Designed for RTs, RT students and aspiring RTs:
The following posts are provided to further your knowledge of the respiratory therapy profession.
- RT FAQ
- Blogs and related links
- Hospital, RN, RT statistics
- RT Cave Rules
- Wit and Wisdom
- RT cheat sheets and protocols
- What do respiratory therapists do?
- Advantages and disadvantages of being an RT
- 10 tips to get your patients to like you
- Littman: The best stethoscopes
- Types of respiratory therapists
- 25 tips: How to pass respiratory therapy school
- Why is the RT program so hard?
- 21 virtues of respiratory therapy
- Here's how I became a good student
- Many students have doubts about the RT program
- Is it true RRTs get no respect?
- The first year of RT School (What to expect)
- 21 Virtues of respiratory therapy
- Franklin's 13 subjects
- 13 virtues of parenting
- Make a difference
- The advantages of working day shift
- Common sense: Don't ask how are you doing?
- Anticipate and Explain
- Dealing with Dying
- The Key to success as an RT: Stop complaining
- Games you can play in the RT Cave
- Indications for breathing treatments that are ignored too often
- 27 non indications for breathing treatments that are not ignored enough
- The 12 biggest myths of respiratory therapy
- The five stages of RT grief
- Getting along with RT bosses
- Non RT jobs RTs do
- How to chart a missed treatment
- My advice for aspiring RTs
- Important tips for respiratory therapy students
- Things RTs do that are useful
- Report
- The future role of respiratory therapists
- What can I do to prepare for RT school?
- What book will make you a good RT?
- The worse part of being an RT
- How can you prepare for RT school?
- What do respiratory therapists do?
- Advantages and disadvantages of being an RT
- Update on RT credentials
- Emergency Codes
- Rules for dealing with night shifters
- Two ways to hire doctors
- Are RTs therapists or technitions?
- Why are you a respiratory therapist?
- 10 great things about being a respiratory therapist
- Does the job of RT suck?
- Can you do RT tasks without a license?
- Are we respiratory therapists or respiratory jockies?
- Is a Bachelor's Degree in respiratory therapy useful?
- Is it better to get a bonus or raise?
- A respiratory therapist is the best respiratory therapist
- What did you do prior to becoming an RT?
- Are respiratory therapists rewarded for their knowledge?
- How to get a job as a respiratory therapist
- Respiratory Therapy a low stress job?
- Three types of respiratory therapists
- Do we learn to much in RT school?
- What do RTs really do?
- Is the job of RT getting harder
- Is there a lot of math in respiratory therapy?
- Do you have any times for passing RT exams?
- 5 tips for improving communication with patients
- Humility and respect make good RTs
- Look at the patient 101
- 23 tips to make yourself a standout RT
- Large versus small hospitals
- You have one job to do and one job only...
- Here's why healthcare costs are so high
- Stand your ground
- The focus should be on the patient... not on pride
- How to improve customer service
- How to deal with dementia patients
- Depression often goes undiagnosed
- Is pulse oximetry a distraction?
- Thoughts on suicide
- Refusals
- Advice for starting
- 25 reasons why people go into respiratory therapy