Hawkeye Community College - Respiratory Care Program

11/21/2025

Last one and I will be caught up! Here are my students at the Junior Achievement Career Day back in late September. We started a new strategy of having our little baby simulator at our table! I know everyone loves the pig lungs, but there were too many participants to monitor! The real life infant and newer real life intubation adult was pretty popular. Hopefully you noticed and love the new pop-up banner!

11/21/2025

I want to give a shout out to the Class of 2024 for their 100% CRT pass rate. It has been a while… They are one step away from getting that huge shout out I keep pushing each class to get. I hope that motivates past and future graduates to keep working on the goals they set as students.
And remember to keep moving the profession forward by being a member of the AARC.

11/21/2025

Okay, bad instructor. Better late than never! Here is the pic from Respiratory Care Week!

11/21/2025

Today is the Great American Smokeout! Great job students getting information on quitting out to the masses!

10/21/2025

Happy Respiratory Care Week! I hope everyone has a full week of being appreciated and celebrated!!!! You deserve it!

10/02/2025

Respiratorycareseminar.uihealthcare.org
Sorry I did not catch that dang auto-correct!

10/02/2025

There is still time left to register for the 45th Annual Respiratory Care Seminar in Coralville on October 16th and/or 17th! They have a great speaker lineup and always have great food!!! The conference is also very conveniently located right by the Coral Ridge Mall…. Just saying…

Information can be found at respiratorycareseminar.uihealthcare.org

Help me and the profession support in-person conferences and the vendors who show us their new and cool products.

05/10/2025

Such a bittersweet moment… another class will be leaving the nest and heading out into the great big world. This class assures me they will win the “Best Class Ever” award. All of my graduates know what they have to do! I am looking forward to designating it, so fingers crossed! Good luck to my graduates, I am already super proud!

02/26/2025

Registration for the 2025 Lung Conference is open! The agenda and more information can be found on the IaSRC website!

11/10/2024

On behalf of the Iowa Society for Respiratory Care, the Sunflower Award nomination page is now open! This was posted on Connect, but for non-members, this award is a way to recognize an Iowa RT for being a leader in patient service, teamwork, and positivity. There will be two winners per year. The first nomination period is from now to January 31st, with the winner announced at the Iowa Lung Conference (April 3-4, 2025).
Here is the link:

We're excited to announce the IaSRC Sunflower Award!The Sunflower Award will be given to Iowa RT's recognized by their peers as leaders in patient service, teamwork and positivityWinners from nominations received between Feb 1st -July 31st will be announced during Respiratory Care Week, and nominati...

10/21/2024

On behalf of the American Association for Respiratory Care - AARC:

I'm excited to share that in an effort to help fundraise for the AARC Disaster Relief Fund, some members of the House of Delegates have come together to sponsor a fundraiser through Pampered Chef. With Christmas just two months away, this is a perfect opportunity to start some early gift shopping while also supporting our fellow RTs in need.

This year has seen many natural disasters, and any assistance we can provide to our colleagues is greatly appreciated. If you're interested in doing some early Christmas shopping while supporting this worthy cause, please click the link below.

Thank you in advance for your consideration!

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10/21/2024

Happy Respiratory Care Week! What could be more perfect than bagels and competencies?! ABGs, ventilators, and bubble CPAP: oh my!!!!