Articles by: Heather Willden
August 22, 2018
Patient Advocacy Summit Sets Focus on Improving Care
Enable cookies to see embeded content. The value of the annual Patient Advocacy Summit takes focus in this episode of Big Ideas Theater. Amber Galer, BS, RRT, discusses the 2017 summit and explains how the annual summits are rooted in the needs of the patients. According to Galer, the Summit gives patients a chance to... Read more »
Heather Willden
August 15, 2018
The NBRC Video Series: NBRC Credentials and How to Earn Them
https://youtu.be/s9g6_ZPpjnI In our second NBRC video, Lori Tinkler, MBA, goes over the credentials offered by the NBRC and why respiratory therapists should pursue them. “Earning an NBRC credential is a true testament to the skills and strengths required for excellence in the profession,” said Tinkler, who is CEO of the NBRC. She goes on to... Read more »
Heather Willden
August 15, 2018
High School Students “Major” in Respiratory Therapy
Most high school students take a wide variety of electives to find out what interests them most and what they might want to pursue as a career after graduation. At Southwest Career and Technical Academy (SWCTA) in Las Vegas, NV, it gets a little more serious than that. Students who attend this academic center not... Read more »
Heather Willden
August 15, 2018
Lung Therapy Set to Music
The Austin-based Harmonicas for Health group at the Respiratory Patient Advocacy Summit in San Antonio, TX. Kitty Collins, BHS, RRT, a respiratory therapist at St. David’s Medical Center in Austin, TX, set her patients’ lung exercises to a unique rhythm through their music therapy program. As part of the COPD Foundation’s Harmonicas for Health program,... Read more »
Heather Willden
August 8, 2018
CMS Takes Steps to Address Access Problems Related to Liquid Oxygen
Respiratory therapists who treat patients prescribed liquid oxygen by their physician or who must receive high flow oxygen because of their medical condition, know that access has been a big problem since the inception of the competitive bidding program. Recently, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) published a proposed rule to address the... Read more »
Heather Willden
August 8, 2018
Big Ideas Theater, Episode 17: Guidelines for NIV
Enable cookies to see embeded content. In this episode of Big Ideas Theater, Stefano Navo, MD, from Italy, discusses recent updates to the Guidelines for Non-invasive ventilation (NIV). Watch More Big Ideas Theater According to Dr. Navo, the recent update to the Guidelines for NIV focus on three areas: Palliative Care Trauma Post-Operative Care Dr.... Read more »
Heather Willden
August 1, 2018
Current Topics in Respiratory Care 2018: Episode 6 Now Available
Meeting the Challenge of COPD Care in the US: Access and Potential Solutions This episode of the Current Topics in Respiratory Care video series features MeiLan Han MD, MS, discussing COPD. Dr. Han addresses the fact that COPD is a leading cause of death in the U.S., and yet it remains underdiagnosed and access to... Read more »
Heather Willden
August 1, 2018
Delivering 360 Degree Patient Care: Empowerment, Finding Connections, & Giant Microbes!
Caring for the “whole” patient means many different things to many different people. But the bottom line for all is ensuring patients receive the compassionate care they need to heal. In our final 360 Degree Patient Care article, two RTs explain how they take their whole patient into account during the delivery of respiratory care. The... Read more »
Heather Willden
August 1, 2018
Practice Makes Perfect for Exam Prep
Whether you’re just finishing up your RT program or you’ve been out of school for a while and are going back for your RRT, studying for your RT boards can be a stressful experience. How can you prepare for these exams without feeling frantic in the process? AARC Exam Prep Tools According to researchers from... Read more »
Heather Willden
July 31, 2018
August is National Immunization Awareness Month
August is National Immunization Awareness Month, making this a great opportunity to remind your patients to get their appropriate vaccines. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), thousands of American adults get sick each year from diseases that vaccines can prevent. For patients with asthma or COPD, vaccines are an important step... Read more »
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