Toto7891

Toto7891

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About Toto7891

Toto7891 has 7 years experience and specializes in CRITICAL CARE.


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  1. Cost Of School

    I'm currently in this program. Definitely a golden opportunity. Nothing beats an option with free tuition and full-time salary as a full-time student. Your costs are living expenses, moving, and different state licensures required for clinicals. Her...
  2. USAGPAN 2017

    Thanks for the input VHA-RN. Contacted her to start the process.
  3. USAGPAN 2017

    Hey all, just an update. I got accepted into the VA component of USAGPAN. Now I have to find a sponsoring VA for EISP scholarship since my current VA facility doesn't have a CRNA need. Anyone have any helpful insight into this process?
  4. USAGPAN 2017

    Grants Colby21! What kind of interview questions did they ask you?
  5. "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us as long as we have the courage to follow our dreams". So don't discredit yourself until you've actually tried. You got through your pre-requisites already d...
  6. USAGPAN 2017

    Hey Ya'll, I'm applying for USAGPAN 2017 in a civilian capacity as an employee of the Veterans Affairs. From my understanding, they only accept 4 VA employees into the program. Anyone have any insight into the VA competition board ;-). I received my ...
  7. Navy Reserve Nursing

    I'm a Navy reservist so I can weigh in on some of your questions. I have my BSN, so where does that put me?? That's good because you need at least a BSN to commission. I am married and have 4 children and really don't want to relocate. how does tha...
  8. Navy Nursing: Enlisted vs Officer

    You can't practice as a registered nurse as enlisted. You'll take an ASVAB, select a rating (job specialty), boot camp, A school/C school. If he wants to stick to healthcare as enlisted, he'll be a hospital corpsman (HM). If he wants to practice at h...
  9. Navy Reserves

    Hi nurseJinicu, For Reserves, you'll go to Direct Commission Officer Indoctrination Course (DCOIC), two weeks in Rhode Island. They don't do official PRT at this course but they'll do a simulation of it by the book so you know what to do in your dril...
  10. Navy Nurse Reserves?

    Good Afternoon, I'm currently a Nurse Corps reservist. You'll need a BSN to be commissioned as an officer plus civilian experience of 1-2 years to be considered. When you are commissioned, they fill a billet whether it be med/surg, psych, or critical...
  11. Looking into Joining the Navy Reserve for Nursing

    Navy Reserves: 8 years total commitment. At least 3 years as a selected reservist and 5 years IRR. If you are non-prior service, you can't get deployed until after 2 years. After DCO/ODS which will be your first 2 week annual training, you can sign u...
  12. Is anyone in the navy reserve?

    Reserves are basically a supplementary force and reservists, at times, have no prior military experience going in. The drills are designed for you to learn the military way. You'll most likely not do anything related to your specialty during drills. ...
  13. Air Force Nursing Corps

    1) If you serve as an active duty nurse with a 4 year commitment, can you go to school at the same time for your MSN during those 4 years or do you have to finish your term then go back to school? 2) If the Air Force pays 100% of your MSN, do you ow...
  14. Neupogen

    ignore my last post, just re-read your question -_-. i'm assuming it's because of the half-life of chemotherapeutics? you wouldn't want to be killing actively proliferating neutrophils
  15. Neupogen

    The sooner the better? chemotherapy reduces your neutrophil count (causing neutropenia), thus weakening your immune system. since it's a colony stimulating factor, it'll help with production of neutrophil and will "decrease" your chance of getting an...