TheSquire

TheSquire DNP, APRN, NP

Urgent Care NP, Emergency Nursing, Camp Nursing

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  1. TNCC/ENPC for a new grad?

    TheSquire replied to SummitRN's topic in Emergency

    I'd suggest waiting on ENPC and TNCC until you've had a few months of ED experience under your belt, so you have a frame of reference on which to tack on the new material. If you're waiting for a job...

  2. What's your patient load?

    TheSquire replied to germsjackson's topic in Emergency

    One of the docs in my ED who did his residency in NYC describes the EDs there as "like being in the third world," and based on the staffing ratios reported time and again by NYC ED RNs, I believe him....

  3. Nurses, how are you going to vote? 2012 US Presidential Election

    TheSquire replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

    I answered the poll, but I already voted during early voting, so the verb tense isn't quite

  4. Silly question but how does your EC work?

    TheSquire replied to gatoraims RN's topic in Emergency

    What is an EC? Please define your

  5. I feel so dumb... I got flustered - about a patient in respiratory distress

    TheSquire replied to LalaJJB's topic in Emergency

    Pt was a hard stick....as stated in the original post. ...which is all well and good, up in the ICU. I realize that this semi-old and well-hashed-out-thread was featured in the nursezine this...

  6. I feel so dumb... I got flustered - about a patient in respiratory distress

    TheSquire replied to LalaJJB's topic in Emergency

    As stated earlier in the thread, Rapid Response and Code Blue tends not to exist in the ED, which is a (usually) self-sufficient critical care unit. You just stick your head out of the room and yell...

  7. Certifications for an ER nurse

    TheSquire replied to lyttlemomma's topic in Emergency

    While I disagree with brainkandy87's "Large bore all the time!" stance, I also disagree that large bore's aren't appropriate emergently for large volume fluid resussitation. I can and have pushed...

  8. I feel so dumb... I got flustered - about a patient in respiratory distress

    TheSquire replied to LalaJJB's topic in Emergency

    Yes, but before you go calling rapid response (if you're not in the ED, where your coworkers are your rapid responders), check your patient. I've had patients with atrocious H&Hs who are fine on...

  9. Immediate bedding

    TheSquire replied to emtb2rn's topic in Emergency

    ...so many better things that money could be spent

  10. Immediate bedding

    TheSquire replied to emtb2rn's topic in Emergency

    You have TVs in your

  11. how to ask patient for pain scale score correctly?

    TheSquire replied to 7feetunder's topic in Emergency

    There's a difference between someone who stoicly with a straight face tells me their pain is a 10, and the person who's laughing, talking on their cell phone, and eating red-hot frito lays products...

  12. ENA: Emergency Nursing Orientation

    TheSquire replied to LG1137's topic in Emergency

    My dept was doing this for new orientees, and paid for it...until the hospital ownership changed, the checks to ENA bounced, and they've not resumed them

  13. how to ask patient for pain scale score correctly?

    TheSquire replied to 7feetunder's topic in Emergency

    But humans intuitively interpret the world on a logarithmic, not linear, scale. 3 is nowhere near 10 on a log

  14. how to ask patient for pain scale score correctly?

    TheSquire replied to 7feetunder's topic in Emergency

    Blame it on hospital policy - that way it's not your fault anymore

  15. how to ask patient for pain scale score correctly?

    TheSquire replied to 7feetunder's topic in Emergency

    My personal script is "Sir/ma'am, could you please rate your pain for me on a scale from 0-10, where 0 is no pain and 10 is the worst pain in the history of the world." Also, this XKCD comic is...

  16. Is it RN,BSN or BSN,RN

    TheSquire replied to ava'smomRN's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    I think I've said this before, but the docs write MD and not BS or whatever else because MD (or DO) is a degree. RN is not a degree, it's a license, so it follows after academic degrees. That's...

  17. Scrubs, Anyone?

    TheSquire replied to Clodhopper's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Landau has a men's scrub collection that includes pants with belt loops and a zippered fly. They don't have quite as many pockets as the aviators, but it's enough for

  18. Hobbies that keep your soul alive?

    TheSquire replied to TrinidadStudent's topic in Male Nursing Students

    Back when I was in school, I'd go to the weekly board game night at the local game store, partially 'cos I like board games, but also 'cos it's a very testosterone-infused

  19. How to cope w/ chaos - camp nursing

    TheSquire replied to Liddle Noodnik's topic in Camp

    Either have an EMS background or prior experience in an

  20. Cutting my ties to this specialty

    TheSquire replied to whichone'spink's topic in Emergency

    I'm not sure if this is a passive-agressive attempt on the part of the OP to get readers of this message board to ask what

  21. Very High Fevers

    TheSquire replied to Alex Egan's topic in Camp

    Are any of you thinking heat exhaustion/heat stroke? Also - how are you getting blood work done at

  22. Should you put RN or BSN after name on resume?

    TheSquire replied to FLancaster11's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    Associates degrees generally aren't listed, so it would be BBA,

  23. Should you put RN or BSN after name on resume?

    TheSquire replied to FLancaster11's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    ...if you have a degree, you shouldn't be able to have more than one of that type. (i.e. you can have a BA and a BS but not two BS's) You could conceivably have a BS and BSN, and list yourself as...

  24. Questioning base pay salary

    TheSquire replied to kellycaseysn's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Why work salary? Work hourly so you actually make overtime... Also, this would probably be best placed in the AZ forum rather than the Emergency

  25. Does a RN salary cut it in Chicago?

    TheSquire replied to UpliftingRN's topic in Illinois Nursing

    Fixed the link for you: Cost of Living comparison