A wise man once said, “Let another praise you, and not your own mouth”.

With that in mind, we would like to offer you some quotes from nurses who have worked with our telerespiratory therapists at rtNOW on a daily basis. These quotes are taken from our nurse testimonial video.

Lynnae Pelzel:

“rtNOW has benefited us in a rural setting dramatically.”

“They can troubleshoot for you or they can help you out with a COPD exacerbation or whatever the emergency is or even a non-emergency.”

“We don’t have many resources and going to someone who specializes in that area really causes comfort for the nurses and helps out the needs of the patient.”

“Our team now is beneficial for any institution especially a small rural setting where we do not have our therapists on staff 24/7
It’s very easy to use as nurses and they make the patients feel really comfortable too.”

Brittney Green:

“In our small facility, we don’t always have a respiratory therapist here so using rtNOW we can call them on the iPad in the emergency room or in a patient room…”

“They show you everything that you’re supposed to do their kind of hands-on right there for you to look at and talk to.”

“I’ve used it in the emergency room, I’ve used it in patients rooms in specific situations.”

“They can help readjust settings and things like that that I don’t specifically know because we have so much that we have to know.”

It’s really nice to just be able to ask questions they never make you feel like you’re asking a dumb question or anything like that.”

“rtNOW has definitely avoided transferring patients especially in our small town area”

“We don’t have a respiratory therapist in-house and you might not have as knowledgeable staff at the time or the doctors on their way but they’re not here yet you’re going to just click and pull them up and ask any questions at all that you have.”

“Its direct patient care they’re right there on the screen can talk to you face-to-face.”

Katie Bloedow:

“They know everything about the equipment that we have in house even if they’ve never stepped foot into our hospital.”

“Using rtNOW is extremely easy it’s a matter of picking up the phone and push a green button on an iPad.”

“Whether or not they should, you know, be on the BiPAP or I need an extra set of eyes to help me assess their breathing to give us recommendations as nurses or even to the physician…”

“I feel that with the support that they give us 24/7 365 that I’m more comfortable and competent in our equipment and more confident in my skills as a nurse.”

“I’ll have a patient that maybe isn’t doing so well and then I’ve used rtNOW and their recommendations and I’ve seen my patient turn a corner for the positive.”

“We also then can provide that service right here in-house where maybe a transfer would mean that they have to go somewhere else where someone is in-house to provide that.”

“I have used rtNOW and I think it’s awesome.”

Naomi Weiss:

“I feel like if I ask them a question they already kind of know what I’m gonna ask and they’re prepared.”

“rtNOW has absolutely made me feel more confident in my job.”

“They’re very supportive they’re very confident in what they do.”

“We’ve had several instances where in the middle of the night we’ve had issues with the equipment the mast not fitting properly just questions about a patient’s status and they’ve always been very helpful.”