cobber

cobber specializes in Medical-oncology.

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1. What is your Nurse to Patient Ratio

   cobber replied to dRN1's topic in Med-Surg

   We use a nursing acuity index where patients are rated, from 1-5 on their accuity (a typical pt with few or no complications is a 3). On the day shift an RN can take 12 points, RN/LPN team 22, RN/NA team 16, and an RN/LPN/NA team 25. Teams can take ...

2. Army - Your 1st assignment and deployment

   cobber replied to Renee4christ's topic in Government

   I am about 8 months into my first assignment at Tripler and the residency program is not yet in full swing...we are still transitioning from the prior "internship" program, which is simmilar but those of us still finishing in the internship program a...

3. Is military nursing honestly better or worse than civilian?

   cobber replied to Dino's topic in Government

   Dino... I'm a new army nurse and I've been working at Tripler Army medical center in Hawaii for almost 4 months now...I'm on a 24bed medical-oncology unit and I am liking it a lot so far, since I've been here our nurse/pt ration is 4:1 or better...wh...

4. Army Nurse deployment?

   cobber replied to Gennaver's topic in Government

   "I think its longer if you are assigned/profis's to a unit, you stay with them." The memo that we recieved said that all profis assignments (meaning that you are deployed with a unit that you are not stationed with)will be relieved after 180 days......

5. Army Nurse deployment?

   cobber replied to Gennaver's topic in Government

   Gennaver I thought that loan diferment for military only applied if you are depolyed, but the wording in the link you provided is not that specific...so it may apply for any active duty....but it does say that diferment is only up to three years so i...

6. Army Nurse deployment?

   cobber replied to Gennaver's topic in Government

   Student loans are not diferred but there are loan repayment programs if you're willing to commit a certain number of years to active duty. Its a good option if you are planning to remain active for a while anyway.

7. Army Nursing

   cobber replied to hoplinger's topic in Government

   I joined through the army nurse canidate program during my jr year and got a montly stipend during while I was finishing my degree then I recieved my commission after graduation and went to officer basic trainning in aug right along with my ROTC coun...

8. Army/Military Nursing

   cobber replied to midwesternboy's topic in Government

   I'm at my first duty station as an Army nurse in Hawaii...and there were at least three nurses (probably more but three in my platoon) from my basic trainning class who went to Germany as their first duty station....but Germany is in pretty high dema...

9. Very frusterated about Army Age Requirement

   cobber replied to NathanDH's topic in Government

   I'm an army nurse and i remember our nursing director saying that you only have to be 18 to be commissioned...this came up because for some reason my paper work when I was inprocessing when I got to my duty station, my paperwork said I was 18...rathe...

10. First name or surname?

    cobber replied to Scooter321's topic in General Nursing

    It really depends on where you work and what the expectations are there....I am an army nurse in a millitary hospital and we are required to wear our uniforms complete with last name and rank at all times(even in psych wards) and we are expected to g...

11. unofficially officially

    cobber replied to Gennaver's topic in Government

    Congrats....now off to OBLC...it's almost here. Lisa

12. Aug 5th OBLC

    cobber replied to Gennaver's topic in Government

    Very true Gen...It will be good for us....hard...but good.

13. My OBLC experiences

    cobber replied to IU95's topic in Government

    I still have not recieved my OBLC orders but when I talked to the LTC in charge of the ANCP/AECP students...she told me that it would be 11 weeks long but my PCS orders for Hawii put me reporting there only a day or so after we would be done if it is...

14. Aug 5th OBLC

    cobber replied to Gennaver's topic in Government

    I'm in this class too. I'm still trying to get myself ready. I'm excied to get started.... but not so excited for the time away from my boyfriend. Oh, well...we'll survive. Lisa

15. Have PCS orders and now NCLEX date, if good, then "ORDERS"

    cobber replied to Gennaver's topic in Government

    Good luck on your NCLEX gen....I took the kaplan course and have a whole sheet of "NCLEX rules" that came in pretty handy for me...let me know if you want it and I can send it to you. I'm still waiting for OBLC orders too...hopefully soon for both o...