Awesome!!!! Angela ________________________________ From: L. Collins <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] Sent: Wed, May 26, 2010 12:09:46 PM Subject: Re: RVT Now *that's* the best news I've heard all year! On Wed, 26 May 2010 10:44:07 -0400, Nathalie Garbani <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >Elaine, > >as a FYI there will be no "re-testing" on physics!!! just on the technical >credentials for your specialty(ies). > >Nathalie >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Elaine Erickson" <[log in to unmask]> >To: <[log in to unmask]> >Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 10:56 PM >Subject: Re: RVT > > >I was cruising through the Flownet to investigate rumors for ARDMS >recertification requirements and read a few posts about RVTs lack of >recognition and a potential perception of something less than a sonographer. > I have been both; from babies, to biliary, to breasts, to bilateral upper >and lower extremity; I have scanned much of whatever ultrasound renders >itself useful. I hold ARDMS credentials in vascular and abdomen. I take >the greatest pride in my role as an RVT. > >I hold my RVT credential as one of my most valuable acquisitions over the >course of my life and I know what it took to get there. And I know I had >support and encouragement along the way for which I am ever grateful (Dr. >Schneider). I really don't care what anyone calls me, as long as I am >sought with confidence by the physician who recognizes my skills and wants >me to look at his/her patient and tell them what I see. Really, is there >any better way to convey acknowledgment than that? > >And if there is a lack of appreciation, I feel that the general unawareness >of our careers leaves us in good company; the Physician Assistants. At >least the unaware public believes that I have some technical ability; while >many believe that a PA is less than a nurse. A patient a few weeks ago was >left with the impression that a PA is like an administrative assistant for >the doctors. They help to keep them organized and mop up their messes. > >And I am against the recertification, just for the record. Sorry, Joe. But >I hate tests, especially when it contains the word: physics. > > > >To unsubscribe or search other topics on UVM Flownet link to: >http://list.uvm.edu/archives/uvmflownet.html > >To unsubscribe or search other topics on UVM Flownet link to: >http://list.uvm.edu/archives/uvmflownet.html To unsubscribe or search other topics on UVM Flownet link to: http://list.uvm.edu/archives/uvmflownet.html To unsubscribe or search other topics on UVM Flownet link to: http://list.uvm.edu/archives/uvmflownet.html