NSRC state conference set for May 16-18
“A Peep at the Past” is the theme for the 2012 NSRC Great Plains Conference for Respiratory Care Annual Convention. The event is set for May 16-18 at...
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AARC survey to collect data for time standards
NSRC President-Elect Jeff Gonzalez is encouraging respiratory managers and directors to participate in an AARC survey to collect respiratory therapy procedure time standards so statistically validated national time...
Read MoreMay is Asthma Awareness Month
This May, during Asthma Awareness Month, the American Lung Association would like to remind everyone how important it is for people with asthma to manage their asthma. The more they learn about asthma, the better they can manage living with the disease. Asthma can start at any age. Although there is no cure for asthma, it can be managed so people with the disease can live a normal, healthy life. To learn more about asthma, the American Lung Association invites...
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Photos highlight AARC national conference
Several NSRC board members attended the 2011 AARC National Conference in Tampa Bay, FL in November 2011. This annual conference is sponsored by the American Association of Respiratory Care in which therapists from all over the country gather together and are able to attend hundreds of mini-seminars over a three-day period. Therapists are then able to bring back latest information and technology to their fellow therapists. Darcy O’Brien-Genrich attended the President’s Breakfast in which all current presidents of state societies are able...
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NSRC joins advocates for PACT 2012
NSRC members Nan Nathenson, Linda Nelson and Jane Matsui joined their colleagues from the American Association for Respiratory Care (AARC) for the AARC 2012 Hill Advocacy Day on March 6. A total of 135 respiratory therapists from 46 states and the District of Columbia, as well as 32 patient advocates, participated in the event. Five patient organizations also joined them: Alpha 1 Association, EFFORTS, COPD Foundation, Alpha 1 Foundation and the Pulmonary Hypertension Association. Participants scheduled 349 meetings with their Congressional representatives — the most...
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