larry v

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1. Air Force Flight Nursing

   larry v replied to UCAFblue's topic in Government

   Active duty, pretty sure you have to have 2 years in before applying, then it's special duty for 2 years. I've been told you can go between the different areas within (Aircrew Training, Clinical Management and Stan/Eval) and drag it out longer on the...

2. Depth Perception for Air Force

   larry v replied to UCAFblue's topic in Government

   I failed the one at MEPS too, because it was from the 70's. Went to the optometrist and found out I was fine, the MEPS test sucked. Passed the flight physical one with no problem. You will be fine.

3. flight nursing in the air force?

   larry v replied to KR's topic in Flight

   If you want to be a USAFR Flight Nurse, you should just knock out the BSN then apply. In the interim, research the list of squadrons you were sent and get familiar with the commanders, chief nurses and recruiters that are working with them. Try to g...

4. Air Force Reserve VS Active Duty Air Force

   larry v replied to IowaRNBSN's topic in Government

   I am a new reserve Flight Nurse (new as in inprocessed to the unit, still waiting to go to RCOT/SERE/FN school/FTU). My impression is that going active duty is you would have to work as a nurse for two years before applying for Active Duty AES anyway...

5. Plz read!!! Nurse using drugs what should i do???

   larry v replied to J-Star's topic in General Nursing

   J-Star. 4 posts. Join date 2010 Dec 18. I think you all just got trolled.

6. Night Shift Advice

   larry v replied to MeTheRN's topic in General Nursing

   Nights in my experience, tended to run one of two ways: 1) Things were routine and chill, and there was some serious downtime. 2) Things were off the hook and crazy, and you are chasing your tail all night because of the lack of resources that days h...

7. Unsure RN. Advice needed!

   larry v replied to RN0820's topic in General Nursing

   I did Tele at first, rotating days/evenings. Hated it, total reality shock. 12's made it a bit more tolerable, but I hate floor nursing so much I started working on a computer science degree...didn't work out as the tech industry went kaput at the t...

8. Average Cost of Insurance

   larry v replied to Quark09's topic in General Nursing

   $572/month for family. Pretty good coverage though, $10 generic meds, $20 primary care copay, $30 Specialist. Going to switch over to Tricare Reserve Select as soon as I can.

9. Reservists and Reemployment

   larry v posted a topic in Government

   A question for you reservists who have left for training/deployments and returned to your job: Did you return to the exact same position you left? Or say if you work for a hospital, can they just decide they want to put you in a similar but different...

10. flight nursing in the air force?

    larry v replied to KR's topic in Flight

    I have astigmatism. 1.25 diopters in the left, 1.25 in the right. Passed MEPS. Still waiting to get my flying Class III physical. Oh yeah, I am nearsighted too! I wear glasses, but it's not that bad. Went through MEPS with a dude who had the Coke bot...

11. waiting, Air Force Nurse Corps

    larry v replied to Wac44's topic in Government

    Here's my timeline thus far (USAFR Flight Nurse applicant) Touched base with recruiter end of November. Got all the paperwork filled out and turned in early January. Interviewed mid January. MEPS 3/22. Recruiter still waiting for official MEPS paperw...

12. Doubts about age...

    larry v replied to jennifer7010's topic in Government

    33 here applying for reserve Flight Nurse spot, hope to join rghbsn in the next few years. So you are soooo not old!

13. Just Got Word!

    larry v replied to rghbsn's topic in Government

    Thank you for the info. And speaking of recruiters, I got a phone call and a boat load of info via email tonight, so looks like I will start this process, so hopefully see you in 22 months or so!

14. Just Got Word!

    larry v replied to rghbsn's topic in Government

    Congrats! Hope to do a similar process, 22 months, wow. Are there still positions at Pope? I am still waiting for a reserve recruiter to talk with, I was hooked up with a recruiter out of Marietta, Ga but at this point have only made one email contac...

15. Reserves vs National Guard

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

    Spoke with an Army Healthcare Recruiter the other day, she was telling me the Reserves have all they need and wasn't very helpful at all. Wonder if I should find a different recruiter?