RT LACEY

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

   RT LACEY replied to AspiringRN27's topic in Career Support

   You know I've heard that before. That RTs are mainly just in the states. Has Australia ever had RTs or ever tried to introduce them as far as you know?

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

   RT LACEY replied to AspiringRN27's topic in Career Support

   I said that RNs don't learn about the respiratory system in much DETAIL. Pay attention to detail. It's important whether you are an RN or RT :) As far as vents are concerned, you have to know which button to press and each brand, or even generation ...

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

   RT LACEY replied to AspiringRN27's topic in Career Support

   I have never been to nursing school. I took one nursing course at the University I attended but it was simply an intro to nursing course. The information that I shared with you was actually information that a nurse at my job gave to me. She told me t...

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

   RT LACEY replied to AspiringRN27's topic in Career Support

   Respiratory Therapy is a very specialized field of medicine. Because of that, we spend two years on a subject that nurses spend a few weeks on (my sources are two of my c/w). If you are asking what an RT can do that an RN can not LEGALLY do, I don't ...

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

   RT LACEY replied to AspiringRN27's topic in Career Support

   RNs do not learn about the respiratory system, the physics of mechanical ventilation, and the physiology of bronchodilators for example, in much detail.