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 Medical-Surgical

   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...

2. Army - Your 1st assignment and deployment

   cobber replied to Renee4christ's topic in Government, Military

   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...

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

   cobber replied to Dino's topic in Government, Military

   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...

4. Army Nurse deployment?

   cobber replied to Gennaver's topic in Government, Military

   "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...

5. Army Nurse deployment?

   cobber replied to Gennaver's topic in Government, Military

   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...

6. Army Nurse deployment?

   cobber replied to Gennaver's topic in Government, Military

   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...

7. Army Nursing

   cobber replied to hoplinger's topic in Government, Military

   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...

8. Army/Military Nursing

   cobber replied to midwesternboy's topic in Government, Military

   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...

9. Very frusterated about Army Age Requirement

   cobber replied to NathanDH's topic in Government, Military

   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...

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...