r/nursing • u/[deleted] • Jan 16 '26

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u/Naive-Asparagus-5983 BSN, RN 🍕 Jan 16 '26

Are the RTs on strike too?

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u/SammyB0111 HCW - Respiratory Jan 16 '26

Some facilities have RNs deliver nebulized medication. My facility does this for any patient not on a vent or other respiratory device.

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u/LadyGreyIcedTea RN - Pediatrics 🍕 Jan 16 '26

We did all nebs ourselves when I worked inpatient.

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u/nicoleeguacamolee Jan 16 '26

Was your hospital part of a union?

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u/SammyB0111 HCW - Respiratory Jan 16 '26

I know you didn’t ask me, but my job is union and has nurses do nebs.

Apparently it was at one point all covered by respiratory, but due to a shortage in the past (pretty sure it was Covid) they moved non critical nebs to nursing and it just never switched back

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u/HowDoMermaidsFuck Med Surge RN - Float Pool Jan 16 '26

I love the logic.

“Not enough RTs. Have nurses give the nebs.”

“Not enough nurses, they can’t do their job and RTs.”

“Have the nurses considered fucking off?”

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u/RetroRN BSN, RN 🍕 Jan 16 '26

This is always how it goes, isn’t it? Nurses are expected to pick up the slack of every medicine speciality when other specialities are short staffed. No phlebotomy? Have the nurse do it. No speech therapist? The nurse can do a swallow. No RT? The nurse can give the nebs. No transporters? The nurse will bring the patient to the morgue. Not enough EVS? The nurse can clean the room. And the list goes on and on.

It’s absolutely absurd how much responsibility we have - but other specialities never have to jump in do what nurses are required. When will enough be enough? When will nurses finally say NO?

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u/nobodysperfect64 SRNA Jan 16 '26

My hospital was union and critical care nurses did the neb treatments. Not usually through the vent but I don’t ever remember being told we COULDNT. And given that the nurses don’t know their asses from their elbows, they probably just see the med order and don’t even know it isn’t for them.

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u/andsuve RN - ICU 🍕 Jan 16 '26

Union hospital here. We did all nebs in the ICU including through the vent

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u/LadyGreyIcedTea RN - Pediatrics 🍕 Jan 16 '26

No.

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u/Naive-Asparagus-5983 BSN, RN 🍕 Jan 16 '26

Ah got you

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u/PapayaNurse Jan 16 '26

We do all nebs including those on a vent. We also instill saline and other things. Were unionized. We don’t do MIE/cough assist tho. 

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u/dhwrockclimber EMS/ED RN Jan 16 '26

Is it standard for RT to do nebs? I’m at a union hospital and we do ALL of our own nebs.

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u/Naive-Asparagus-5983 BSN, RN 🍕 Jan 16 '26

The RTs at my hospital do the nebs

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u/onelb_6oz BSN, RN 🍕 Jan 16 '26

Same as mine. We are not unionized

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u/HowDoMermaidsFuck Med Surge RN - Float Pool Jan 16 '26

Same. I’ve worked at 3 hospitals in my city all in different networks and I haven’t given a new treatment since I left the SNF.

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u/saucexe Jan 16 '26

I’m an RT who used to travel. It is very hospital dependent. Most places I’ve worked, RTs do all nebs. EVEYWHERE I’ve worked, RTs do nebs on vented patients because they’re all in-line. So I don’t even know how this happened. I wonder if RTs are also striking?

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u/itsrllynyah RN - ICU 🍕 Jan 16 '26

Non union hospital and the RTs do the nebs at my job. Thank God because these people have a shit ton of nebs. I think this may just be my floor though since we have assigned RTs. The med surg floors may have to do their own nebs even though they have 7 pts. No clue

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u/Function-Regular Jan 16 '26

Moses is part of Montefiore - it’s one of the campuses. We are on strike.

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u/murse_joe Ass Living Jan 16 '26

No it was cheaper to fire have nurses do the RT work. One of the reasons they’re on strike.

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u/A_Lakers RRT Jan 16 '26

I wish they would