rustynail

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1. 50 year old New Family Nurse Practitioner

   rustynail replied to Clucas19's topic in Government

   48 years cutoff for the Army. That's with all the waivers. There is definitely a need for Nurse Practitioners but age is also a discriminator. I should know because I commissioned as an RN at the age of 39 :)

2. What does your username mean?

   rustynail replied to LifesAJourney's topic in Humor

   Rusty Nail for RN :)

3. Army Reserve Nursing

   rustynail replied to dfdsue's topic in Government

   xx2 would stand for RNs with 2 years of experience. xx3 with 3 years, etc.

4. Army Reserve Nursing

   rustynail replied to dfdsue's topic in Government

   The best to explain the supply and demand for RNs in the Reserve component (and National Guard, as well as Regular Army) is the AMEDD Journal: http://www.cs.amedd.army.mil/AMEDDJournal/OctDec2011.pdf Check out the graph on page 85.

5. First Deployment Advice

   rustynail replied to New1LT's topic in Government

   I stand corrected. This time and age you can probably get a Google Earth view of the whole hospital...

6. First Deployment Advice

   rustynail replied to New1LT's topic in Government

   GB is growing quite an empire: Green Beans Coffee. Starbucks beware.

7. First Deployment Advice

   rustynail replied to New1LT's topic in Government

   We fobbits like our Green Beans coffee :)

8. Is nursing really that bad?

   rustynail replied to Lucidity's topic in Career Support

   Here is the second part...

9. Is nursing really that bad?

   rustynail replied to Lucidity's topic in Career Support

   I dare to disagree. Military nursing (Army specifically) is a decent job for men too.

10. First Deployment Advice

    rustynail replied to New1LT's topic in Government

    # of beds sounds a little on the OPSEC side but who am I to judge? If any of my friends goes to my Facebook page, they would hardly know I am an RN, and an Army RN one at that. You just never know who's listening.

11. Dominion, NVMHI, & St. Elizabeths Psychiatric Hospitals

    rustynail replied to mingez's topic in Virginia

    If I were to go into Psych I would probably choose Dominion. Let me ask you another way: if money were no object, would you rather go to Georgetown, George Mason or PG Community College?

12. anyone currently enrolled in Georgetown?

    rustynail replied to KyelvertonRN's topic in NP Students

    I wish you guys the best of luck! I have always been impressed by Georgetown's Nursing program. Remember that they also have their Pre-Med option available to Nursing majors.

13. New grad jobs?

    rustynail replied to KATRN78's topic in New Jersey

    Joined the US Army :)

14. Can't decide!

    rustynail replied to nurse*sunshine's topic in Government

    Watch Baghdad ER (HBO) and if you are still ready, join the US Army :) Depending on your specialty. Army deployments are now 9 months.

15. US Forest Service

    rustynail replied to UTVOL3's topic in Government

    Weren't they closed in 1942?