RRT- ACCS

So just some updates on myself. At the end on 2015 I gained the ACCS credential that officially makes me RT Wannabe, RRT-ACCS. I am currently now working in my facility's newly opened NICU, so I am studying for the NPS as well. Although, I should mention that as I evaluate my career and it's direction; I have decided to leave health care all together. I am currently in school (again) to become an accountant. It is funny how we change as we mature. I never saw myself doing anything but working in health care, and now I am willingly trying to get out of it.

RRT

Just a quick update I passsed RRT written & sims last Thursday. I am  glad it is over!

Fianlly Over!

So Samaria have fianlly completed respiratory school. I have passed my CRT examination, and have began working full time. I take RRT next week, and I am super nervous.

4th Semester

So it's 4th semester! It's been a while since I have took the time to do this, but I figured that I would catch up on sharing my experiences. So third semester was spent focusing entirely around mechanical vents, and now in 4th semester we are working on baby stuff (and taking practice CRT exams). I have started working at a hospital as a student therapist which has provided me with a lot of great experience with floor patients.

 We are pretty much done with learning new stuff and are really just reviewing information already learned in previous semesters to prepare us to take the NBRC exams next May. Our class has really came along way (+/- 2 people). Now during clinicals we only rotate through Critical Care and the Emergency Room, and only go to the floor to help out if we are done with our assignment. We are all taking turns going to a teaching hospital to do rotations in the NICU.

It is so strange to be a senior student, and to know that in a few short months I will be a graduated RT. I will be very excited when I am done with RT school, but I have decided to keep going school to better myself. I do like respiratory, and I am glad I made the choice to become a RT. However, I don't really think I would like to do it forever. So I have decided to get a B.S. degree so I can go to graduate school. I don't really know what I want to do yet. but I do want to stay in the medical field.  MD/DO, PA, pharmacist, dentist, OT/SLP/PT, optometrist all seem attractive to me, so I have some decisions to make.

2nd Semester Update

Well the second semester of RT school started, and we sure did  hit the ground running! So far we have learned about ABGs, suctioning, and  advanced airway management. Samaria and I have both performed a successful ABG on a real live patient!

Hello from a fellow RT wannabe

Hello, I am Samaria. I am also a fellow RT wanna be. Like Skyler, I completed my first semester of Respiratory Program, I have a desire to be a RT. But my circumstances are quite different than Skyler's. I am a mother of 2 boys, which needless to say complicates things a bit more. I also do not have prior medical experience like Skyler. My desire to become a Respiratory Therapist comes from the desire to help others, I applied to the program unsure of what to expect or if I would even get in but to my surprise I was accepted. After my first semester of Respiratory school, I am glad I was accepted and that it is something I have followed through with. I look forward to next semester and what else there is to learn. I believe my perspective on the program can be helpful to mothers that want to go back to school but are unsure as to how it will all work out. I can begin by telling you to start with just trying!

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