Focus on the Patient: When This RT Sees a Need, She Meets It
Jamie Causey is passionate about patient advocacy. For most RTs, “patient advocacy” means going out into your community and doing something extra or something more than what you would normally do at the bedside. Jamie Causey, BSRT, RRT, AE-C, fits that description. The clinical supervisor at Levine Children’s Hospital in Charlotte, NC, is a member […]
Read the post:Focus on the Patient: When This RT Sees a Need, She Meets ItNew AARC Officials are Already On the Job
AARC President-Elect Karen Schell speaking at Congress 2017. The AARC elected four new officials this fall, and those newly elected officers were officially installed at the AARC Congress in Indianapolis. It’s only been a week, but they are already hard at work brainstorming ways to advance the profession in 2018. Ready to make it happen […]
Read the post:New AARC Officials are Already On the JobCongress Wrap-Up: The Member Perspective
AARC Congress 2017 brought together a variety of individuals from the respiratory care profession. They spent the week learning, sharing ideas and feeling inspired. The AARC Congress 2017 made lasting experiences for all members who attended. From networking to engaging lectures, members left Indianapolis with great tools to apply in their daily career, as well […]
Read the post:Congress Wrap-Up: The Member PerspectiveRC Week Resources: You’ve Planned, Now is the Time to Promote
National Respiratory Care Week, Oct. 21 – 27, celebrates respiratory therapists and the profession overall. Members take this time to educate their community and colleagues about what they do and the vital value respiratory therapists deliver each day to patients. In addition to your events and activities planned for the week, simple promotion and communication […]
Read the post:RC Week Resources: You’ve Planned, Now is the Time to PromoteRTs and patients come together at annual Summit
The Respiratory Patient Advocacy Summit was held on Oct. 3 in Indianapolis, IN. Respiratory Therapists, along with patients and their caregivers, came together for the annual Respiratory Patient Advocacy Summit on Tuesday, Oct. 3 in Indianapolis, IN. Attendees collaborated to advocate for advancing the quality of care for chronic respiratory patients. Special guest speakers Claire […]
Read the post:RTs and patients come together at annual SummitGrowing Careers: The RT Mentor/Mentee Relationship
Respiratory care is a challenging profession and newcomers to the field can use all the help they can get. That’s where an RT mentor comes in, and when these seasoned professionals step up to guide less experienced RTs through the process of building their careers, good things happen for both. She understood me Ellen Becker […]
Read the post:Growing Careers: The RT Mentor/Mentee RelationshipWhat is CoARC and How is it Advancing RT Educational Levels?
Educational programs for all legitimate health care professions, from medicine on down, are overseen by accrediting bodies that set standards aimed at ensuring the education received by students in those programs meets the needs and requirements of the medical community. In respiratory care, that accrediting body is the Commission on Accreditation for Respiratory Care (CoARC). […]
Read the post:What is CoARC and How is it Advancing RT Educational Levels?RC Week Resource: This Organization Can Help You Tell the Truth about Tobacco
National Respiratory Care Week is coming up at the end of October, and if you are like many RTs right now, you’re busy planning educational activities in your facilities and your communities to highlight the role RTs play in advocating for lung health. More RC Week Resources The Truth Initiative has some great videos and […]
Read the post:RC Week Resource: This Organization Can Help You Tell the Truth about TobaccoHow RT Managers Help Staff Meet Continuing Education Goals
In a profession like respiratory care, where technology is advancing at a record pace and current thinking on best practices is ever-evolving, continuing education is a given. Indeed, that’s why state licensing boards require RTs to meet continuing education requirements. But many managers will tell you therapists need to do even more, and they are […]
Read the post:How RT Managers Help Staff Meet Continuing Education GoalsCOPD Care Bundle Aligns With COPD National Action Plan
Developed at the request of Congress by the National Heart, Lung, Blood Institute, the first ever published COPD National Action Plan was released on May 23, 2017 with input from the AARC, COPD Foundation, and the broad COPD community. The plan provides an outline for respiratory therapists and others to take coordinated actions to improve […]
Read the post:COPD Care Bundle Aligns With COPD National Action Plan