Comments on: Are you a Respiratory Therapist? Do you blog? http://rhonchi.com/archive/20060115/are-you-a-respiratory-therapist-do-you-blog.html For Respiratory Techs, Therapists, Care Practitioners, Snotsuckers, and other Respiratory Terrorists Tue, 12 May 2009 10:31:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Josh http://rhonchi.com/archive/20060115/are-you-a-respiratory-therapist-do-you-blog.html/comment-page-3#comment-19800 Josh Tue, 12 May 2009 10:31:22 +0000 http://rhonchi.com/archive/20060115/are-you-a-respiratory-therapist-do-you-blog.html#comment-19800 Does anyone know of any hospitals in the U.S. where RT's work in the OR with Anesthesiologists? I know that RT's in Canada do, however I am curious to know if we do here in the U.S. Does anyone know of any hospitals in the U.S. where RT’s work in the OR with Anesthesiologists? I know that RT’s in Canada do, however I am curious to know if we do here in the U.S.

]]> By: Jay http://rhonchi.com/archive/20060115/are-you-a-respiratory-therapist-do-you-blog.html/comment-page-3#comment-19799 Jay Fri, 08 May 2009 05:51:06 +0000 http://rhonchi.com/archive/20060115/are-you-a-respiratory-therapist-do-you-blog.html#comment-19799 Ive been a RT since 1999. I graduated college with a 4 year degree in business adm. before I went to respiratory school. The only reason I went to resp. school was because I couldnt find a decent job with my business degree. Ive worked PRN ever since I started in the field. I can honestly say the only thing I like about the job is I make my own schedule and its a paycheck. Sad to say but thats the truth. Its a boring and repetitous job. Breathing tx here, cpt there, check ventilator here, blah,blah,blah. Ive been a RT since 1999. I graduated college with a 4 year degree in business adm. before I went to respiratory school. The only reason I went to resp. school was because I couldnt find a decent job with my business degree. Ive worked PRN ever since I started in the field. I can honestly say the only thing I like about the job is I make my own schedule and its a paycheck. Sad to say but thats the truth. Its a boring and repetitous job. Breathing tx here, cpt there, check ventilator here, blah,blah,blah.

]]> By: LUCINDA http://rhonchi.com/archive/20060115/are-you-a-respiratory-therapist-do-you-blog.html/comment-page-3#comment-19798 LUCINDA Thu, 07 May 2009 03:47:03 +0000 http://rhonchi.com/archive/20060115/are-you-a-respiratory-therapist-do-you-blog.html#comment-19798 ROBERT, I enjoy your comments. I've made similar observations, in the past, and have been roundly criticized for them. No one wants to hear the truth, especially from a female RRT. I am sorry that I wasted my money on a B.S. in Respiratory Care. I received more respect when I was employed as a Dog Catcher. ROBERT,
I enjoy your comments. I’ve made
similar observations, in the past, and have
been roundly criticized for them. No one wants to hear the truth, especially from a
female RRT. I am sorry that I wasted my
money on a B.S. in Respiratory Care. I received more respect when I was employed as a Dog Catcher.

]]> By: Adam http://rhonchi.com/archive/20060115/are-you-a-respiratory-therapist-do-you-blog.html/comment-page-3#comment-19797 Adam Fri, 01 May 2009 09:57:46 +0000 http://rhonchi.com/archive/20060115/are-you-a-respiratory-therapist-do-you-blog.html#comment-19797 Hello to all- I send this message simply as a response to negativity and a summons to all of those in this field who feel good about the great impact that they have on those for whom they administer care. I felt a spiritual calling to this field after a 10 year career detour in production art and graphic design for a very high-profile company. They provided great perks, a good-paying job, and somewhat of a "status" when I told people what I did for a living. After ten years, I find myself laid off after working my way through some kind of ranks, and want to return to a career of service through medicine. I say return because I served in the Navy as a Hospital Corpsman for 8 years and did not prosper or have the motivation to continue in this field. After some investigation I have found not only inspiration but the promise of good money in RT. Unfortunately, I cannot complete my course of choice due to this economy and my ability to pay for this program at my school of choice. I found myself asking, at 37 years old, for my father to co-sign for a student loan to do something for which I truly believe holds great promise. I had a GREAT job that I thought would carry me for many years. My father denied my request today for myriad understandable reasons. Bottom line- in reading this blog I have recognized the need for positivity and the belief in humankind for the medical profession to progress. Mr. Jimenez- hats off to you for your lust for life and for continuing your profession to keep your skills sharp. I felt the medical calling at about 18 or 19 years old, fulfilled my military obligation and pursued something else for selfish reasons, and now find myself at a crossroad that I cannot pass due to ridiculous financial reasons: 1. Should I continue to pursue work for which I know I will be extremely underpaid compared to where I was working before? 2. Should I follow my heart and pursue RT and get paid well for doing it? 3. I can't cover what Stafford Loans don't due to my financial status last year. In summary, I am extremely disappointed and somewhat depressed that I can't do this right now, although I'm looking for ways around it. I made too much money last year to qualify for any grants, and the unemployment system unfortunately is overtaxed, making it hard to explore my options. Unfortunately, the system makes it easier to collect your partial paycheck looking for something you don't want to back to. My heart hurts that there are so many out there who are employed and not grateful for their job, although I understand the burnout. I wish every single blogger here nothing but the best, and peace and satisfaction in whatever they choose. Please send some kharma this way. Sincerely, Adam Hello to all-

