TheSquire

TheSquire DNP, APRN, NP

Urgent Care and Occupational Health NP

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  1. School Pretty Much Canceled Clinical

    TheSquire replied to Futurenurse7321's topic in General Students

    While I agree with most other posters that losing some of your clinicals isn't the end of the world, make sure that you and others fight to ensure that you get your capstone/internship term as you...

  2. NP's how are you these days?

    TheSquire replied to Corey Narry's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Urgent Care FNP here - testing drought has meant that I've sent patients home for 14-day self-isolation without testing. While I've not seen any yet, patients with the fever-cough-SOB trifecta are...

  3. DNP vs EdD

    TheSquire replied to HOPEforRNs's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    It sounds like your Ed.D. program suffers from something that's actively being fought over with the DNP - in many programs, the faculty are mostly PhD and thus want to run a program they're more...

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

    TheSquire replied to Anna Flaxis's topic in Emergency

    Chemotherapy is notoriously bad on veins, regardless of your vein size when you start. Ask to have a port-a-cath put

  5. Attendance Overboard

    TheSquire replied to ChristmasNurse's topic in School

    As an urgent care FNP who found this thread via the front page - Don't. Requiring a note is just going to stress economically disadvantaged families further, when the parent/guardian should be...

  6. Nurse Practitioners in Memphis, TN

    TheSquire replied to TheologyNerdRN's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    If you're looking to be an NP and find work, be willing to relocate in order to find a good first job. Tennessee is known to be an oversaturated market, but no new-grad NP should expect to find work...

  7. I feel unsafe and unsupported

    TheSquire replied to jdstga's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Skip the Chain of Command - go to HR, and consider an attorney Edit: To clarify - the Chain of Command has already failed you; there's no need to go higher up the chain. Your last-ditch in-company...

  8. Licensed ACNPC-AG ..going back for FNP guidance

    TheSquire replied to LTmurse78's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Why are you asking us instead of asking the schools you'd likely go

  9. PMHNP Vs. Psychiatry MD

    TheSquire replied to ICantthinkofagooddisplayname's topic in Advanced Practice

    Not a PMHNP, but: how old are you? Are you willing to devote 7+ years of your life towards med school and

  10. Union

    TheSquire replied to buchanki's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    Except that age discrimination is

  11. DNP vs EdD

    TheSquire replied to HOPEforRNs's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    The Ed.D. is NOT a research degree. Like the DNP, it is a practice degree, expected to be done in 3 years of full-time work (which hardly anyone does, because we like to eat), and the project and...

  12. Ruining My Career?

    TheSquire replied to NurseinBoots's topic in General Specialties

    Not everyone is cut out for every role in nursing, and the emphasis on having years of Med/Surg experience is outdated at best. (Myself, I started directly in the ED, and would've drilled holes in my...

  13. DNP vs EdD

    TheSquire replied to HOPEforRNs's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I don't see the need for a Nursing-specific education degree. I am willing to be convinced otherwise, but the Ed.D. can be applied to adult education, as @professorcait points out - why do we need a...

  14. DNP vs EdD

    TheSquire replied to HOPEforRNs's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    I am opposed to non-advanced practice nurses pursuing a DNP. The entire point of the DNP is to promote and developed advanced practice nursing, with advanced practice being one of the eight pillars...

  15. New RNs making more than experienced RNs

    TheSquire replied to Brittanytaylor04's topic in General Nursing

    I have to agree with @Tegridy, you are always supposed to discuss your pay with those you trust. The sentiment that you're not supposed to is a tool of management to keep you and your coworkers in...

  16. DNP vs EdD

    TheSquire replied to HOPEforRNs's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    The DNP is not similar to a PhD - the former is focused on advanced practice and applying research to practice, and since I'm an NP that makes sense. The Ph.D. is research oriented, and I have...

  17. DNP vs EdD

    TheSquire replied to HOPEforRNs's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    This is part of the problem with non-advanced practice DNPs: nurses view it as an "easy" doctorate. Of course it's "easy" - because you're using it for something it wasn't designed for. If you want...

  18. Advice for an ER nurse

    TheSquire replied to LH366's topic in Emergency

    I was an idiot for my first year of practice as an Emergency RN - an idiot who erred on the side of patient safety, but I was still an idiot. You learn and get past it. Thankfully, the docs will...

  19. Assualted by psych patient

    TheSquire replied to Udmert's topic in Emergency

    I was battered by a psych patient I was triaging, and ended up with a broken jaw. I tried to press charges - the thing is, the local State's Attorney has to sign off on it, and they didn't. I didn't...

  20. Adjunct Instructor

    TheSquire replied to Ashley_113's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    At your level, you likely should still be aiming to be an adjunct for RN students - you should have no issues there. If you adjunct for the school you are attending for your DNP, then you're likely...

  21. Malpractice insurance

    TheSquire replied to SnickerDoodle_RN's topic in Emergency

    It's been a few years since I went from being an RN to an NP Student (which costs a lot more to insure), but NSO's occurrence coverage was still $50/year for RNs at the time. Your employer's...

  22. Best Paying States and Cities for NPs

    TheSquire replied to FullGlass's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Lists like this are meaningless, starting with the fact that they're not normalized by local cost of

  23. Non-nurse to MSN

    TheSquire replied to newtonursing55's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Don't. The entire philosophy behind Nurse Practitioners is that a Nurse Practitioner can bring their years of experience in relevant RN roles to bear while practicing...but if you do direct entry, you...

  24. DNP vs EdD

    TheSquire replied to HOPEforRNs's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    Are you going for advanced practice? If not, why would you look at a DNP, which specifically has "Advanced Practice" as one of its Eight Pillars. Go for the Ed.D. It's the doctorate in the field...

  25. Union

    TheSquire replied to buchanki's topic in Collective Bargaining, Union

    I have been a member of a non-nursing union - by all means, be a member and, if you're so inclined, go to meetings and participate. Unions are an excellent means to counter the imbalance of power...