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Meet “LL”
August 1, 2008 10:01 AM by Bj Smith

Throughout your practice in respiratory care, you meet many different people. It's inevitable, for better or worse, it's something we all realize from our very first patient if not sooner. As I'm sure some more experienced therapists can attest to, eventually Read More...

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Baby Steps
July 16, 2008 1:54 PM by Bj Smith

Becoming the therapist I want to be often seems like a long impossible road. So I try not to focus on the road or the finish per se; I focus on the small baby steps that are taken that are so important in making me more independent and separating me from Read More...

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A New Beginning and “The Test” (Part 2)
June 23, 2008 9:43 AM by Bj Smith

Wednesday June 11th 2008 à D-Day I pulled into the parking lot 2 hours early. I was determined to be on time for my 9:00 am appointment. If there was a chance of me not walking home a certified respiratory therapist, it wouldn't be on a technicality like Read More...

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A New Beginning and “The Test” (Part 1)
June 23, 2008 9:40 AM by Bj Smith

The most nervous build-up of my life. 18 months of strenuous studying, information overload, banning together with fellow classmates to try and make sense of it all... It all comes down to this... In the final weeks of school, we were encouraged to apply Read More...

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A Message To New Students
June 9, 2008 10:20 AM by Bj Smith

So you've taken all of the pre-requisite courses, passed the entrance exam and gotten ahead of the long waiting lines that most respiratory therapy programs seem to accrue nowadays. You've made it! Congratulations! It's all downhill from here... Uh...not Read More...

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Motivational Speaker-RRT
May 20, 2008 10:14 AM by Bj Smith

CRT Exam Question: Which of the following are attributes consistent with the character and job title of Respiratory Therapist? I. Knowledge II. Skill III. Analytical Thinking IV. Motivational Speaking 1. I and II 2. I, III, and IV 3. III and IV 4. I, Read More...

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You Know You’re A Respiratory Therapist When…
May 8, 2008 8:45 AM by Bj Smith

I came across these a while back when I was browsing through the groups section on the site Facebook.com. I would like to share them with you...all credit goes to the original writers. (Read original post.) See how many apply to you. -- B.J. You Know Read More...

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The 9-Hour Code
April 30, 2008 7:31 AM by Bj Smith

Throughout my clinical experience in school, I have collected many stories, just as my teachers had warned me. Through all these countless experiences, one outshines every other as probably the most prominent and ethically complex situations I've ever Read More...

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