I send this message simply as a response to negativity and a summons to all of those in this field who feel good about the great impact that they have on those for whom they administer care. I felt a spiritual calling to this field after a 10 year career detour in production art and graphic design for a very high-profile company. They provided great perks, a good-paying job, and somewhat of a “status” when I told people what I did for a living.

After ten years, I find myself laid off after working my way through some kind of ranks, and want to return to a career of service through medicine. I say return because I served in the Navy as a Hospital Corpsman for 8 years and did not prosper or have the motivation to continue in this field.

After some investigation I have found not only inspiration but the promise of good money in RT. Unfortunately, I cannot complete my course of choice due to this economy and my ability to pay for this program at my school of choice. I found myself asking, at 37 years old, for my father to co-sign for a student loan to do something for which I truly believe holds great promise. I had a GREAT job that I thought would carry me for many years. My father denied my request today for myriad understandable reasons.

Bottom line- in reading this blog I have recognized the need for positivity and the belief in humankind for the medical profession to progress. Mr. Jimenez- hats off to you for your lust for life and for continuing your profession to keep your skills sharp. I felt the medical calling at about 18 or 19 years old, fulfilled my military obligation and pursued something else for selfish reasons, and now find myself at a crossroad that I cannot pass due to ridiculous financial reasons: 1. Should I continue to pursue work for which I know I will be extremely underpaid compared to where I was working before? 2. Should I follow my heart and pursue RT and get paid well for doing it? 3. I can’t cover what Stafford Loans don’t due to my financial status last year.

In summary, I am extremely disappointed and somewhat depressed that I can’t do this right now, although I’m looking for ways around it. I made too much money last year to qualify for any grants, and the unemployment system unfortunately is overtaxed, making it hard to explore my options. Unfortunately, the system makes it easier to collect your partial paycheck looking for something you don’t want to back to. My heart hurts that there are so many out there who are employed and not grateful for their job, although I understand the burnout. I wish every single blogger here nothing but the best, and peace and satisfaction in whatever they choose. Please send some kharma this way.

