iodine66

iodine66 has 45 years experience and specializes in neurosurg,med/surg,trauma,flight,case mg.

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1. is nursing even a good career choice right now?

   iodine66 replied to tware's topic in General Nursing

   As noted above, working as a CNA can tip the scales between you and another candidate -- experience is Always a plus! It will also help you define the areas of nursing that you enjoy the most. Employers seek to spend the least on internships and wa...

2. is nursing even a good career choice right now?

   iodine66 replied to tware's topic in General Nursing

   I'm retired so I can look back and know that my choice of professions was a good one, even tho it looks bad now. It's looked bad many times in the past 40+ years and I was even laid off once. Then the so called overage of nurses, then a year later ...

3. Army Reserve CRNA

   iodine66 replied to Johnfitz13's topic in CRNA

   As a former Air Nat'l Guard Flight Nurse, I can assure you that as a Reserve officer, you will have the thrilling opportunity to spend some time in a foreign country---maybe a year at a time. So, balance your desire to serve with your plans for payi...

4. Would you ever own a motorcycle? YES or NO?

   iodine66 replied to borinick1492's topic in General Nursing

   Years of ED nursing and more years of independent case mgt. for quads, paras and TBI --suicycles, nope, and my kids call them the same, or murdercycles. It's one thing to say you want to LIVE ! until you die, but quite another to be totally cared fo...

5. Do you see yourself retiring from nursing, or will you change professions?

   iodine66 replied to Brian's topic in General Nursing

   Having graduated in 1964, I am already retired from nursing: Del rom, surgeon's group hosp. nurse, med-surg, ED, Air Force flight nurse, pt. ed., research, teaching, discharg.planner,marketing, case mgr. So, I enjoyed several careers in my nursing ...

6. flight nursing in the air force?

   iodine66 replied to KR's topic in Flight

   I went a LONG time ago, but we had civvies and wore them to the "O" club for dinner and had plenty of time for weekends to act like women. I've not read the whole thread, but congrats on becomming a USAF flight nurse! I was in the Air National Gua...

7. AFR In-Processing

   iodine66 replied to ugaRN's topic in Government

   LOL, I can just picutre some poor EM's face if you passed him a bill.LOL It is obvously an old tradition---ck out Officer and a Gentleman, Richard Geer and the other new officers recieve a salute from their DI and pass him a bill. So, it wasn't ju...

8. Reserves vs National Guard

   iodine66 replied to Buckeye RN/EMT-P's topic in Government

   Just for kicks and giggles, ck out the Air National guard for positions open for Flight Nurse. I chose that route because it was close to my home and I really wanted to be a flight nurse. It's all fixed wing, no helicoptors, and you can work with e...

9. Very discouraged with scared parents

   iodine66 replied to USAFhopeful's topic in Government

   I don't know your age, but I joined the air nat'l guard at 22. this was during Viet Nam and yes, my parents worried. On the other hand, it was the best decision I made in my career. My roomie joined the Navy and stayed, and retired, many years soo...

10. Feeling very military now!!!

    iodine66 replied to carolinapooh's topic in Government

    Absolutely great to hear from a person who looks forward to a different way to practice nursing and serve their country. I remember the first time I wrote RN after my name and I remember getting my first ID card and passport. It is a moment to treas...

11. AFR In-Processing

    iodine66 replied to ugaRN's topic in Government

    Well, congrats, LT! I went in as an O1 way back in '65 and flew a lot bringing guys back from Nam. It was the best experience of my career. You've already learned what you need, but i'll just drop my 2 cents: -uniforms: will be fitted on base when...

12. AFR Flight Nurse

    iodine66 replied to LBB15's topic in Government

    Just FYI anyone else reading this: Maxwell is in Montgomery AL, and it''s HOT there most of the year. Just so you know summer starts in April and goes till Oct. The cooler weather makes for an easier officer's training time. San Antoino in the sum...

13. NP considering Army Reserves

    iodine66 replied to PsychNPCNS's topic in Government

    To get absolute honest ans. I would seek the information from flight nurses in the real world, not recruters,, who have been known to slant information --- sorry, but it is true. There are so many issues to add and subtract from numbers, including: ...

14. flight nursing in the air force?

    iodine66 replied to KR's topic in Flight

    Enjoyed the thread on likely the most exciting nursing I've even done: in the air. Don't forger, reserves are not the only place to be a flight nurse, ck. out the Air National Guard (unless they've closed that down, too). I was a young RN with a co...