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Why did you become a respiratory therapist?

Hello! My name is Alyssa and I am a current high school student. I'm conducting an interview with any professional in the Respiratory Therapy field for a Foundations in Health Science Class project about careers! I have created a total of 13 questions. Comment on this post, answering all 13 questions to be apart of my assignment.

1. What profession did you choose? Why?

2. How many years of college did you need to go through?

3. What jobs did you work before you landed your present professional job?

(the remaining 10 questions will be in the comment section)

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Thank you comment icon 4. How can I decide if I should earn a Ph.D. in this field? 5. Were you in a college program? 6. Did you have to pivot and go back to school at a later date? 7. Did you shadow another professional in the field? 8. Did you join any school clubs related to your current profession? Alyssa
Thank you comment icon 9. Was there a particular subject you struggled with during your school years? 10. What skill sets did you learn or gain while pursuing your career? 11. Can you describe your process for assessing patients and developing treatment plans? 12. Why is it important to measure patients' pH before administering respiratory therapy? 13. What advice would you give to a patient if they experienced an asthma attack and did not have their medication with them? Alyssa
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david’s Answer

hi, Thanks for writing.
First, I admire your enthusiasm and the time you took to formulate those questions. Having written that, I notice that you have had few or no responses. This happens because, despite your interest, people who respond here are focused on giving advice and suggestions to students, not on telling their career stories in such detail that it might take hours to write. So, my suggestion to you is this:

Instead of writing survey questions about OUR lives, consider what is important to YOUR life and take advantage of the many career professionals here who will be happy to respond to you. I want you to succeed and to receive positive benefits from this forum. Please reconsider and write a new post about what interests YOU for a career. I wish you the best.
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