Sincerely,
Adam

]]> By: shouldhave http://rhonchi.com/archive/20060115/are-you-a-respiratory-therapist-do-you-blog.html/comment-page-3#comment-19796 shouldhave Sun, 26 Apr 2009 11:08:32 +0000 http://rhonchi.com/archive/20060115/are-you-a-respiratory-therapist-do-you-blog.html#comment-19796 My 2 cents. 15 years as an RRT. Burned out around 14 years ago. Many different hospitals, many different units, many different types of patients, coworkers, residents, directors, etc... good and bad all around. Where and with whom you work in this field makes a difference, as with any job. But only a little in my case. I know my stuff, I do the best job I can, I earn respect, and I treat every patient like I would treat my own grandmother, and I go home. But I have to tell you, going to RT school was, literally, the worst decision I have ever made. I seriously thought I was going to be somebody. Now, it is a constant drain on my sanity. I am, or was, a very happy, energetic, life loving person. I still am, or try to be, when I have a few days off. But the dread of the upcoming shift is always there. It keeps getting heavier and heavier, year after year. Trust me, after the exciting and new first few years, it becomes all the same. Fast paced or slow, there is nothing new around the corner. New innovations? Shit, the best innovation I have seen is the aluminum E-tank. All the rest is minimal. Nothing has been, and I would bet never will be, earth shattering, let alone exciting. Somebody invent the Oxygen patch, please. That might actually be helpful. There is a plateau that you will reach in this field. Nowhere but straight ahead, or down, to go from there. Unless of course you are lucky enough to be such a go-getter/need to know every last med hx detail/ drip/ dosage/ RT is my life/ Albuterol is important/ and I'm important because I control the flow on this vent! type of person that you are able to keep it fresh and entertaining. Kudos. If my dog had just one thumb he could be trained to do it. In most hospitals, most of the decisions you make, if any, are mundane(there are exceptions). Do I start at the low numbers or the high? Should I leave it at 2l/m or wean to 1.5 like that go-getter does? Albuterol or Atrovent in the cup first? Step quietly over the 6 family members sleeping on the floor or wake everyone up with lights blazing to give the 0300 tx because the patient coughed once yesterday? As I said there are exceptions. There are and will be important decisions to make, but you better know what your doing and know who is going to stand behind you if something goes wrong, your fault or not. I've had directors/managers/etc that would stand behind me 100%, and others who would not stand behind anybody for anything. Now, don't get me wrong. This is a job. Decent paying job. You will never get rich, but of coarse this is relative. If you work 12's and don't have to work OT, 4 days a week off can't be beat. That's if there not all scattered all over the place. Occaionally but rarely I'll get a 4 day weekend, more of the time I get 4 one day weekends. This really bites if you work nights. I am thankful to have a job, I just don't enjoy it at all anymore. I do believe it already has or soon will take ten years off my life. I am absolutley determined to get out. For good. For the time being I am stuck, family medical/ insurance/ money/ time issues abound. But I will get out one day. I will be somebody! By the way, to any new RT's or students, good luck and I hope you really enjoy or even just tolerate your new careers. Really. It does have its moments. I've known a few who really liked it, more like me who absolutely loathe it, but most tolerate it. But 85%, no 95% of the stuff you learn in school, you will never use. They need to teach classes on how to deal with stupid MD's, smart MD's, arrogant MD's, brand new MD's, brand new RN's, hard nose politics, quiet behind the door you'll never know politics, what really happens before and after joint commision, over-anxious pt's, family members, and rn's, more politics, unrational and overeager RT's, constant departmental improvements that only make everything more time consuming and complicated, some more politics, and approx 1000 tiny, mundane, worthless, moot, unneeded, and/or stupid things you will have to do in the coarse of your 12 hour shift that havn't the slightest to do with helping somebody breath better. And finally, they should devote the entire last semester of RT school on how to work for years on end, full time and more, come up with tens of thousands of extra dollars, completely adjust your life, support your family and kids, save for their education, pay the bills, and go back to school all over again before you hit 50, all at the same time, for what you should have done in the first place. If I had to do it over again, it would not be in the medical field at all. If it had to be in the medical field, I would go straight through nursing school and straight into CRNA school as soon as possible. 