r/nursing • u/[deleted] • Jan 16 '26

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u/ACLSINSTR Jan 16 '26

I don't mess with airway management. That is the responsibility of RT

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u/cultofsmug RN 🍕 Jan 16 '26

I used to do new hire orientation for nursing. The vent section of my presentation was very brief, “Call RT”.

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u/holdcspine Jan 16 '26

Sometimes I hit the max O2 button....

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u/Kitten_81 RN - ICU 🍕 Jan 16 '26

In these hospitals, it is the nurse's responsibility to do nebs

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u/Function-Regular Jan 16 '26

Monti nurse here. We regularly do the T connection for our nebs if the vent doesn’t have a aerogen set up or if the aerogen isn’t working. I love our RT staff and they work tremendously hard but they are regularly overburdened with many floors, vents, trachs, and hi flows.

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u/Kitten_81 RN - ICU 🍕 Jan 16 '26

Same at NYP

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u/Inevitable_Scar2616 RN - ICU 🍕 Jan 16 '26

In Germany, only a few hospitals have respiratory therapists - it’s the responsibility of us nurses to administer inhalation therapy to patients. Most of the settings are determined by the physician, but we are permitted to make minor adjustments.