MT RN

MT RN specializes in Med-Surg/Ortho.

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1. Police officer or RN

   MT RN replied to cyb's topic in General Nursing

   I was a police officer for 23 years before I retired and went to nursing school, and for many different reasons, the jobs are more similar than you might think. Being a cop is far more than just getting the bad guys. You often see people at the worst...

2. Any students out there dating veteran RNs?

   MT RN replied to misterniftypants's topic in Male Students

   Don't whine about it, swallow that male pride and use the situation to your advantage! I took up nursing as a second career, my wife has been a nurse for 25 years. I honestly don't know how I would have made it through nursing school without her inpu...

3. inpatient hospice facility question

   MT RN replied to MT RN's topic in Hospice

   thanks for the info hospicepalliativern. and the reasons that you state are exactly why i am interested in hospice to begin with. working med-surg i never feel that i have enough time to give the patients all of the care that they deserve, and i am l...

4. inpatient hospice facility question

   MT RN posted a topic in Hospice

   I am thinking of applying for a hospice position. My local hospice has two large inpatient facilities, and I am wondering what the staffing is like in such facilities. In other words, are they generally run like a hospital floor with several RN's and...

5. open and closed reduction

   MT RN replied to dtermineddenise's topic in Student Assist

   OK, let's try again...don't worry, you'll get it! Again, try not to think of the two things together, they're two completely separate things. A reduction is either open or closed. It is open if there is an incision made in order to repair the fractu...

6. open and closed reduction

   MT RN replied to dtermineddenise's topic in Student Assist

   I think the problem you're having is that you are talking about two different things. The reduction, either open or closed, is the process of putting the bone back together. Fixation is the process of anchoring the bone in place. This is done either ...

7. RN I and RN II Question

   MT RN replied to lovemyjobsometimes's topic in Florida

   As far as I know, the RNI/RNII designation is not set in stone, the requirements are up to the individual institution. Where I work, a new grad is at RNI status for the first year and is then promoted to RNII. It doesn't matter if he/she is an ADN or...

8. How Your Life Can Change in the Blink of an Eye!

   MT RN replied to chase4myheart's topic in General Nursing

   I agree with swtooth, I would suspect medications. I've seen this happen numerous times to older folks. They come in to the hospital and are put on a bunch of new meds and before you know it, they are showing signs of delirium. If she has gone downhi...

9. Nurse or Cop?

   MT RN replied to knigry01's topic in Career Support

   Another thing to consider is if you ever want to relocate to another state, as a nurse it's fairly easy to get licensed anywhere once you have your initial license. As a cop, you generally would have to go through extensive training at a different de...

10. Nurse or Cop?

    MT RN replied to knigry01's topic in Career Support

    I don't know where you're going to be a cop, but I was one for 23 years before I retired and went into nursing. At least in my situation, nursing pays A LOT better than law enforcement...and it's much less dangerous, at least most of the time!

11. Indiana Dept. of Health database got hacked into...

    MT RN replied to GLORIAmunchkin72's topic in General Nursing

    Do you have a source for this story? I did a quick google search and nothing came up. I'm curious as I'm licensed in Indiana as well.

12. plantar fasciitis ouch!

    MT RN replied to ann945n's topic in General Nursing

    I'll second the orthotics, I've had the same problem on and off for about the last 20 years. When it first came on, I stubbornly waited until it was so bad that I could barely walk. I found a great podiatrist who spent a lot of time with me and custo...

13. Anyone here in a "nursing couple"?

    MT RN replied to heartlover07's topic in General Nursing

    My wife and I are both RN's. Nursing is a second career for me, but my wife has been an ER/Trauma nurse for 25 years. No kids, she works days and I work nights by choice. Of course, being the newbie nurse in the family, I have to defer to her medica...

14. arthrodesis of first mpj

    MT RN posted a topic in Orthopaedic

    First, the disclaimer...I'm not asking for medical advice, just looking for someone who might have had this procedure and can give me some first hand knowledge of the results. That being said, I have had two surgeries on my right great toe in the las...

15. Pulled from orientation to be a tech???

    MT RN replied to TigerGalLE's topic in New Nurse

    Yes, that's EXACTLY what you should have said...NO!!...You're a nurse now, you're not a tech anymore, and it's not your place to fill in when your floor is short staffed. They should have floated another tech to your floor or just run short.