#4.)

They dont tell you that you will also lack job security



When Cuts come in, and in this economy and with Obamacare, there are plenty of Cuts....you have no security w/cuts....Allied Health (is the First gone)...Radiology, Respiratory, and Labs are always the first out....Nursing will usually see the smaller piece of the Pie Cut. I believe UPMC (Pittsburgh) actually cut the pay of their RTs from 18.80 to 16.47?



#5.)



They dont tell you that the NBRC, and AARC are both money hungry organizations that lack any kind of agenda to advance the profession, and lack any kind of pull on Capital Hill.

The NBRC especially this is true for,....they create pointless exams that mean jack **** ACCS? NPS?.....hell even RRT means jack s***....there is NO difference between a CRT, and an RRT except a peice of paper....There's no evidence that shows a RRT is Superior to a CRT, or more competent.



Further more, Research conducted by the AARC showed that MD's cannot identify the difference, but can clearly identify the difference between an RN and LPN.... The "RRT is better movement" is just a ploy to make money because it's another exam to take.



#6.)

And Lastly...They dont tell you that the field, like any in healthcare is getting Smaller, not bigger.....and every field in healthcare is with ObamaCare...but this is especially true for Respiratory



They dont tell you that there are WAY to MANY Schools Pumping out TOO MANY Grads than the market can handle and it'augmented by all of these For Profit tech schools like Concorde, and ATI that pump grads out like Gasoline. Plus many community colleges are also producing way too many grads in their ownright...



Respiratory is a small field, we need to treat this way..



In my opinion, Every Program should be mandated to cut the number of students in the program in half, or more.....but this will never happen