Articles by: Heather Willden
July 11, 2018
What RTs Can Do to Keep Smokers from Losing Hope
Quitting smoking is the hardest thing many people will ever try to do in their lives, and most of them have to make multiple attempts before they are successful. Ensuring these smokers don’t lose hope during the prolonged journey toward tobacco freedom can be hard for clinicians like respiratory therapists. Two RTs who specialize in... Read more »
Heather Willden
July 3, 2018
Current Topics in Respiratory Care 2018: Episode 5 Now Available
The Use of Noninvasive Ventilation at the End of Life Focused on the use of noninvasive ventilation (NIV) at the end of life, this episode of the Current Topics in Respiratory Care video series features AARC Associate Executive Director Shawna Strickland PhD, RRT, RRT-NPS, RRT-ACCS, AE-C, FAARC, sharing insight on how some clinicians advocate for... Read more »
Heather Willden
July 3, 2018
PFTs in Children: Which Interface is Best?
Performing pulmonary function tests in young children can pose special challenges, in part because they don’t like the mouthpiece and noseclips required for many of the tests. A recent study in the Journal of Cystic Fibrosis found the facemask could be a more child-friendly option for the multiple breath washout (MBW) test, which is often... Read more »
Heather Willden
July 3, 2018
Student Perspective: Amanda Hreiz
Amanda Hreiz, of Jefferson College of Health Sciences in Roanoke, VA, discusses her experience as a student representative on the Virginia Society for Respiratory Care Board. Put Your Student Benefits to Work By Amanda Hreiz AARC Student Member Amanda Hreiz Since I began my journey as a respiratory therapy student, I have recently had the... Read more »
Heather Willden
June 26, 2018
Apex is Coming, It’s Time to Prepare
The AARC Apex Recognition Award is a premier recognition program for respiratory care departments. The 2018 application period will open on Oct. 1, 2018; however, we’re giving you a head start on preparing for the Apex application. Apex standards and documentation requirements can be reviewed online at the AARC site.
Heather Willden
June 26, 2018
Building Patient Trust Requires Action
The relationship between the RT and patient must be built with trust. Having a strong foundation of patient trust is mutually beneficial, and ultimately leads to an overall improved patient experience. AARC Member Karen M. Sicard, RRT, RCP, discusses the importance of building trust and offers suggestions. Be active “Patient trust. In my 40 years... Read more »
Heather Willden
June 20, 2018
How the 1918 Flu Pandemic Helped Shape Respiratory Care
Images from the AARC Virtual Museum’s Influenza Gallery. One hundred years ago this year, the deadliest pandemic flu the world has ever seen swept around the globe, infecting about a third of the world’s population and killing some 20 to 50 million people, including about 675,000 in the U.S. First observed in Europe, America, and... Read more »
Heather Willden
June 20, 2018
5 Educators Offer 15 Tips on Exam Prep
Whether you’re still in RT school and just beginning to think about your credentialing exams or have now graduated and need to take them ASAP, your head is probably swimming with ideas about the best way to study. Respiratory care educators have spent their careers ensuring students have the knowledge they need to succeed on... Read more »
Heather Willden
June 13, 2018
Keeping the COPD National Action Plan a Priority
Is your facility working on goals related to the COPD National Action Plan? To help the COPD National Action Plan maximize its effectiveness and reach its goals, respiratory therapists need to learn the plan and how to apply it in their daily work with patients. “RTs need to download the plan and make sure they’re... Read more »
Heather Willden
June 13, 2018
Big Ideas Theater, Episode 15: Patient Advocacy Award
Enable cookies to see embeded content. In this episode of Big Ideas Theater, Sharman Lamka, president and founder of the FACES Foundation, discusses the National Patient Advocacy Award program. Lamka explains that the award is made possible through a collaborative effort between the FACES Foundation and the AARC as a way to uniquely recognize respiratory... Read more »
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