Navy Nurse First Duty/ODS/Relocation 2013

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Hello to all Navy NCP students! I am graduating in two months and finally got an email from Bethesda that I can now contact detailer for ODS dates and first duty station. I cannot believe it takes so long to find out where I will be stationed. I was told that I need to only choose from three big Navy hospitals; however, by reading older post, it seems like I still could be sent to other places. Please keep in touch and let me know if any of you get any word from *****. I will too:)

I'm sure we'll do fine in PT because I've seen some of the pictures from ODS on Facebook and not every individual looks completely fit. I know it's not nice to look for stuff like that but it makes me feel a little bit better about myself, lol.

So do you know where you will be stationed after ODS? Right now it's Bethesda, MD for me. :-)

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Hi 240zRN & BSN-NavyNurse,

I'm reporting to ODS in May too! I would love to be able to start "meeting" fellow classmates before arriving in RI, but I've always been rather wary of posting on public sites... I was just a lurker on allnurses dot com all the way through nursing school, but created an account to reply to this thread since I had been checking frequently to see if anyone else going to the May class would post anything.

Would you guys be interested in a non-public group (LinkedIn or something) set up for us and our classmates? Who knows, there might be some more lurkers out there reading this :)

-calledtoserve

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Hello called-to-serve,

That would be a great idea! I'm already on linked-in and would enjoy a group dedicated to the May ODS class :-) . There is also a Facebook group dedicated to Navy officer development school (that is what you look up when you're on FB and it should pop up). I'll have to mess with linked-in and see how to create a group, not sure how to do that yet :-) .

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I don't have Linkedin, but I have a facebook. If someone were to create a facebook group for the ODS May group so we could connect and share stuff I would totally join.

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I know how to make a group on Facebook and will create it in a few weeks. I'm taking a break from Facebook until mid-April. It takes up too much time for me, which is my own fault lol.

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Congratulations to everyone! I am currently stationed at WRNMMC Bethesda if anyone has any questions feel free to PM me.

Hey bfrei! I'm new to this so I still don't know how to PM message but ill be reporting to bethesda on may 12th. Also I'll be attending the April ODS class. I contacted the person I believe is in charge of the sponsor program there about a month ago and she said she will submit my name and once I am assigned a sponsor they will contact me. I was hoping to hear from them before I left for ODS. Does the sponsor assignments usually take this long? And how important/what is the role of a sponsor? Thanks!

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Hello Sw54g,

In order to PM you have to have 15 posts, and I'm also new to this so I'm trying to increase my responses in order to PM. I think that's a great question and I'd also like to hear about the process of getting a sponsor. Thank you in advance bfrei! :-)

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Specializes in Psych, Critical Care, ER, Military.

The sponsor process is different everywhere, with every person in charge of it. I did not receive my Portsmouth sponsor information until half way through ODS. It is a good idea and a good program especially when you arrive but do not throw all your eggs in one basket. Be as resourceful as you can.

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Sw88tpea,

So the sponsor helps with the task of settling in and getting everything sent (belongings and paperwork) to the first duty station? I haven't been told about my sponsor yet, I will contact my recruiter again. Also, since you are very resourceful are there any sources of information you recommend or wish someone told you as a junior officer? Thank you! :-)

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Random thought of the day: It'd be nice to be a Navy Flight Nurse...anyone else have the same or similar interest in critical care as me? Cheers

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I hear the navy only takes a handful of flight nurses for their program yearly. The Air-force does more of flight nursing transport than a lot of other branches from what I hear. There's a great TV show of (I think) Army Nurses in Afghanistan working as flight EMS crews. Looks like awesome stuff. I have my eye on a possible CRNA or NP future, myself; although the thought of being a flight nurse tickles me as well. haha

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I hear the navy only takes a handful of flight nurses for their program yearly. The Air-force does more of flight nursing transport than a lot of other branches from what I hear. There's a great TV show of (I think) Army Nurses in Afghanistan working as flight EMS crews. Looks like awesome stuff. I have my eye on a possible CRNA or NP future, myself; although the thought of being a flight nurse tickles me as well. haha

Haha, I know I am interested in critical care in general. Sometimes I see myself on a plane working transport while other times I can see myself writing prescriptions as an NP or working on a Field Fleet team (not sure if that's the right name) but yeah...I'm a bit ADD yet I at least have it narrowed down to critical care :up:.

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