DST2RN

Can a pulmonary care nurse run vents, or does it still have to be a R.T.? Or is up to that hospitals guidelines? Today at work the Physician ordered different vent settings via in house telephone and the R.T. was at lunch and so a pulmonary care nur...

Ya I'll need al the luck I can get. When you get the golden hand shake in the only job you ever prepared for and now have to go back out into the world and find a new one, man it sucks. All my aunts are nurses and my lil brother whos account this was...

Injury forced....DST is short for Deputy sheriff trainee

I'm gonna try the switch.

Hello all, I am a 31 yr old male from so.cal, I am giving considerable thought to a lvn program, in hopes of bridging to a R.N. program, Is this a wise choice? My situation demands I work full-time, but I did find some part time LVN programs. I hav...

Just cause, U lost me man with CNS,APN,CNM and BON's

Is NRP certification just a nurse cert. I know not all the rt's at my hospital can work NICU/LnD I know they have to be trained,qualified and signed off by the Nicu M.D. chief of staff. Our RT's also have to be present at any delivery if the doctor c...

At my hospital which is a 430 room district hospital and I only know about my Hospital which is located in california. I was talking to our nurse practioner and our PA-C and they were going over there w-2's but how come the CRNA made more them both o...

I know everyone has there own reasons for choosing there profession and money may not be the driving factor, I'm new to the healthcare world and I admit I'm sure I have misrepresentation about alot of stuff. Heck I didn't even know what a CRNA was ti...

Is NRP/PALS given during the two year RT course or is it something one usually picks up outside the program via another route of training or class?

Yes, all of the RT's in the nicu which also handles Lnd can intubate they can not work alone or be primary until the Doctor signs them off on intubation and other certain neonatal functions, they can only respond as a back up RT to calls until signed...

Our maternity center is outside in a total different building say a 1/8 mile away so if they come into our E.R. the triage practioner will take a look if it's close or ready to do a stop and drop as they say she will push a code yellow button and a M...

Our Lvn's or RN's put them in the bag then security transports them to the morgue and and also releases to morturary transport as far as all this cleaning stuff. Depends if the deputies or coroner is coming, if they are the deceased will have tubes,...

I'm new to the world of nursing and hospital enviroment and hear alot about scope of practice and such . But a couple days ago while going about my non medical staff duties in the ER waiting area behind the desk of the ER waiting room R.N'S desk. In ...

[ This baby was lucky because it didn't have to wait for the RT to be called. Thats what the assigned R.N. was makin light of , when he said what better then to have a RT standin right there. I asked a little more about the situation and all the RN'...

Our E.R. charge nurses are divided into 4 color coded zones they each have a zone , they pretty much assign tasks handle issues with patients take complaints and until I started workin at a hospital thought all death notifications were made by MD'S...

Yeah I kinda figured it was okay but wasn't sure , the ER desk is a RN assigned position. He just happened to be there while his buddy (the RN assigned to the desk) took a patient back to the back. And she just happened to come into the ER with the...

6281 to be exact for 2006 Yes to both question but we have a couple of each and they have there own little bedrooms in our L&D facility

Do you plan to go to RN school after RT school? What do you hope to do with your RT? I would like to one day work in the NICU or PEDS , our NICU only allows seasoned RT'S in the unit , and maybe work at childrens hospital in L.A. I dont mind one bit...

I have 3 out of the 5 people I know taking nursing science to become a R.N. officially fail out. While talking to a newer R.N. who was a RT, I opened my big mouth and said I'm sure glad I'm taking Respiratory therapy and not nursing science (BIG MIS...

Yes, at the college, I'm taking the class at, nursing science is 4 semesters and RT is 4 semesters and 1 mandatory summer session. both have similiar pre reqs BIO, ANAT, CHEM, etc. Like I said earlier I was always under the impression that nursing ...

I am a Hospital employee, I work at a 400 room full service Hospital, though I am not a medical staff employee, I am a support staff as they call it. I have a desire to be a RT no this isnt a RT VS. R.N. question My aunts are both charge nurses at th...