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A Respiratory Care "Survival" Kit for RC Week
October 23, 2009 3:18 PM by Roger Berg
We all know that our profession can and is very stressful at times. This Respiratory Care Week, you might want to give your staff the Respiratory Care Survival Kit: RESPIRATORY CARE SURVIVAL KIT 1 Lifesaver - to thank you for the lives you save every Read More...
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What Will Respiratory Therapy Be Like in 2025?
October 23, 2009 2:53 PM by Roger Berg
What will the Respiratory Therapy profession be like in 2025? My crystal ball is broken, so your guess is as good as mine. A colleague of mine made these predictions: In the year 2025: Small volume nebs will no longer be given due to increased risk of Read More...
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What Is A Respiratory Care Practitioner?
October 15, 2009 5:31 PM by Roger Berg
Have you ever been asked, "What is a Respiratory Care Practitioner?" Here is a little ditty I put together a decade or two ago based on some old, very old advertisements. You might like to share it with your staff during your week of celebration. Respiratory Read More...
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Respiratory Care Week 2009 Coming Soon
September 24, 2009 6:39 PM by Roger Berg
It seems as though we were celebrating Respiratory Care Week 2008 only a couple of weeks ago. Now the 2009 version looms on the horizon. How quickly another year has flown by. One of my sons-in-law told me the reason the years seem to fly by faster as Read More...
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Finding Your Saturday-Night Essence
May 4, 2009 6:13 PM by Roger Berg
The other day, while I was listening to some "Timeless Favorites" on the radio, I heard "Whatever will be, Will be (Que Sera, Sera)" by Doris Day. Part of that song asks the question, "What will I be?" Back in the days before dirt and dinosaurs I remember Read More...
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Feeling Overwhelmed?
April 29, 2009 4:57 PM by Roger Berg
I was talking with a colleague who is also a manager of respiratory care and she indicated that she was overwhelmed with work and didn't know how she was going to be able to accomplish all that is being asked of her to do. I initially made the assumption Read More...
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Opportunity is Knocking!
April 9, 2009 2:54 PM by Roger Berg
It is the worst of times, it is the best of times. Even health care professionals have felt the effects of the latest economic downturn. I was reading news reports on the economy and noted that the unemployment rate nationally is over 8 percent and in Read More...
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