3-10 times the money, probably about the same amount of bullshit. Bash if you want, but I'm not here anymore. I'm out deciding on the Albuterol or Atrovent first thing. Just my 2 cents. My 2 cents. 15 years as an RRT. Burned out around 14 years ago. Many different hospitals, many different units, many different types of patients, coworkers, residents, directors, etc… good and bad all around. Where and with whom you work in this field makes a difference, as with any job. But only a little in my case. I know my stuff, I do the best job I can, I earn respect, and I treat every patient like I would treat my own grandmother, and I go home. But I have to tell you, going to RT school was, literally, the worst decision I have ever made. I seriously thought I was going to be somebody. Now, it is a constant drain on my sanity. I am, or was, a very happy, energetic, life loving person. I still am, or try to be, when I have a few days off. But the dread of the upcoming shift is always there. It keeps getting heavier and heavier, year after year. Trust me, after the exciting and new first few years, it becomes all the same. Fast paced or slow, there is nothing new around the corner. New innovations? Shit, the best innovation I have seen is the aluminum E-tank. All the rest is minimal. Nothing has been, and I would bet never will be, earth shattering, let alone exciting. Somebody invent the Oxygen patch, please. That might actually be helpful. There is a plateau that you will reach in this field. Nowhere but straight ahead, or down, to go from there. Unless of course you are lucky enough to be such a go-getter/need to know every last med hx detail/ drip/ dosage/ RT is my life/ Albuterol is important/ and I’m important because I control the flow on this vent! type of person that you are able to keep it fresh and entertaining. Kudos. If my dog had just one thumb he could be trained to do it.
In most hospitals, most of the decisions you make, if any, are mundane(there are exceptions). Do I start at the low numbers or the high? Should I leave it at 2l/m or wean to 1.5 like that go-getter does? Albuterol or Atrovent in the cup first? Step quietly over the 6 family members sleeping on the floor or wake everyone up with lights blazing to give the 0300 tx because the patient coughed once yesterday? As I said there are exceptions. There are and will be important decisions to make, but you better know what your doing and know who is going to stand behind you if something goes wrong, your fault or not. I’ve had directors/managers/etc that would stand behind me 100%, and others who would not stand behind anybody for anything.
Now, don’t get me wrong. This is a job. Decent paying job. You will never get rich, but of coarse this is relative. If you work 12’s and don’t have to work OT, 4 days a week off can’t be beat. That’s if there not all scattered all over the place. Occaionally but rarely I’ll get a 4 day weekend, more of the time I get 4 one day weekends. This really bites if you work nights. I am thankful to have a job, I just don’t enjoy it at all anymore. I do believe it already has or soon will take ten years off my life. I am absolutley determined to get out. For good. For the time being I am stuck, family medical/ insurance/ money/ time issues abound. But I will get out one day. I will be somebody!
By the way, to any new RT’s or students, good luck and I hope you really enjoy or even just tolerate your new careers. Really. It does have its moments. I’ve known a few who really liked it, more like me who absolutely loathe it, but most tolerate it. But 85%, no 95% of the stuff you learn in school, you will never use. They need to teach classes on how to deal with stupid MD’s, smart MD’s, arrogant MD’s, brand new MD’s, brand new RN’s, hard nose politics, quiet behind the door you’ll never know politics, what really happens before and after joint commision, over-anxious pt’s, family members, and rn’s, more politics, unrational and overeager RT’s, constant departmental improvements that only make everything more time consuming and complicated, some more politics, and approx 1000 tiny, mundane, worthless, moot, unneeded, and/or stupid things you will have to do in the coarse of your 12 hour shift that havn’t the slightest to do with helping somebody breath better. And finally, they should devote the entire last semester of RT school on how to work for years on end, full time and more, come up with tens of thousands of extra dollars, completely adjust your life, support your family and kids, save for their education, pay the bills, and go back to school all over again before you hit 50, all at the same time, for what you should have done in the first place.
If I had to do it over again, it would not be in the medical field at all. If it had to be in the medical field, I would go straight through nursing school and straight into CRNA school as soon as possible. 3-10 times the money, probably about the same amount of bullshit. Bash if you want, but I’m not here anymore. I’m out deciding on the Albuterol or Atrovent first thing.
Just my 2 cents.

