- Love the money
- Love helping people
- Love working with people
- Love the challenge
- Love the feel of the rush during an emergency
- Like the exercise from all the walking we do
- Love bantering with patients
- Love working in the air conditioning
- I love the challenge of doing invasive procedures
- I love helping people breathe better
- I love the milieu of the hospital
- The wait to get into nursing school was too long
- I would rather do PEEP than POOP
- Love the hours
- Love the people
- Knew the boss
- Slept with the boss (okay, I just made that one up)
- Wanted an easy job
- I thought it would be a good career
- It was the career I drew out of a hat
- I accidentally signed up for the wrong class, and decided I liked it
- RTs were in high demand
- I could start working as soon as I got a degree
- It was only a two year program
- I heard if I could get my CRTT in one year and start working
Why did you become an RT?
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In 2006 I found myself divorced from a 20-year marriage, and then downsized from a job I had held for 11 years. 2006 pretty much sucked! My back was up against a wall, as I was living in a rural area where jobs were few and far between. I determined to return to school and finish something . . . but what. I asked what field could I accomplish in 2 years, and which would give me a career that I could support myself. My options were Respiratory Therapy, or Radiation Technologist. I decided I would rather help people breathe, than to glow. I'm glad I did! Becoming an RT has been great for me. It gave me the confidence to rebuild my life, and now I have a real career that I love.
Happy RT Week!
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