Forget not getting respect from the Nurses, Nurses aren’t supposed to undestand Respiratory Therapist as much as a Respiratory Theraist would, myself and other Day Shift Respiratory Therapist are constantly being backstabbed by the RT’s that work night shift. The Director of Respiratory is the wrong man for the job, he actually enourages this type of behavior. After one of our Chronic, end stage Lung Disease Pts. passed he, the Director of Respiratory mentioned in morning Report that we had gotton rid of her, that she was a Pain in the @$$, this was back in March of 2016. I reported this to the DOR’S Boss, but they are good Friends. Its 11/2016 two of the long time RT’s have gone prn and another one of the two finally put in a two week notice because of this Man. Profanity is allowed with this DOR, he dosent seem to realize what a Director of a Department is supposed to allow and not allow or even how he himself is supposd carry himself, he is partial and part of the gang. Talking here with other Respiratory Professionals gives me an opportunity to get it out there.
Respiratory is a good Profession, it was bettera while back, with larger staffs, but with tighter budgets, Departments have cut back on Staff, now its a 12 hour marathon, most of the time its a sprint. The pay is better than average, the pay hadn’t kept people from leaving the Field, some have gone into Nursing, some have gone into Business and struck it Rich, I’m talking really Rich. I’m looking to get out of the Respiratory Circus all together and leave these Clowns, especially that cold hearted, apathethetic, pathetic disrespectful Director for Greener Pastures, yea, a lot of times, the Grass is greener on the other side, its as Green as you want to make it.