]]> By: Randy http://rhonchi.com/archive/20060115/are-you-a-respiratory-therapist-do-you-blog.html/comment-page-3#comment-19795 Randy Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:35:31 +0000 http://rhonchi.com/archive/20060115/are-you-a-respiratory-therapist-do-you-blog.html#comment-19795 Lots of unhappy people here. Best thing to do is quit and let those of us who like it do the job. Lots of unhappy people here. Best thing to do is quit and let those of us who like it do the job.

]]> By: matthew http://rhonchi.com/archive/20060115/are-you-a-respiratory-therapist-do-you-blog.html/comment-page-3#comment-19794 matthew Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:24:21 +0000 http://rhonchi.com/archive/20060115/are-you-a-respiratory-therapist-do-you-blog.html#comment-19794 dear Robert, You are a breath of fresh air. i have been reading this blog all morning and i cannot tell you how refreshing it is to hear it "like it is." YOU are right on the mark. i couldn't agree more with you and hope to see more of your posts in the future. a BIG thank you. dear Robert,

You are a breath of fresh air. i have been reading this blog all morning and i cannot tell you how refreshing it is to hear it “like it is.” YOU are right on the mark. i couldn’t agree more with you and hope to see more of your posts in the future.

a BIG thank you.

]]> By: Louis Jimenez RRT http://rhonchi.com/archive/20060115/are-you-a-respiratory-therapist-do-you-blog.html/comment-page-3#comment-19793 Louis Jimenez RRT Mon, 13 Apr 2009 02:25:15 +0000 http://rhonchi.com/archive/20060115/are-you-a-respiratory-therapist-do-you-blog.html#comment-19793 Robert, I must admit I do find you quite funny, your descriptions of "scorched earth", "dead butterflies", and "beheaded deer" are very visual to say the least, I have been laughing since I read them. Very funny stuff. I can picture the disaster, including all the people who were close by and ended up with "instant pneumoconiosis" from all the dust, burnt fields, death, and beheadings. You should become a sci-fi or horror movie director/writer. I think you missed your calling. Obviously RT is not for you, and you have come to accept that, which is very GOOD for both you as well as the profession. I am not sure why you think I am insinuating you are unhappy. I have been reading your doom and gloom posts for quite sometime. I think it's been almost a year now. Honestly dude, I think that the "Blue Bird of Happiness" has been long absent from your life, and it has been replaced by the "Chicken of Depression." It's obvious that you are totally unable to accept the fact that there are people who are genuinely happy with their chosen profession, which leads me to believe that your un-happiness is such, that anything with the word "happy" in it is just un-acceptable. There hasn't been one positive note to anything you have written on these threads. I don't think that your problem is being unhappy; miserable is a more appropriate term. While I can accept that RT is not for you, for the "reasons" you state, the fact that you think everyone else has had the same experience, but we are all just lying to make it sound like we are happy, is what leads me to believe that you have failed to meet your own expectations. Calling people drones, drowns, and all the other names, etc. just because you don't believe that anyone can be happy being an RT is laughable, and very indicative of both personal failure, unhappiness, as well as great misery. So if you want to know what I think, that is what I think, and those are the reasons why. Robert,

I must admit I do find you quite funny, your descriptions of “scorched earth”, “dead butterflies”, and “beheaded deer” are very visual to say the least, I have been laughing since I read them. Very funny stuff. I can picture the disaster, including all the people who were close by and ended up with “instant pneumoconiosis” from all the dust, burnt fields, death, and beheadings. You should become a sci-fi or horror movie director/writer. I think you missed your calling. Obviously RT is not for you, and you have come to accept that, which is very GOOD for both you as well as the profession.

I am not sure why you think I am insinuating you are unhappy. I have been reading your doom and gloom posts for quite sometime. I think it’s been almost a year now. Honestly dude, I think that the “Blue Bird of Happiness” has been long absent from your life, and it has been replaced by the “Chicken of Depression.”

It’s obvious that you are totally unable to accept the fact that there are people who are genuinely happy with their chosen profession, which leads me to believe that your un-happiness is such, that anything with the word “happy” in it is just un-acceptable. There hasn’t been one positive note to anything you have written on these threads. I don’t think that your problem is being unhappy; miserable is a more appropriate term.

While I can accept that RT is not for you, for the “reasons” you state, the fact that you think everyone else has had the same experience, but we are all just lying to make it sound like we are happy, is what leads me to believe that you have failed to meet your own expectations. Calling people drones, drowns, and all the other names, etc. just because you don’t believe that anyone can be happy being an RT is laughable, and very indicative of both personal failure, unhappiness, as well as great misery. So if you want to know what I think, that is what I think, and those are the reasons why.

