TheSquire

TheSquire DNP, APRN, NP

Urgent Care NP, Emergency Nursing, Camp Nursing

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  1. Sickle cell

    TheSquire replied to inteRN's topic in Emergency

    You can't argue with a PCA pump to step you up to dilaudid, or add in more

  2. To the unemployed new grads... what ARE you doing?

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

    ...You didn't, and that's not what I said, either. With this: You implied that the advice was to go volunteer instead of work. The problem is that there are more new grads than jobs in many places,...

  3. To the unemployed new grads... what ARE you doing?

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

    First off, take a deep breath. Secondly, remember that the advice in this thread isn't "Go volunteer instead of work," it's "Go volunteer instead of sitting on your ass at home doing nothing to...

  4. nursing diagnosis

    TheSquire replied to hello111's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    While I think their argument is a bit silly, if you don't rephrase that to "Nurses do not make medical diagnoses" they're going to keep jumping down your

  5. Advice for stethoscopes...

    TheSquire replied to audra211's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    If the stethoscope tube comes to a "T" with the tubes running to the earpieces...you're probably going to have problems with it for anything more than coorifice sounds and maybe auscultating BPs. If...

  6. Sickle cell

    TheSquire replied to inteRN's topic in Emergency

    First, you're a nursing student, not a nurse. You will likely never have an ED rotation during your education. You don't see the things we see from behind a nurse's badge. You don't get to use that...

  7. ER GN advice

    TheSquire replied to ER_NURSE2012's topic in Emergency

    There's a search function on this site - use it. I'm fairly certain this topic has been addressed at least twice in the past three months, and the advice doesn't

  8. Last semester student ER rotation.

    TheSquire replied to AzuscenaOCCSN's topic in Emergency

    Also re: ED Psych: make sure you have an avenue of escape. Don't let the pt get between you and the door. Psych pts (and crazy visitors) are the reason that you don't wear your stethoscope around...

  9. 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

    This is misleading info - employers care more about the individual programs than the degrees they

  10. nursing diagnosis

    TheSquire replied to hello111's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    Disturbed Energy Field is always a good one to round out a list of Nursing Dxs when you need just one more to meet your requirements...but use it wisely, 'cos you're only going to get away with it...

  11. Will NSO deny Student nurse liability insurance?

    TheSquire replied to seasonsofchange's topic in General Students

    Seconded - you shouldn't be worrying about NSO; you should be worrying about whether you're wasting your time and money on a professional program you can't get licensed

  12. Mathematically. challenged

    TheSquire replied to EJ_81's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Since I did Calculus and Statistics to satisfy my math requirements, I have no idea what's in College Algebra. However, the vast majority of nursing math involves material you should have mastered by...

  13. Do male nurses wear scrub jackets???

    TheSquire replied to Nolander's topic in Men in Nursing

    Wearing "scrub jackets" defeats the point of wearing scrubs. Then again, wearing scrubs as uniforms you take home and launder yourself defeats the point of wearing

  14. Last semester student ER rotation.

    TheSquire replied to AzuscenaOCCSN's topic in Emergency

    Assessment is always something good to review, especially in the ED where you don't have much to go on to base your care decisions off of. Mosby's Guide to Physical Examination has a chapter devoted...

  15. 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

    Master's Entry and an APN certification at the master's level are two separate

  16. ER Radio Etiquette

    TheSquire replied to SuzieF's topic in Emergency

    I apologize, I misread. I thought he was promoting "Me to You" as opposed to "Hey you, it's me". Mea

  17. Not taking the traditional rout to nursing school...

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

    Rush and DePaul's Master's Entry programs have both been around for around a decade, so neither are "new" programs, and both evolved out of successful prior ABSN programs. They're also both not APN...

  18. What's your patient load?

    TheSquire replied to germsjackson's topic in Emergency

    ...you do realize this is an ED thread,

  19. ER Radio Etiquette

    TheSquire replied to SuzieF's topic in Emergency

    Please don't use this order. It annoys the hell out of people trained in proper radio

  20. Not taking the traditional rout to nursing school...

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

    My hospital really likes them, as evidenced by (among other things) my current employment there. DePaul's program has a good reputation in the area, and I believe that Rush's does as

  21. Does your hospital ID badge have your first AND last name on it?

    TheSquire replied to Deetail's topic in General Nursing

    My last name is on the back (standard for the ED), where it's covered up by the Code reference/"NURSE" placard (which many patients seem unable to read and call me "doctor" anyway, but that's another...

  22. Not taking the traditional rout to nursing school...

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

    You're going to a 4-yr private school, then a 2(?) year master's program. While I ended up on a similar course (DePaul's MENP after a short stint of lab work following my BS in Mol & Cell Bio), I...

  23. College Math

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

    If you've done entry-level Calculus and/or Statistics, you should be fine. As with the rest of your credits, though, you'll probably have an interesting time getting them transferred, unless the...

  24. Need some advice applying to nursing school

    TheSquire replied to sydney0214's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    All general Associates programs, be they in "Science" or "General studies", look rather dinky. Your prereq GPA is more

  25. ER Radio Etiquette

    TheSquire replied to SuzieF's topic in Emergency

    While saying "over" at the end of every transmission is unnecessary, saying "name clear" at the end of the conversation is helpful to signify that the channel is now open for everyone else. Starting...