Background: End of life care is difficult for all medical professionals, causing struggles with
grief during and after the death. Very few respiratory therapists (RTs) perceive they are …

Background: Minimizing mechanical ventilation (MV) days reduces the risk of VAP,
morbidity and mortality. Extubation readiness is traditionally based on subjective information; …

Background: End of life care is difficult for all medical professionals, causing struggles with
grief during and after the death. Caregivers with higher mastery of care situations have more …

Background: The purpose of this study was to validate a new mathematical equation measuring
the high frequency oscillatory ventilation index (HFOVI) against the ventilation index (VI). …

Background: Travel respiratory therapy has been a professional choice for a small cohort of
respiratory therapists (RTs). Over the past two years a professional choice phenomenon …

Background: Respiratory therapy expertise is central to quality patient care in the neonatal
intensive care unit (NICU). According to Benner’s Stages of Clinical Competence, healthcare …

Background: The purpose and primary benefit of healthcare compliance is to improve patient
care. Noncompliance leads to poor outcomes. Challenges to implementing a new process …

Background: Respiratory devices are frequently implicated in the development of medical
device related pressure injuries (MDRPI). Current risk assessment tools are not adequate to …

Background: Noninvasive ventilation (NIV) contributes to the development of pressure injury
(PI) in a significant number of hospitalized pediatric patients. PIs contribute to higher costs …

Background: Device related pressure injuries cause pain, disfigurement, morbidity and
mortality. Reducing respiratory device related pressure injuries is one of our hospitals operating …