TheSquire

TheSquire DNP, APRN, NP

Urgent Care NP, Emergency Nursing, Camp Nursing

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  1. Qualifications for Adjunct Instructors?

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

    Agreed; Faculty for RN students in my state must have a Master's degree and two years experience. In practice, the former can be waived in certain circumstances, but the latter is

  2. Clarification needed in renewing license vs certification

    TheSquire replied to nurselove757's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Nope, it's still called IDPH, it's just that IDPH has nothing to do with nursing licensure (ECRN and PHRN notwithstanding). You're thinking of

  3. Government NP abroad - State Dept, CIA, etc

    TheSquire posted a topic in Government, Military

    Can anyone speak to their experiences with being an NP for a civilian dept/agency that sends its own healthcare personnel abroad? Application/interview/intake/day-to-day/unexpected facts of

  4. Clarification needed in renewing license vs certification

    TheSquire replied to nurselove757's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    I hope you mean IDFPR, otherwise you'll get very screwed barking up the wrong department's

  5. Is earwax removal an emergency?

    TheSquire replied to Emergent's topic in Emergency

    Oh, we'd all find work in urgent care/immediate care, public health, and other places that would actually get funding if our joke of a healthcare system worked

  6. Nursing ratios

    TheSquire replied to MBJ_nurse's topic in Emergency

    Perhaps you should go ask in the Cali forum? You guys have laws out there for

  7. New grad nurse in the ER & not sure if I'm progressing fast enough.

    TheSquire replied to tpnurse95's topic in Emergency

    I have to agree - 6wks is much too short an orientation for any critical care location, ED included. Are they supplementing your orientation with educational offerings like the ENA modules or...

  8. DNP then NP

    TheSquire replied to Snorris30's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    Really, from where? That seems to be against the point of having a clinical doctorate if the subject of said doctorate isn't

  9. MSN to DNP-FNP? Are credits hard to transfer?

    TheSquire replied to bcaball4's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I'm at DePaul; we phased out the MSN/APRN path a few years ago, but have both DNP-Entry and DNP-Completion tracks

  10. MSN to DNP-FNP? Are credits hard to transfer?

    TheSquire replied to bcaball4's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    Give them a call - I'm sure they also have a separate track for FNPs who want to complete their

  11. DNP then NP

    TheSquire replied to Snorris30's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    How are you getting your DNP without an APN of some flavor? Advanced Practice is one of the 8 essentials of the DNP, and education is explicitly not a focus of the

  12. EMR help!!! Staying on paper vs. EMR

    TheSquire replied to cerejanebellum's topic in Emergency

    My facility does codes on paper - but the instant you get a pulse back, you're off paper and on computer

  13. MSN to DNP-FNP? Are credits hard to transfer?

    TheSquire replied to bcaball4's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I did my DNP/FNP after completing my masters-entry RN at the same school (I actually graduate tomorrow), so I'm in a somewhat different boat than you. However, my understanding is that most schools...

  14. Financing your doctoral education

    TheSquire replied to KVA's topic in Post Graduate Students

    While my DNP program doesn't offer formal assistantships, many of us with preexisting masters degrees in nursing teach as adjuncts and get tuition waivers from that. Between that, going part time (to...

  15. Recruiting EMTs, RNs, etc as Health Officers

    TheSquire posted a topic in Camp

    I've been Health and Safety Director at a scout camp for a few years, and have been a Health Officer there on and off for over a decade. Since I've been in the hot seat, I've had trouble finding other...

  16. Recruiting EMTs, RNs, etc as Health Officers

    TheSquire replied to TheSquire's topic in Camp

    While I could possibly offer camperships, the Health Lodge is centrally located away from most of the section camps that house campers, and is not set up for family living (in fact, it was built as a...

  17. July Only Camps

    TheSquire replied to Jedrnurse's topic in Camp

    Neither the BSA's National Camp Accreditation Program standards nor the state I work in's Rules on Camps recognize anything less than LPN, EMT-B, or Wilderness First Responder/Emergency Medical...

  18. Camp Infirmary Protocols

    TheSquire replied to farmherRN's topic in Camp

    Agreed. BSA specifically calls the building/tent the Health Officer works out of the Health Lodge for a

  19. camp meds

    TheSquire replied to CampNurse10's topic in Camp

    Units retain the medications and adult leaders administer medications to their scouts, just like on any other campout. We just have them record the administration and turn in the paperwork at the end...

  20. Camp Nursing Resources

    TheSquire replied to NRSKarenRN's topic in Camp

    Are you tasked with doing Bloodborne Pathogens training for your

  21. When are you paid?

    TheSquire replied to guest83140's topic in Camp

    On the 15th and the end of the month, via Direct Deposit. Yours in Scouting,

  22. Curious About Drop-out Rate In Nursing School

    TheSquire replied to CeilingCat's topic in General Students

    You're not wrong; many nursing schools fail to implement changes fully and are more than happy to take borderline students' money for a few semesters rather than actually teach them and help then...

  23. Curious About Drop-out Rate In Nursing School

    TheSquire replied to CeilingCat's topic in General Students

    If you won't pass the NCLEX, it doesn't matter how "eager to learn and be a great nurse" any student is. That said, if you won't pass and they know it, they shouldn't admit you in the first

  24. Sepsis in your facility/ED

    TheSquire replied to Lev's topic in Emergency

    The first step of a sepsis screen is critical thinking, asking "Does the patient have a new source of infection?" Your GI lady didn't have one, so should've screened

  25. Oxygen at Camp

    TheSquire replied to Laceyjones's topic in Camp

    I did read it, but you keep referring back to hospital settings - which a non-health camp does not resemble by any means.At camp, I may or may not have another provider to help me cover 4,900 acres...