TheSquire

TheSquire DNP, APRN, NP

Urgent Care NP, Emergency Nursing, Camp Nursing

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  1. FNP? DNP? Wait?

    TheSquire replied to coughdrop.2.go's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    One of the fun things about being in a DNP program is that you're required to take a class on Healthcare Economics...during which you'll learn that increasing barriers to entry (i.e. moving from...

  2. Paying for clinical placements?

    TheSquire replied to travelRN555's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    My understanding is that the fee is usually paid by the school...although you end up paying the school. In Chicago, Chamberlain and a few other programs appear willing to do this, while DePaul...

  3. What areas of your HC could use a new change?

    TheSquire replied to tining's topic in Camp

    The mattresses, hands down. My Health Lodge is 50 years old this year and was originally built as a small field hospital, which is much more than the camp really needs nowadays (and, really, for the...

  4. CAMP NURSE-HELP

    TheSquire replied to LisabertRN's topic in Camp

    While this is a bit late, for posterity's sake I'll throw in my two cents: My suggestion is to look at local EMS protocols and copy some of the likely ones, altering them to fit your non-transport...

  5. best book for learning med dosage calculations?

    TheSquire replied to meghan91's topic in General Students

    ...your seventh grade math textbook, and/or your general chemistry textbook's chapter on how to do unit

  6. Male Nurse Scrubs

    TheSquire replied to uwaRN13's topic in Men in Nursing

    Color-coding isn't for the patients; it's for the staff who have to respond to units they aren't necessarily familiar with, such as rapid response. If I'm called up from the ED, or am dropping off a...

  7. Does Anyone Else NEVER get downstaffed?

    TheSquire replied to blondy2061h's topic in General Nursing

    Emergency doesn't get called off where I am - the unit has to be staffed to handle

  8. Volunteering for the weekend for Scout trip?

    TheSquire replied to CloudySue's topic in General Nursing

    IANAL, but you're an adult leader who happens to be an RN...of which there are no shortage to drag into court for peer testimony. If you're just a leader for a single troop, don't do anything silly...

  9. Volunteering for the weekend for Scout trip?

    TheSquire replied to CloudySue's topic in General Nursing

    I've spent a number of years as a Health Officer for a Boy Scout camp - our camp's policy was that if that line on Part B (or the equivalent on predecessor health forms) was not signed and unaltered,...

  10. Patient Care Checklist/Sheet

    TheSquire replied to KNRN2013's topic in Emergency

    That looks like my facility's official ambulance patient triage

  11. Outift for an interview??

    TheSquire replied to Axm611291's topic in Men in Nursing

    If your rules contradict each other, they cancel each other out, leaving no rules and a whole mess of opinions. You have more freedom, and more decisions to make...and more opinions that you have to...

  12. Outift for an interview??

    TheSquire replied to Axm611291's topic in Men in Nursing

    To actually answer the initial question, be thankful that you're a guy and thus have well-set guidelines on what to wear when - women have a lot more freedom and a lot fewer rules to follow. For an...

  13. Looking for Human Anatomy w/Lab Online

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

    Shame on you for attempting to take a lab class online. The entire point of a lab class is to have you do something in person - which you'll have to do throughout your nursing career, should you get...

  14. Negligence when a patient leaves?

    TheSquire replied to Sassy5d's topic in Emergency

    I am not a lawyer, but as I was taught in school Negligence requires four elements in order to be proven in court: 1. Duty 2. Breach of Duty 3. Proximal Cause 4. Actual Harm As I read your (admittedly...

  15. Do you have a nurse manager dedicated to the ED?

    TheSquire replied to MissERN's topic in Emergency

    We used to - our recently "left", and we're not sure if he resigned or was asked to resign. Based on the things that come down from upper management, the former is just as likely as the

  16. IM injection on underweight pt

    TheSquire replied to 84RN's topic in General Nursing

    That's all blunt, not point like a

  17. Nursing Survey "ER nurses burnout" Please complete survey for Master capstone project

    TheSquire replied to 5baseballmom's topic in Emergency

    Your questions look like they're missing some prompts, such as "How often do you:" for the first page. Also, I question your use of a 4pt scale rather than an odd-numbered likert scale. Also, where...

  18. IM injection on underweight pt

    TheSquire replied to 84RN's topic in General Nursing

    With the deltoid, remember that on smaller people you bunch up the muscle by pinching it, rather than pulling to the side to thin out the layer of subcutaneous tissue. While you really can't Z-track...

  19. Hand Lotion

    TheSquire replied to arronlpn's topic in Men in Nursing

    I usually use the stuff in the container at work - which your workplace should provide, as they're wanting you to use alcohol rubs/soap multiple times a night. At home, I prefer udder cream - you can...

  20. Facial Hair

    TheSquire replied to red2003xlt's topic in Men in Nursing

    Keep it trimmed, make sure it can fit under your institution's N-95 masks without ruining the seal, and go for it - though if you've an interview coming up, perhaps shave it until after you're...

  21. When did nursing caps go extinct in the wild?

    TheSquire replied to RNperdiem's topic in General Nursing

    I've yet to wear one, and never will: unlike the rules for women, which allow hat wearing almost any place, western sartorial practice for men is to never wear hats in one's office/workplace, except...

  22. Starting RN wage in Chicago, IL

    TheSquire replied to Mrs.DeondraClark's topic in Illinois Nursing

    When I started 2 years ago in the ED (which is critical care), my base rate was $26/hr. That's before shift differentials, though - if you work Second or Third shift then you'll be paid extra for

  23. Graduated 1 year ago, still no job

    TheSquire replied to MidLifeRN2012's topic in Illinois Nursing

    I took ACLS while I only had my pass letter. It wasn't that hard, but my program's last Med-Surg course was really a Critical Care course, the first week of which was ACLS material, so YMMV. Really,...

  24. preg minor

    TheSquire replied to pm2rn's topic in Emergency

    This seems like something to be passed on to your hospital's Risk Management dept. Let the lawyers figure it out, then get back to you guys with a

  25. annoying little thing some of our docs are doing

    TheSquire replied to psu_213's topic in Emergency

    Agreed - just 'cos the doc ordered it doesn't mean you have to do it without questioning the order. If the doc ends up looking bad for whatever reason when she/he cancels orders, that's not your...