had multiple diagnosed respiratory issues from working at the factory. I remember the night stand filled with inhalers and a machine that blasts air out through a mask. Later on in...

10. RT vs. RN? Is RT a useless profession?

    yahoomagoo replied to AspiringRN27's topic in Career Support

    mechanical ventilation = gas in and gas out, respiratory system = air in air out, bronchodilators = open airways to get gas in and gas out, better.

11. Hands off my vent!!

    yahoomagoo replied to adventure_rn's topic in Critical

    some do, its deep into the vent settings. but we leave it off so you can push 100% 02 and alarm silence without thinking the machines broke.

12. RT says her scope is wider than mine. Ok?

    yahoomagoo replied to CardiacDork's topic in Relations

    New York, I've done a few PICC lines and a ton of ART's. Im not bragging, but its covered under my license and studied how to do them vigorously. The hospital you work at may not allow RRT's to do ART lines, so you don't see them do it. But he/she mi...