TheSquire

TheSquire DNP, APRN, NP

Urgent Care NP, Emergency Nursing, Camp Nursing

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

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

    Correct - when you sign on the floor, you're signing on the authority of the RN and nothing else. When you're pulling out all the stops and listing everything you can, the order of precedence is BSN,...

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

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

    I'm very sure - nursing likes to live in ignorance of the rules of precedence for post-nominal letters, but they do exist. My thought is that since most nurses in the US still come from ADN programs...

  3. What is your year-round job?

    TheSquire replied to JeanettePNP's topic in Camp

    I work full-time in the ED, and schedule time-off in the summer to volunteer up at my old camp when I

  4. What is the most interesting case you've seen in the ER?

    TheSquire replied to BigDiesel's topic in Emergency

    If that had happened in my state, the ED staff could've had him involuntarily admitted as he'd displayed self-harming behavior. On the other hand, I can see why the cops weren't terribly concerned...

  5. Beware purchasing 'cardiology' stethoscope from allheart.com

    TheSquire replied to Josiah28's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    Also, if you personalized it, that might be the reason they won't accept it back, since it can't be

  6. IV Therapy skills taught in school?

    TheSquire replied to IvnurseAmanda's topic in General Nursing

    You're doing human subjects research as part of your master's project and you don't have IRB approval? What school do you go to? Also, this thread is misplaced - it should properly be in the Academic...

  7. bag for job interview?

    TheSquire replied to dadah_vxr's topic in Men in Nursing

    Agreed - I have a leather folder from back in the day when I was under the delusion that I was pre-med, and I used that for the new-grad interview circuit. Resume copies, important documents, a pen,...

  8. The problem with floating ER Nurses

    TheSquire replied to crabalot's topic in Emergency

    ...and by "refuse to release your patients", I meant "refuse to release your nurses". My

  9. Seems a bit excessive to me....

    TheSquire replied to 42pines's topic in General Nursing

    Speaking as someone who has money in a government pension, it is not my fault that: a) I earned my pension funds by following current policies, my work contract, and the collective bargaining...

  10. Are you doing this at work?

    TheSquire replied to vivasmom's topic in Emergency

    giving nebs emergently, then rt does the rest drawing own labs yes, and occasionally running a stat-bmp starting your own iv's yes - and after two sticks, you go find another ed nurse to have a try...

  11. The problem with floating ER Nurses

    TheSquire replied to crabalot's topic in Emergency

    OP: since it appears that your ED has been floating out for a while, you could do a retrospective study comparing similar time periods before and after the floating rule change, looking at adverse...

  12. Whats with Mondays?

    TheSquire replied to MEDICJOHN's topic in Emergency

    I work nights, so Mondays aren't bad, but the first Friday of the Month is

  13. Does your facility allow the floor/unit nurses write up other nurses?

    TheSquire replied to DayDreamin ER CRNP's topic in Emergency

    Maybe it's 'cos I'm a guy, maybe it's 'cos I'm fortunate in my work environment, and maybe it's 'cos I disagree with second-wave feminism, but I don't respond well to the pleas of victim-hood by...

  14. Vent: "I should warn you, I'm a tough stick..."

    TheSquire replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in Emergency

    One the sources of this problem is the fixation many practitioners outside the ED have for starting IVs in the AC. When I did my internship in the ED before I graduated from nursing school, I very...

  15. New Grad Positions in Chicago

    TheSquire replied to mlyRN's topic in Illinois Nursing

    I would suggest the ED where I work, but we just hired a slew of new grads that started orientation in the past couple weeks, and I don't see any remaining openings on the website (for the first time...

  16. DePaul University - Info

    TheSquire replied to Student4Life82's topic in Illinois Nursing

    Hi there, As I stated in the thread you mentioned, I graduated nearly a year ago, and thus my knowledge of the program is rapidly going out of date. The instructors for the classes you asked about...

  17. Navy RN

    TheSquire replied to Student nurse SB's topic in Government, Military

    Move/Repost in the "Government and Military Nursing" forum under the "Specialty - Nursing Specialties"

  18. New RN job... NO orientation!!!

    TheSquire replied to Epona's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Why did you need a third hand? You apply pressure with the middle finger of one hand, hold the catheter itself with the thumb and index finger of the same hand, while the other hand holds the J-loop...

  19. DePaul's MENP questions

    TheSquire replied to bcxllady's topic in Illinois Nursing

    I should probably note for those who see this thread in the future that I'm nearly a year out of the program, so my knowledge about specific academic policies, classes, etc for the MENP is rapidly...

  20. DePaul's MENP questions

    TheSquire replied to bcxllady's topic in Illinois Nursing

    The exams are usually multiple guess, while there's a mandatory research project that you have the option of turning into a thesis. You'll have writing assignments in other classes as

  21. Should I Maintain EMT-B with new RN?

    TheSquire replied to MidnightAzalea's topic in Emergency

    IL also has Pre-Hospital RNs, though the standards for such are actually set by the EMS regions and not the

  22. So, we don't learn how to do IVs in nursing school?

    TheSquire replied to i<3u's topic in General Students

    In the program I came from, we were taught in the second quarter of the program (Med-Surg) and refreshed in the fifth (Critical Care), though I didn't actually place IVs in real people until my...

  23. Certifications/training for a new ER nurse

    TheSquire replied to ertrek84's topic in Emergency

    Every EMT starts as a Basic, so the OP wouldn't be able to go for the higher certs anyway. Also, I suggest that those looking to do emergency nursing get their EMT-B first for the same reason as...

  24. Nursing Students at Camp

    TheSquire replied to Oojopioo's topic in Camp

    I would be hesitant to hire on a nursing student who didn't have some sort of EMS background/certification. Nursing school does not train for emergent situations in the

  25. MRSA in the nares

    TheSquire replied to Flo.'s topic in General Nursing

    MRSA is community-acquired