Army Nurse Corps FY2013

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Hey everybody, I'm starting a thread here for those applying to the Army Nurse Corps in FY2013. I figure this might be a good place to get to know other future nurse corps officers and a place for the veterans of the ANC to pass on some advice.

Share your story and hopefully we will meet down in San Antonio this Winter/spring of 2013

Ill start with my story,

I am a 28 y/o critical care nurse with 2 years experience in a level 2 trauma center in Virignia. I passed MEPS at Ft. Eustis and have submitted security packet, letters of reference and letter of intent.

I am applying to the October review board for Active Duty Army Nurse Corps for the 66H8A(critical care) and 66T(trauma) programs( I am not sure if they are still running this one, but you don't get what you don't ask for).

I am happily married with a baby on the way, my wife is 100% behind a move the Army and I feel blessed to have her love and support.

The road to the Army has been a long one with a degree in Biology, stint as a drug rep and return for an accelerated BSN.

I love being a nurse and love working in critical care. I hope to serve my country in uniform treating service members & their families at home and in forward deployed units.

I want to be an critical care nurse and officer in the U.S. Army and I hope that I will get to meet all of you in uniform at BOLC, at MEDDAC, CSH or FST in CONUS or OCONUS.

Here's to all us achieving our dreams of becoming Army Nurses!

HOOOOOOAH!

Specializes in Critical care.

Er 39 weeks pregnant stupid man thumbs messing up my post :) good luck everybody!

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Er 39 weeks pregnant stupid man thumbs messing up my post :) good luck everybody!

I was like 49 weeks? Hey just bring your phone with you to the hospital. And good luck with the baby. is this your first baby?

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Specializes in Critical care.

Hahaha yea, that baby would be a toddler! Yup out first, a boy and we are pumped. It looking right now like baby will bet army by a mile :)

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Specializes in Critical care.

Yea 49 would be a toddler :) it's out first and we are excited! Helps keep mind off of the Army

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Specializes in Anesthesia, SICU, CICU.

Ajax - where in VA are you from? The NOVA area?

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Specializes in Critical care.

Vt, im just west of Nova up in the blue ridge mountains

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Specializes in Anesthesia, SICU, CICU.

Gotcha, I grew up in Alexandria and went to school at VT then GMU for nursing. Just curious.

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Specializes in Critical care.

Good stuff vt, I grew up in great falls and went school at Radford for biology an changed careers From pharmaceutical company to nursing at tr accelerated second degree program at Shenandoah university

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Specializes in Medical-Surgical, Informatics.
Hahaha yea, that baby would be a toddler! Yup out first, a boy and we are pumped. It looking right now like baby will bet army by a mile :)

congrats on the baby! :)

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Specializes in Critical care.

congrats on the baby! :)

Thanks leekun! It's has been an adventure, we are looking forward to meeting the little guy, hopefully have him grow up an Army brat :)

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Congrats on your first baby, soon it will go from a nice daddy waking up to help feed or change the baby, to the mommy daddy nudge. the mommy daddy nudge goes a little something like this. Mommy and Daddy just start to fall into a deep sleep, when all of a sudden, WAHHHHHHHHH. You both immediately wake up but do not move or open your eyes, or make any sign noticeable that you are indeed awake. You are just hoping that the other wakes up first, but to no avail they are not moving. So you start thinking, What if I just toss a nd turn a little like I am asleep and maybe elbow nudge her/him. Then they wake up and they have to tend to the baby. This is the method it will evolve to. I call it the mommy and daddy fiht club, and there are only two rules in the mommy and daddy fight club. Never ever speak of the mommy and daddy fight club, and NEVER EVER be the first one to speak or make a sound.

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Congrats on your first baby, soon it will go from a nice daddy waking up to help feed or change the baby, to the mommy daddy nudge. the mommy daddy nudge goes a little something like this. Mommy and Daddy just start to fall into a deep sleep, when all of a sudden, WAHHHHHHHHH. You both immediately wake up but do not move or open your eyes, or make any sign noticeable that you are indeed awake. You are just hoping that the other wakes up first, but to no avail they are not moving. So you start thinking, What if I just toss a nd turn a little like I am asleep and maybe elbow nudge her/him. Then they wake up and they have to tend to the baby. This is the method it will evolve to. I call it the mommy and daddy fiht club, and there are only two rules in the mommy and daddy fight club. Never ever speak of the mommy and daddy fight club, and NEVER EVER be the first one to speak or make a sound.

Hahahah that's awesome, first one to blink goes down, I love it, but knowing my wife the first one to blink will be me

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