Liz Simmons is an education staff writer at Forbes Advisor. She has written about higher education and career development for various online publications since 2016. She earned a master’s degree in ...

Respiratory therapists help making sure that patients are breathing properly, as the respiratory system ties back to a ...

Respiratory therapists are an essential part of the medical team. They work in hospitals, clinics, and other healthcare settings, providing respiratory therapy to help people with respiratory problems ...

Respiratory therapists across the country have been feeling the strain of staffing shortages in their field for months. Patient prioritization has often been a necessity during the pandemic, which ...

Respiratory therapy is a fast growing field of employment, with the Bureau of Labor Statistics projecting it to increase by 20% from 2018 to 2028. Respiratory therapists serve a very important ...

Jessica Murphy heard the stories describing how hard-hit respiratory therapists were among the hospital workers who battled the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. The therapists manned the ventilators for ...

Occupations in the industry are increasingly in demand because of an aging population and longer life spans. By Kerry Hannon This article is part of our new series on the Future of Health Care, which ...

While the coronavirus threatens the nation's health care system, hospitals seek tens of thousands of ventilators to help patients breathe as the disease attacks their lungs. Someone needs to operate ...

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that respiratory therapy jobs will grow 14% over the next decade. File - Registered nurse Estella Wilmarth tends to a patient in the acute care unit of ...