]]> By: NScott http://rhonchi.com/archive/20060115/are-you-a-respiratory-therapist-do-you-blog.html/comment-page-3#comment-19792 NScott Thu, 09 Apr 2009 19:33:14 +0000 http://rhonchi.com/archive/20060115/are-you-a-respiratory-therapist-do-you-blog.html#comment-19792 robert: as usual you seem to have to have the last word. might i suggest to you since this field is so screwed up from your standpoint that you take the time and energy that it takes you to type these messages on this blog and put it to work making this field what it should be in your eyes. you seem to let all of us know what the problems are but are you doing anything to fix those problems or do you just contribute to them. also you mentioned you work prn. obviously you still need resp. therapy for something or you would not work prn at all. if you hated it as bad as you said you do then you would not step foot back in a hospital to do anything related to resp at all. oh and one more question....who were you trying to impress with your long comment that did nothing more but allow everyone on here once again to see your child like ways of name calling and put downs. do you do that to try and grab some more attention that you obvioulsy do not get enough of in your everyday life? robert: as usual you seem to have to have the last word. might i suggest to you since this field is so screwed up from your standpoint that you take the time and energy that it takes you to type these messages on this blog and put it to work making this field what it should be in your eyes. you seem to let all of us know what the problems are but are you doing anything to fix those problems or do you just contribute to them. also you mentioned you work prn. obviously you still need resp. therapy for something or you would not work prn at all. if you hated it as bad as you said you do then you would not step foot back in a hospital to do anything related to resp at all. oh and one more question….who were you trying to impress with your long comment that did nothing more but allow everyone on here once again to see your child like ways of name calling and put downs. do you do that to try and grab some more attention that you obvioulsy do not get enough of in your everyday life?

]]> By: Robert http://rhonchi.com/archive/20060115/are-you-a-respiratory-therapist-do-you-blog.html/comment-page-3#comment-19791 Robert Thu, 09 Apr 2009 16:20:54 +0000 http://rhonchi.com/archive/20060115/are-you-a-respiratory-therapist-do-you-blog.html#comment-19791 I really try not to visit this blog, but again curiosity gets the best of me, and of course most of you continue to make me shake my head and laugh. NScott before you comment on someone’s spelling, check your own. I admit I do miss spell words. I’m a product of the public school system. What can I say. I do my best. But it appears you have the same problem! In addition, I think you have additional brain damage. A BS in Respiratory Therapy? Apparently your brain damage is in the frontal lobe, the part that is responsible for choosing between good and bad actions. My advice… see a doctor you may be at risk of schizophrenia, as well. I’m not saying you are, I’m just suggesting you may want to think about it! I wish my past RT instructor would have!! Louis, thank you for watching my spelling and grammar. :-) It is appreciated! Forgive me for intruding on your blog, since I was unaware it was your blog. I have showed disrespect and content concerning your objectives toward the field of Respiratory Therapy. You wanted to paint a picture of golden fields with butterflies and Bambi. And I have burned your fields down, alcoholed your butterflies and blew bambi’s head off. Please forgive me. LOL!! Yeah right…every little RT fantasy you come up with I will gladly show the reality, and hopefully open up some sleepy eyeballs. So the next little blue bird you paint in your pretty little RT painting I will gladly shoot out of the sky and eat it. By the way my cup runith (Is that spelled right Mr. Spell Check?) over with all the things I want in my life! I AM NOT UNHAPPY, so please stop insinuating I am. Dave thank you for your comments! I’m usually not this exocentric, however I need to be heard. I think the field can be much more then what it is and it takes people as yourself to help change it. Solider on my friend. Leslie, You spoke well, and you almost had me until you said that unnecessary treatments help keep your job. THAT IS THE FREAKEN MENTALITY THAT HAS MADE THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM WHAT IT IS TODAY! That statement hit my nerve. Where the hell is my medication!!! I wonder if the mortgage companies said the same thing. “Well these bad loans keep us employed”. BE RESPONSIBLE!!!!! Unnecessary treatments are BULLSHIT, and it needs to stop! That’s why we are there!! You just proved to the internet community you are there for a paycheck!! Buzyb I’m sure you are one cool dude, and when I have a party I will definitely invite you. But please lay down your nebulizer and go back to Burger King. Trust me you will be a lot happier! Ly You seem like a really nice guy, and I wish the best for you. All I’m trying to do is open your eyes to a different view of RT, so you can make a better decision about your future. If you are happy with the field then go for it! Just make it what it should be. Joshua, I have changed fields you dingbat! No one in this field has ever put in 100%, if they did there would be no need for this blog, and Bambi would be running in fields of gold with the butterflies!! Mr Gomez, I would rather be nuts than a trained monkey. I understand that wearing a lab coat is better then cooking French fries. The field needs people as you, so congratulations on being the most you can be! I can hear the nurses and doctors applauding your ability to give a normal saline neb! Well said Ms. C :-) you can come to my party anytime! OOPS!! I just read #103 entry, isn’t there something else you want to say about RT. You know damn well RT has more negatives then other allied health fields. However, you can still come to my party :-) James thank you for your input. It shows hope! Ginny, apparently you too are just another Dingbat! I am out of the field. Do you understand? I only work PRN, because I have hope that one day I can say to a doc, “ No it’s not indicated, give it yourself!” As far as the patient care we give, 20% should have died 50yrs ago, 30% require a psychiatrist vs Xopenex, another 30% are admitted with non respiratory issues, and yes about 20% require our services. Is the 20% worth the 80% of shit we have to deal with??? Just something to think about! If you don’t believe me just look at your treatment log, and remember be honest!!! Elaine, Its your future, do what you will with it. I really try not to visit this blog, but again curiosity gets the best of me, and of course most of you continue to make me shake my head and laugh.

