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Who Makes Up the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC)?

Jessica Fino, EdD, RRT

February 10, 2022

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Who makes up the National Board for Respiratory Care (NBRC)?

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  • The NBRC is a not-for-profit organization that is comprised of representatives:
    • AARC – American Association for Respiratory Care
    • CHEST – American College of Chest Physicians
    • ASA – American Society of Anesthesiologists
    • ATS – American Thoracic Society

The NBRC is a non-profit organization comprised of representatives from these four organizations 1) AARC, 2) the American College of Chest Physicians, 3) the American Society of Anesthesiologists, and 4) the American Thoracic Society. From all these individual organizations, you can see that we get input from various outlets in several different areas to make sure that it is not all one-sided. That respiratory therapists are not the bureaucracy or only respiratory therapists decide what respiratory therapists should know. We have several physician groups that likewise add their input.

This Ask the Expert is an edited excerpt from the course, Professional Organizations Within Respiratory Care: What You Need to Know, presented by Jessica Fino, EdD, RRT.


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Jessica Fino, EdD, RRT

Dr. Jessica Fino is an assistant professor of respiratory care at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, TX. She has a Doctorate of Education for Health Professions from A.T. Still University; a Master of Arts in Healthcare Administration from Wayland Baptist University, and a Bachelor of Science in Respiratory Care from Midwestern State University. Her background in respiratory includes adult critical care, acute care, neonatal and pediatric care.  


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