Experience

Georgia Health Sciences University

• Hospitals and Health Care
• 400 - 500 Employee

• Registered Respiratory Therapist

  • May 2009 - Present

  I work in acute and critical care with patients who have respiratory complications including asthma, COPD, cystic fibrosis, and respiratory failure among hundreds of other diagnoses. My work varies from day to day: nebulizer therapy, talking to patients who need an empathetic ear, collecting lab specimens, patient education about disease processes and lifestyle changes that may benefit them, ventilator management with therapist driven protocols, policy writing/revision, new employee mentor, oxygen therapy, CPAP/BIPAP therapy, equipment cleaning, among other various responsibilities. We have a broad scope of practice, that is evolving constantly, which makes it an exciting field to be in!



Augusta State University

• Lab Assisant

  • Dec 2006 - May 2007

  Prepared media/equipment for microbiology labs, served as a mentor for student driven projects, equipment sterilization via chemical/autoclave methods.

• Office Attendent

  • Dec 2006 - May 2007

  Worked in the biology departmental front office. Directed calls as necessary, filing, interdepartmental communications, assisted students and faculty as needed.