NScott before you comment on someone’s spelling, check your own. I admit I do miss spell words. I’m a product of the public school system. What can I say. I do my best. But it appears you have the same problem! In addition, I think you have additional brain damage. A BS in Respiratory Therapy? Apparently your brain damage is in the frontal lobe, the part that is responsible for choosing between good and bad actions. My advice… see a doctor you may be at risk of schizophrenia, as well. I’m not saying you are, I’m just suggesting you may want to think about it! I wish my past RT instructor would have!!

Louis, thank you for watching my spelling and grammar. :-) It is appreciated! Forgive me for intruding on your blog, since I was unaware it was your blog. I have showed disrespect and content concerning your objectives toward the field of Respiratory Therapy. You wanted to paint a picture of golden fields with butterflies and Bambi. And I have burned your fields down, alcoholed your butterflies and blew bambi’s head off. Please forgive me. LOL!! Yeah right…every little RT fantasy you come up with I will gladly show the reality, and hopefully open up some sleepy eyeballs. So the next little blue bird you paint in your pretty little RT painting I will gladly shoot out of the sky and eat it. By the way my cup runith (Is that spelled right Mr. Spell Check?) over with all the things I want in my life! I AM NOT UNHAPPY, so please stop insinuating I am.

Dave thank you for your comments! I’m usually not this exocentric, however I need to be heard. I think the field can be much more then what it is and it takes people as yourself to help change it. Solider on my friend.

Leslie,
You spoke well, and you almost had me until you said that unnecessary treatments help keep your job. THAT IS THE FREAKEN MENTALITY THAT HAS MADE THE HEALTHCARE SYSTEM WHAT IT IS TODAY! That statement hit my nerve. Where the hell is my medication!!! I wonder if the mortgage companies said the same thing. “Well these bad loans keep us employed”. BE RESPONSIBLE!!!!! Unnecessary treatments are BULLSHIT, and it needs to stop! That’s why we are there!! You just proved to the internet community you are there for a paycheck!!

Buzyb I’m sure you are one cool dude, and when I have a party I will definitely invite you. But please lay down your nebulizer and go back to Burger King. Trust me you will be a lot happier!

Ly You seem like a really nice guy, and I wish the best for you. All I’m trying to do is open your eyes to a different view of RT, so you can make a better decision about your future. If you are happy with the field then go for it! Just make it what it should be.

Joshua, I have changed fields you dingbat! No one in this field has ever put in 100%, if they did there would be no need for this blog, and Bambi would be running in fields of gold with the butterflies!!

Mr Gomez, I would rather be nuts than a trained monkey. I understand that wearing a lab coat is better then cooking French fries. The field needs people as you, so congratulations on being the most you can be! I can hear the nurses and doctors applauding your ability to give a normal saline neb!

Well said Ms. C :-) you can come to my party anytime! OOPS!! I just read #103 entry, isn’t there something else you want to say about RT. You know damn well RT has more negatives then other allied health fields. However, you can still come to my party :-)

James thank you for your input. It shows hope!

Ginny, apparently you too are just another Dingbat! I am out of the field. Do you understand? I only work PRN, because I have hope that one day I can say to a doc, “ No it’s not indicated, give it yourself!” As far as the patient care we give, 20% should have died 50yrs ago, 30% require a psychiatrist vs Xopenex, another 30% are admitted with non respiratory issues, and yes about 20% require our services. Is the 20% worth the 80% of shit we have to deal with??? Just something to think about! If you don’t believe me just look at your treatment log, and remember be honest!!!

Elaine, Its your future, do what you will with it.

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