SU Respiratory Care Senior Serves on the Board of the Virginia Society of Respiratory Care
Sandy Johnson of Winchester, a senior respiratory care graduate from Shenandoah University, has been appointed to serve as the student board member for the Virginia Society of Respiratory Care (VSRC) for 2009.
Shenandoah University's 2009 Bachelor of Science in respiratory care graduates will sit for their registry exam in June and for their registered respiratory therapist exam in July.
Sandy Johnson of Winchester, a senior respiratory care student at Shenandoah University, has been appointed to serve as the student board member for the Virginia Society of Respiratory Care (VSRC) for 2009.
Johnson, who came to Shenandoah University from Greensboro, N.C., founded the Respiratory Care Student Association at Shenandoah University, serving as its president for the 2007-08 academic year.
“It is a great honor for Sandy to represent the student’s voice for the Virginia Society of Respiratory Care,”said Bill O’Neill, director of the respiratory care program at Shenandoah University. “Sandy is the first student from Shenandoah University to serve on VSRC’s board. It’s not only a prestigious appointment for Sandy, but also for Shenandoah University.”
While Shenandoah remains the only respiratory care program currently representing higher education at the VSRC, Johnson hopes to change that statistic.
“My goal is to work with the VSRC at the state level and the American Association of Respiratory Care to set up student organizations at colleges and universities throughout the Commonwealth, setting best practices for other states to follow,”said Johnson. “I want respiratory care students to have representation at both the state and national levels to inform VSRC members about what educational institutions like Shenandoah University are doing to prepare tomorrow’s practitioners.”
“I want respiratory care students to have representation at both the state and national levels to inform VSRC members about what educational institutions like Shenandoah University are doing to prepare tomorrow’s practitioners,”said Sandy Johnson of Winchester, a senior respiratory care student at Shenandoah University.
According to its Web site, the VSRC encourages and promotes professional excellence, advances the science and practice of respiratory care, and serves as an advocate for patients and their families, the public, and the profession of respiratory therapy. For more information about VSRC, visit http://www.vsrc.org/.
Respiratory Care is a life-supporting, life-enhancing health-care profession practiced under qualified medical direction. This health-care specialty promotes optimal cardiopulmonary function and health and uses scientific principles to identify and treat acute or chronic dysfunction of the cardiopulmonary system. Because respiratory therapists are uniquely trained to treat conditions of the cardiopulmonary system, they are vital members of the health-care team, working in hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, emergency transport centers, physician’s offices, home-health agencies, specialized care hospitals, medical equipment supply companies and patients’homes.
For more information about the respiratory care program at Shenandoah University, visit http://www.su.edu/respcare/or call (800) 432-2266.
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