Sgaik

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1. Army Nurse Corps FY2013

   Sgaik replied to AjaxAndronicus's topic in Government

   I talked to Army Health recruiter today. I'm an FNP (would be a 66p), the Army has 7 slots for this fiscal year two are already filled. The recuriter was a biochemist by trade and didn't really know all that much about nursing in the Army. Does an...

2. ANCC board exam tips

   Sgaik replied to Reddy1's topic in Advanced

   I just finished taken the ANCC FNP exam and thought I owed to the community what my impressions of the exam were. I really felt that I was under prepared and had no idea when I hit submit on the exam if I passed or not. I did pass. I went to Fitz ...

3. Please Help! Goals statement for Grad school rough draft!

   Sgaik replied to Sgaik's topic in General Nursing

   thanks for taking the time to read through and edit this

4. Please Help! Goals statement for Grad school rough draft!

   Sgaik posted a topic in General Nursing

   hey all, this is my 3rd edition of this and i am sicking of looking at it, i just need some outside eyes to tell me what i am missing or areas i can expound upon, i am not worried about the apa formatting yet just worried about content. please be rou...

5. Questions on going from civilian to nurse-Army, Navy, Air Force

   Sgaik replied to mebamy's topic in Government

   If you want to be a Nurse, the fastest way is to go to school and take on loans. I was Air Force for 8 years and had to leave the service to get the classes I needed to become a Nurse, working 50-60 hours a week is not conducive to Nursing School at...

6. kaplan can be depressing

   Sgaik replied to jerzie0820's topic in NCLEX

   I picked the Asthma answer as well, I am like how do I know what the kid ate? It would of been better stated if the answer said something to the effect of has the kid ate anything recently... another question in the q-bank had me scratching my hea...

7. What grade did you achieve in Chemistry and/or Anatomy?

   Sgaik replied to emily_ganshert's topic in General Nursing

   For Chem learn dimensional anaylsis inside and out, this will also help you with dose calc in nursing school Intro to Chem A Gen Chem B A&P 1&2 A

8. Process for COT in the Air Force

   Sgaik posted a topic in Government

   I have filled out my package for the Air Force, I go to MEPS next week, should pass no problem. However my recruiter is putting my package together for a board that does not have a date yet and also he has no COT dates for when I graduate. I gradua...

9. Airforce Inquiry

   Sgaik replied to uneek1486's topic in Government

   AEF = Aero Epeditionary Force, It is hard to explain with out confusing you and me. It basically tries to put stablility into forecasting your deployments. I'm not sure how they are running it now but when I was in the AF (been out 3 years now) every...

10. Airforce Inquiry

    Sgaik replied to uneek1486's topic in Government

    I can't say anything about Nursing in the Air Force, But I can tell you about the AF. Air Force treat their people the best. You will deploy, they try to make it predictable by assigning you to an AEF, but emergencies do pop up. Just because you ar...

11. Is there really no boot camp?

    Sgaik replied to shoebottom's topic in Government

    No boot camp for anyone that is a Nurse going in. It is more of this what the misson is and this what an officer does... and of course some PT tests

12. Air Force Education Programs Versus Navy

    Sgaik posted a topic in Government

    I am about a year out of graduating with my BSN, and I am going into either the AF or Navy. I have already started the application process, and I am scheduled to go to MEPS in the next few weeks. I was just wondering what programs the Air Force or ...