PineappleCrush

PineappleCrush specializes in Medical/Surgical.

Latest Activity

1. Navy Nurse being stationed on other branches' bases?

   PineappleCrush replied to chaplngrillsgt's topic in Government

   My husband and I are both nurses and we tried to join the Navy Nurse Corps together but he was accepted and I wasn't (he's ICU, I'm Med/Surg and the Med/Surg board filled before they could even review my kit! But they will see me again next year unti...

2. New to Navy, ODS, Portsmouth-need any help?

   PineappleCrush replied to Sw88tpea's topic in Government

   My husband and I are both nurses, but he got into the Navy Nurse Corps and I didn't (long story, but I'm trying again next boards! lol). He got stationed here in Bethesda and went through ODS in February and we've been living here ever since he gradu...

3. New to Navy, ODS, Portsmouth-need any help?

   PineappleCrush replied to Sw88tpea's topic in Government

   My husband just started in the ICU at Walter Reed and he takes the Metro in to work; they DO NOT openly offer parking for employees at Walter Reed. My husband said they shared a statistic in one of the orientation classes: there are about 11,000 empl...

4. Navy Nurse First Duty/ODS/Relocation 2013

   PineappleCrush replied to aketamax's topic in Government

   Just dropping in to provide a little goodie: I saw you guys posting about FB pages and whatnot. The Officer Development School in Newport, RI has a FB page that is AWESOME with all kinds of pictures and updates from current students going through the...

5. New to Navy, ODS, Portsmouth-need any help?

   PineappleCrush replied to Sw88tpea's topic in Government

   Not particularly: Our first choice was San Diego because we live in Phoenix, Arizona so San Diego would have been a much closer move for us, but they had zero openings there. So our second choice was Bethesda, and they had openings! :) We're super ex...

6. Army spouse

   PineappleCrush replied to KaylaNelson07's topic in Government

   Yikes! My husband just got into the Navy as an ICU nurse (but I missed the Med-Surg cut off because there were too many applicants) and I was hoping to piggy-back onto his placement at Walter Reed in Bethesda, MD, but maybe that might be too much to ...

7. New to Navy, ODS, Portsmouth-need any help?

   PineappleCrush replied to Sw88tpea's topic in Government

   My husband is at ODS right now, and will be stationed at Walter Reed in March! He is an ICU nurse with 1.5 years civilian experience and he was offered either 20k for 3 years or 30k for 4 years. He took the 4 years :) Unfortunately I didn't make the ...

8. Name your favorite scrub top/pants!

   PineappleCrush replied to champagnesupeRNova's topic in Uniform/Gear

   I like Koi (Katelyn Mock-Wrap) and their cargo pants and Wink because they have a great mesh inner-pocket that is perfect for your phone (and their cargo pants!). I can't get enough cargo pants... you can never have too many pockets!!

9. New to Navy, ODS, Portsmouth-need any help?

   PineappleCrush replied to Sw88tpea's topic in Government

   Thanks for the ODS clarification--I just wanted to make sure haha :) And yes, I have all of my letters, all my interviews and all of the background clearance and other paperwork done. Unfortunately with the holiday next week, I had to schedule my MEP...

10. Navy Nurse Corps Direct Accession FY 2013

    PineappleCrush replied to SailorWifey's topic in Government

    Hello, SailorWifey! I submitted my PPIS/NASIS and all the paperwork last week and FINALLY got clearance to go to MEPS on 9/5. Unfortunately I was caught up in paperwork mishaps with some of my medical history, but it's all saved now. I am REALLY hopi...

11. New to Navy, ODS, Portsmouth-need any help?

    PineappleCrush replied to Sw88tpea's topic in Government

    I just wanted to say THANK YOU to everyone on this forum!! My boyfriend and I have both hit our 1 year nursing experience post-school and are applying for Direct Accession, him for ICU/Critical Care (that's what he's in now) and me for Med/Surg. We b...

12. Overwhelmed

    PineappleCrush replied to butterfly_kisses9188's topic in General Nursing

    I am a new grad as well and left my first job after about 3 months. It was too toxic of an environment for me, my preceptor spent more time talking on the phone or leaving the floor than mentoring me, I then precepted with four other people making it...

13. Where are all the young nurses?

    PineappleCrush replied to bestallaround's topic in General Nursing

    speaking as a new grad myself (graduated in august 2011, started work in october 2011), i can definitely vouch that school does not give us any heads up as to what "real world" nursing is really like. i graduated from a bsn program so it felt like ha...

14. Abolishing the Pinning Ceremony

    PineappleCrush replied to drem7116's topic in General Nursing

    That's really neat that the Juniors plan the Senior's pinning ceremony! That's kind of a cool tradition for your school. Reminds me of Juniors planning Senior Prom in high school

15. Abolishing the Pinning Ceremony

    PineappleCrush replied to drem7116's topic in General Nursing

    in error, see comment below :)