TheSquire DNP, EMT-B, APN, NP

TheSquire has 12 years experience as a DNP, EMT-B, APN, NP and specializes in Urgent Care NP, Emergency Nursing, Camp Nursing.

TheSquire's Latest Activity

1. NP Schedule

   TheSquire replied to KYNurse123's topic in Advanced

   The Urgent Cares that I've worked at generally put full-time at 4 shifts/week. I'm now going to work at an Emergency Department; 120 hours/4 weeks is considered full time by the practice, with shifts being generally 10 or 12 hours long.

2. Nurse Breaks in ER

   TheSquire replied to EDnurseAmen's topic in Emergency

   Whenever management at my former ED made noises about staff not taking lunches, I'd point out A) properly staffing the unit is their responsibility and B) that I'd never gotten a 15-minute break, let alone two of them, in addition to my lunch break w...

3. Urgent Care Experiences

   TheSquire replied to Mary3010's topic in Emergency

   UCC nurses haunt the Ambulatory Care specialty page

4. Camp Nurse Experience

   TheSquire replied to Nadmoose's topic in Camp

   My experience is working at BSA Summer camps as a Health Officer, which are a different setting than most Summer camps you'll see discussed here. While the exact situation varies depending on local state laws and regulations regarding Summer camps, ...

5. Procedures as an FNP

   TheSquire replied to Jpiittmann97's topic in Advanced

   I suture (which I did a lab on in school); I also do I&Ds, nail trephination, superficial foreign body removal, and ear irrigation,

6. RNs being phased out of urgent care?

   TheSquire replied to cowan19's topic in Ambulatory

   I don't know where you're getting "most" from. At least in NJ, "most" Urgent Cares are either mom-and-pops or franchised chains independent from the local hospital groups.

7. Alphabet Soup of a Title

   TheSquire replied to jfmDNP's topic in Advanced

   IBCLC is effectively an RN-level certification; it's hefty, to be sure, but it does not grant any Advanced Practice privileges. This seems like someone who has mistaken simile for equivalency.

8. RNs being phased out of urgent care?

   TheSquire replied to cowan19's topic in Ambulatory

   Many urgent cares don't do IV access/infusion except while waiting on an ambulance to take an acute pt to the ED, so those skills are rarely needed, and often done by the provider.

9. CEN EXAM - HELP!

   TheSquire replied to carlowellnj's topic in Emergency

   I took Solheim's class from the man himself back in the before-times and then passed the test a month later, so while I can't comment on the efficacy of the online version, the in person format worked well for me. He's also good at going over the th...

10. Why won't they pay us more to stay??

    TheSquire replied to bitter_betsy's topic in Emergency

    I'm reminded of a scene in Fight Club, and I should bring up that one would have to factor in the increased rate of errors committed by new grads and other new hires and the resultant increase in malpractice settlement payouts, unless that's already ...

11. Chicago NPs

    TheSquire replied to Hoofpk's topic in NP

    I graduated from DePaul's DNP/FNP program in November 2018, intending to go into Emergency to initially work Fast Track. I already had a MS in Nursing, so I'd sat the boards after completing the initial clinical curriculum. My problem was that betw...

12. Adjunct faculty job

    TheSquire replied to proudnurse's topic in Educators

    As addressed by others, schools, colleges, and departments of nursing use adjunct positions the way they're intended to be used - to allow a department or school to bring in current practitioners in a field to teach in the classroom and/or supervise ...

13. DePaul MENP Program Admissions

    TheSquire replied to KBloom07's topic in Illinois

    There's a lot to unpack here written by someone who doesn't know what they're talking about, so let's take it from the top. If you're going into nursing specifically to do advanced practice, you're going into the wrong field. If you know tha...

14. Multiple Certification Bodies - how did we get here?

    TheSquire replied to TheSquire's topic in Advanced

    I'm not familiar with said CRNA strife - care to elaborate on what it is and how it's related to having only one certifying body?

15. Does it feel to everyone else that many newer nurses glamourize the ER and ICU?

    TheSquire replied to The0Walrus's topic in General Nursing

    Loads of people here forgetting that nursing students for over a decade have had access to social media, including this very forum. They read and have an idea of what they're getting into, the monthly "How do I prep for x unit" posts notwithstanding...