airis

Latest Activity

1. Respiratory Therapy or Nursing?

   airis replied to maleRN2b_one's topic in California Nursing

   FYI At kaiser RTS are in the union and RTs get paid 30/hr while RNs MEdsurg get paid 32/hr but if you are an ICU RN you get paid 35-40/hr depending on your experience. I am from California also. But...

2. Respiratory Therapy or Nursing?

   airis replied to maleRN2b_one's topic in California Nursing

   Well, Respiratory therapist can work as registry and per diem. There is always in need of RT in hospitals, sleep centers, pharmaceuticals, schools and subacutes. As for advancement its not a lot...

3. Respritory therapy

   airis replied to dark40's topic in General Nursing

   No, I did not have healthcare experience but so were my classmates. Maybe its just not what I really wanted to do. I do have a lot of family that are in the medical field. My husband is an RN, my...

4. Respritory therapy

   airis replied to dark40's topic in General Nursing

   I did and I went for RT. I regret it so bad. I had 5 months to graduate and I quit. I couldnt stand RT. As an RT your the first person to be called when there is a code blue(someone is dying). You...

5. Respiratory therapy?

   airis replied to westl's topic in General Nursing

   You shouldnt worry about the pay. You should worry about the nature of job as an RT. I was an RT student for a year. I had 6 months to graduate but I quit. I couldnt stand it. Everyday I went to my...

6. Respiratory Therapist VS Nursing

   airis replied to airis's topic in Nursing Career

   hi there! I actually started RT school at concorde. Right now I am doing GE but so far I like it. I also like how its not a big class (20 classmates) we all get along and get together for group study....

7. What does a Respiratory Therapist Do That An RN Can't?

   airis replied to steve0123's topic in MICU, SICU

   shame all of you!!! You should act like professionals and stop talking about RT's. Being an RN is not about who does more work and who does less. It is about giving total care to sick people and do...

8. What does a Respiratory Therapist Do That An RN Can't?

   airis replied to steve0123's topic in MICU, SICU

   By the way CRT are professionals. They go to school the same length as an ADN. You have to earn an associate degree in science respiratory therapy to be a certified respiratory therapist. If you are...

9. Angry at the Lazy Respiratory Therapists

   airis replied to sockov's topic in MICU, SICU

   focus on your job not their job. If RT dont do their jobs its their loss not yours. The important thing is to know what makes you a good nurse. If you are allowed to do it then do it. Dont wait for...

10. Private v. Public

    airis replied to NickiLaughs's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    like i said I contacted the coarc and caahep to verify about concorde and they said that you will be eligible to take the exam. Coarc and Caahep are the one who will give schools the accreditation so...

11. How far do you guys drive to school?how much was your tuition?

    airis replied to mynameizjim's topic in LPN, LVN Students

    Travel? if its less than an hr it wouldnt be that bad but choose whatever you can afford and also the school that you like. Right now I am going to concorde career for respiratory it was a very tough...

12. Respiratory Therapist VS Nursing

    airis replied to airis's topic in Nursing Career

    thank u all for your response. It helped me understand more about RT and RN. I am still looking for more answers. I might go to a hospital and observe both nurse and RT. Thank you all

13. Beyond bad credit-struck by lightening twice

    airis replied to august_snow's topic in General Nursing

    I used to believe that collection agency wont take any legal actions. They used to send my husband nasty letters saying they were going to garnage his wages or take him to court. So, oneday we got a...

14. Beyond bad credit-struck by lightening twice

    airis replied to august_snow's topic in General Nursing

15. Does bankruptcy affect the eligibility to take the NCLEX OR OBTAIN LICENSE??

    airis posted a topic in General Nursing

    My husband is going to graduate as an LVN in 3 months and he is planning to file bankruptcy but he is afraid that he might not be eligible to take the NCLEX and obtain his license as a VN. Also he's...