TheSquire

TheSquire DNP, APRN, NP

Urgent Care NP, Emergency Nursing, Camp Nursing

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  1. How many questions on ATI Fundamentals Test

    TheSquire replied to labradors4's topic in General Students

    Taking the practice and taking the real test are two different things - and how are they able to limit you to once every 48hrs on the practice? I've retaken them within 20 minutes. I will agree, that...

  2. Why pinning?

    TheSquire replied to TheSquire's topic in General Students

    I could've sworn I'd read it on Wikipedia but it's not there, and it's not coming up on any of the google searches I've run either.

  3. Why pinning?

    TheSquire replied to TheSquire's topic in General Students

    I'm not saying it's related to the lack of respect that nurses get - what I am saying is that keeping a ceremony made for a pink-collar trade is inconsistent with constant protestations that nursing...

  4. Why pinning?

    TheSquire replied to TheSquire's topic in General Students

    That Maltese cross you mentioned earlier comes to us from the Knights Hospitaller, who originally got their start tending people who had become ill or injured on pilgrimage to Jerusalem (i.e....

  5. Why pinning?

    TheSquire replied to TheSquire's topic in General Students

    I have a non-nursing bachelors; I know full well that walking in a funny costume is not necessary to receive one's degree, just as attending one's pinning is not necessary to be an RN (though...

  6. Is it better to do an entry MSN or BSN if you do not have an RN yet?

    TheSquire replied to cacurlytop's topic in General Students

    No, the CNL may be a graduate-level program, but it is not Advanced Practice. It does not permit anyone to diagnose or treat medical

  7. Is it better to do an entry MSN or BSN if you do not have an RN yet?

    TheSquire replied to cacurlytop's topic in General Students

    I'm in a masters-entry program right now that spits us out with our RNs and some of our APN coursework done (including research). It is nice that we get the chance to go and work after graduating (in...

  8. Where should I start in the nursing field?

    TheSquire replied to Tricia76's topic in General Students

    A buttload of prerequisites that vary by school. Most require Anatomy and Physiology, Microbio, Gen Chem I and II, and sundry other courses. Check with the schools you're interested in applying to...

  9. Literature Review Topics..HELP!!!

    TheSquire replied to Xavier01's topic in Post Graduate Students

    ...why not just try one and see what you get? If it doesn't turn up much, it isn't hard to switch

  10. How are you celebrating the end of Spring finals?

    TheSquire replied to letsseehere's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm not - Spring quarter doesn't end until

  11. Literature Review Topics..HELP!!!

    TheSquire replied to Xavier01's topic in Post Graduate Students

    How to consistently elicit from patients a list of the "alternative" treatments they're using, especially the ones that can mess up the treatments we want them to

  12. Where should I start in the nursing field?

    TheSquire replied to Tricia76's topic in General Students

    Note: LPN and RN are licenses issued by the state. ADN and BSN are academic degrees. People who earn their ADN or BSN ideally pass the NCLEX-RN and become

  13. What is so difficult about nursing school?

    TheSquire replied to zbb13's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Nursing is most likely one of the hardest, if not the hardest, subjects taught in community colleges, as it's a lot of information and skills that need to be learned in a relatively short period of...

  14. aacc nursing

    TheSquire replied to luvly189's topic in General Students

    If you go under the "Region" tab on this site, you'll see that every state has a forum for discussing nursing programs in that state. This was done so that posts about schools the vast majority of...

  15. Beginner's guide to dosage calculations

    TheSquire replied to ky_grl82's topic in General Students

    Or you could go back to your gen chem/HS chem notes and review how to do dimensional analysis. If you can do that, you won't need any formulas or ratio methods or any other weird way of doing...

  16. ATI fundamentals!

    TheSquire replied to kdowdy's topic in General Students

    You're taking the fundamentals exam that late? Wow. My bit of advice - take the practice exams, and then retake them both until you get at least 90% on them. Also, review the things it tells you to,...

  17. Getting A's in Nursing school!!!

    TheSquire replied to palo143's topic in General Students

    Everyone on here thinks getting good grades in nursing school is impossible since the amount of whining someone does on this forum is inversely proportional to their

  18. aacc nursing

    TheSquire replied to luvly189's topic in General Students

    Ask in state-specific

  19. Loyola ABSN graduates, I need your opinion!!!!

    TheSquire replied to harris12's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    ...Or you could apply to DePaul's MENP program, Rush's GEM program, or UIC's GEP

  20. What can a high school student do to get into....

    TheSquire replied to an0nymous's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I'm assuming that by "direct entry" you mean traditional 4-year BSN programs. To the OP - if you want to be a nurse and can get admitted, just go for the 4-year BSN. If you're a good student, then...

  21. Finish bio degree or switch to BSN?? HELP!!

    TheSquire replied to michellesb's topic in General Students

    First - for the Cali-specific questions, go to the Cali-specific forums. That's what they're there for. For the nursing statistics - search this site and take a visit to your school's career center....

  22. what is a good age to be done with school?

    TheSquire replied to believeallispossible's topic in General Students

    Done? What's this about being

  23. RN program in chicago

    TheSquire replied to runninggirl77's topic in Illinois Nursing

    For the most part in Illinois, there's no such thing as "just an RN program" as the last hospital diploma program in the state is all the way out in Canton by Peoria. As someone with a bachelors, you...

  24. Is it better to do an entry MSN or BSN if you do not have an RN yet?

    TheSquire replied to cacurlytop's topic in General Students

    In nursing, it's what you get with the masters that matters. One of the things you get from a masters is the ability to take out Federal GradPLUS loans, which will cover the full cost of attendance....

  25. Is it better to do an entry MSN or BSN if you do not have an RN yet?

    TheSquire replied to cacurlytop's topic in General Students

    Because I don't think you understand what I said, here's a brief explanation: APN stands for Advanced Practice Nurse (Sometimes abbreviated APRN for Advanced Practice RN). APN is the generic term for...