What is respiratory care? What to these people do? What kind of degree is it? Are you still pursuing nursing? Well, I am glad that you asked so many questions. I am going to give you a brief run down of what a Respiratory Therapist (RRT <-- Registered Respiratory Therapist) does.
1. What is respiratory care? It is a specialized healthcare practitioner
who has graduated from a college or a university and passed a national
board certifying examination. Respiratory therapists work under the
general supervision of an intensive care physician or pulmonologist.
(Source from: Wikipedia)
(Source from: Wikipedia)
2. What do these therapists do? We do a lot and work in many different areas. According to my professors we are one the first people to assess a patient. Looking for breathing problems, and we help to calm the patient down. We help the doctors with insertions of tubes and monitor breathing treatments. We can work on many different floors also. One day we might work on the pediatric floor the next day we might work on the geriatrics floor. It seems to me that everyday will be different, and will be quite interesting.
3. What kind of degree is it? I am going for the associates degree. I will be in this program until Fall 2014! Which means I would graduate this program in December of 2014! That is next year! That seems really close to me. (There is a light at the end of the tunnel!) I am only going for the associates because I want to jump into the nursing program as soon as possible.
4. Am I still pursuing nursing? OF COURSE! I have always wanted to be a nurse. I hope and pray that I will have two degrees by the time I am done here at Ferris.
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