The downtime. Our busiest hours for patient care are 0700, 0900, 1300, 1500 and 1700. (unless you are working ICU’s or ER.) Besides that we have some downtime, unless we get calls. (this is not to say that we don’t have to do anything else but we generally get to eat breakfast and a little break …
RT Stuff
Top Five Things I WON’T Miss about RT
As my time as an RT comes to a close (one more shift) I wanted to share some things I won’t miss about being an RT. In no particular order. Inaccurate procedure Counts. In the RT world its all about numbers. According tonnage meant we should be able to do a minimum of 35 procedures …
Would I discourage??
I read this article today and I liked it. When I was a respiratory student someone once tried to discourage me from becoming an RT. http://scrubsmag.com/would-you-ever-discourage-someone-from-becoming-a-nurse/ Now some of the people who know that I am now an RN as well as an RRT, discourage me from working in a certain unit or hospital but …
Some RT Humor
http://whatshouldwecallrt.tumblr.com/
RT AND RN
How RT’s are credentialed is different than the way RN’s are credentialed. Well, no so different in the way but the how it happens. In my state, the RN licensure seems pretty streamlined although somewhat confusing when you get information From unreliable sources. You graduate from your RN program, be it BSN or ADN, apply …
Admitted!
I received my admission (or readmission) letter to the University of Central Florida today. I am free now to apply to the RN-BSN (or AS to BSN) program which ever happens to be what I am at the time I apply. The application deadlines for the transition programs are May 15th to July 1st for …
The 10 Commandments of Respiratory Care (RT Humor)
1. Thou shalt answer all STAT pages within 1 hour 2. Night shift workers shall end their naps at least 5 minutes before the day shift arrives 3. Stand not before the open ET tube, lest the wrath of glob be upon you 4. Thou shalt refuse to perform anything termed “pulmonary toilet” 5. Thou …
A entry prompted by a post on These Emergency Blues
Bedside Nursing as Menial and Demeaning “Despite years of education and rhetoric, nurses aren’t really permitted to practice to the full scope of our knowledge.” This is a quote from from “Bedside Nursing as Menial and Demeaning” by torontoemergencyRN (just substitute RT in that sentence) “If people around you all day tell you you’re worthless …
Riddle Me This…
All those who follow this blog know that I am an RT. The semester for nursing school is just winding up and soon I will be shot like a cannon ball into weeks and weeks of reading, testing, discussion and clinical. This week is advanced renal disorders. Next week advanced cardiac disorders. From time to …
Working on the holiday
It’s a fact of life for those of us who work in healthcare. The hospital never closes therefore someone has to work 24/7/365. Someone has to be there to care for the critically Ill and the sick. I’ve been an RT for 11 years and in those 11 years I’ve worked my share of holidays …