Another organization you may want to consider joining is the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC). These are the fine folks who award you the credentials you worked so hard for. Since 1960, the goal of the NBRC has been to ''evaluate professional competence of respiratory therapists,'' according to the organization website.The NBRC is a ...

We have spent the last couple of months discussing jobs, licensure and work-life balance. This month, particularly for all you who are new to the field, I thought we could discuss some organizations you can join to help further your career. Our professional organization is the American Association for Respiratory Care, or AARC. The AARC ...

I love football, but what a bunch of characters the players can be. Imagine if you, in your job, had to do a little celebration dance every time you did your job. If a guy makes a tackle, they often have to dance or do something dumb on television. Imagine a respiratory therapist making a ventilator change and then breaking in to a dance. Imagine ...

Well, Respiratory Care Week has come and gone. Another with it came another year of celebrating what respiratory therapists do, and a renrewed commitment to make next year even better. Whether we were discussing the bottom line, the amount of treatments, the workload, or just the opportunities we have to continue our education and provide our ...

The air has become crisp with the sights, sounds, and chill of fall. Halloween is on the way, so I thought an adventure down memory lane might be fun. Let's compare the costs of one of the biggest and best Halloween traditions, the candy, in the context of prices. For instance, Tootsie Rolls, one of my all time favorites, used to cost a penny a ...

We have all worked for them: Bad bosses who couldn't lead a pack of flies through a sweat farm. You've worked for them; so have I. It is rare, especially these days, to find a boss who actually ''gets it'' when it comes to his or her employees. We want to give our bosses the respect they have earned, but maybe they have forgotten respect is a ...

USA Today is again running a story they have been following for a while. The title: ''Hunt is on for overseas college students'' (Marklein, 2011). Some things just upset me more than most. Usually they have to do with politics or ignorance, but this one puts a burr in my saddle because I am a college student and respiratory therapist, and I know ...

Well, it's that time of year. Congratulations to all the 2011 graduates of every school, and good luck with your future. Which brings me to the point of this week's blog:We need to help our young therapists find jobs. Several times on this blog, people have mentioned that part of sustaining respiratory therapy, part of building it into an ...