Nurse describes role of Respiratory Therapy

Yeah, its dumb...but I was bored. This is a PARODY of a Nurse describing Respiratory Therapy to visiting student. It reflects some of the actual nursing attitudes and opinions I've experienced working as an RT over the last 22-years. Enjoy.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• xtranormal
• respiratory
• RT
• nursing
• nurse
• RRT
• RN

[lungfixer]

LMAO @ datzfast

[flameboy1236]

Hahaha, this is so funny and yet so true. In my dad's hospital, the RN's do the very same thing to the RT's.

[lungfixer]

@flameboy1236

WHOA, YOUR DAD OWNS A HOSPITAL?!?

;-)

[lungfixer]

@mattiemerrill - "Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to take off my clothes..."

THAT'S HOT!! Finally...a nurse who knows how to make her RT happy!!

[mattiemerrill]

Wow, it sucks that people are rude to you as an RT. I love my RTs and try to learn from them all the time.

But this video is completely demeaning to nursing as a field of practice. Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to take off my clothes while you single handedly save patients.

[MPSecare]

"respiratory therapy is the hospitals bitch"

...lol

[bluefrog85]

LOL

[6x10x23]

Yeah, it's a bit over the top but realistically speaking, it's pretty much right on the money. I can't tell you how many times I've been called STAT for IS's and other stupid stuff that just annoys you. After a few years of that, people wonder why we drag our feet sometimes. All you can do is roll your eyes and go to the next call,real or otherwise

[studentbull33]

I wish it was like this, we can't even get an RT to pick up an BVM they all complain that they have bad backs!

[lungfixer]

Posted by ruthven78: "on a few occasionals I've heard RT or respiratory being used like on Scrubs they said to page RT to get an ABG stat! "

Those shows are SO fake...everyone knows in the real world they only calls RT's "stat" for Incentive Spirometers!!

[datzfast]

crack washing school just got easier

[ruthven78]

it is really funny how many nurse bashing videos there are, not just RT vs Nurse, but you have paramedic versus nurse, fire fighter versus nurse, etc etc lol.....I've had these types of experiences, usually comes from the unexperienced nurses and those who think they are king/queen shit.

[ruthven78]

@jomama228 - that is because RTs are left out of the media (including television shows), its always "nurses and doctors", that is all you ever see...though on a few occasionals I've heard RT or respiratory being used like on Scrubs they said to page RT to get an ABG stat! lol

you have to admit there are some nurses that are a little like this, this being a parody does blow it out of proportion. Ive had nurses ask me to empty catheter bags for them on more than one occasion

[ruthven78]

@brewdog11 - only when they think and act like they can do the RT's job better than the RT can, such as operating the vent, etc.