coconutzz

coconutzz has 2 years experience and specializes in OR.

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1. Considering Military Reserves but I'm a parent and husband

   coconutzz replied to nursedaddy122's topic in Government

   Rain-man, While I have not left for training yet (I leave for COT in a little over a week!) I have been married to a service member while working as a civilian nurse and we have 2 kids. I cannot speak for the experience of being the service member d...

2. MEPS for commissioned officers

   coconutzz replied to CaitsMommy's topic in Government

   There is a difference between once you are in and when you are applying. Going in, you cannot breastfeed during basic (COT, OTS, or basic). After you get in is another story. This is how it was explained to me as I was applying and hit my own roadblo...

3. MEPS for commissioned officers

   coconutzz replied to CaitsMommy's topic in Government

   CarolinaFNP, Before you go to the board or leave for COT (it is different depending on how you apply), you need a qualifying physical. Each MEPS might have a different interpretation of the qualifying and disqualifying conditions, but they showed me ...

4. Air Force March 2014 COT

   coconutzz replied to jfratian's topic in Government

   CarolinaFNP, I just want to give you some information after reading your comment. I am leaving for COT in January (selected at the October 2013 board). I was unable to apply for the Spring 2013 board due to my MEPS physical. I do not know when you ha...

5. Air Force Nursing- COT training

   coconutzz replied to aminoacid9's topic in Government

   aminoacid9, What nursing specialty are you? I am also going to COT in January and Nellis. I am OR

6. Air Force Jan 2014 COT

   coconutzz replied to Dreaming1007's topic in Government

   I'll be joining you all in January and then heading to Nellis AFB in Las Vegas! Super excited!

7. FY 2014 Air Force Nursing

   coconutzz replied to SG219's topic in Government

   I found out I was selected for an OR nurse position! I am so excited, it is still sinking in! Congrats to everyone who was selected! I don't know where or when I am going yet, can't wait to find out!

8. Can a Nurse have a Tattoo???

   coconutzz replied to futurenurse'15's topic in Professionalism

   I have a large chest tattoo that is easily seen if I am wearing a shirt that does not sit close to my neck. I have not had any issues at either job I have worked. The first job had a tattoo policy that they had to be covered, but they were pretty rel...

9. TNCC applicable to Critical Care Nursing?

   coconutzz posted a topic in PICU

   Would TNCC be helpful to critical care nursing? I had heard it was based on assessing a patient when they first arrive to the hospital, but if you are likely to see trauma patients in your ICU, would TNCC be helpful? Are there any other courses that ...

10. circulating and scrubbing?

    coconutzz posted a topic in Operating Room

    are there many hospitals out there that have RNs who circulate and scrub? And I don't mean scrub once a month but consistently scrub? I am interested in RNFA but I work at a hospital where most scrubbing is done by techs. Thanks!

11. Pregnant when applying for the Air Force?

    coconutzz replied to coconutzz's topic in Government

    Hi! I am currently pregnant and now have more information thanks to my recruiter so I'll share:) You can be pregnant anytime except for MEPS and COT. If you have to get/renew your physical and are pregnant, you have to wait for 3 consecutive periods ...

12. New Grad in Pre-Op?

    coconutzz replied to NeedCoffee818's topic in Operating Room

    I work in the OR but I can definitely empathize with you. When I was in nursing school, before I got to see OR nursing, I was like "oh ****, I'm paying to go to school for job I don't even like!" I found med-surg to be overwhelming and I always felt...

13. Refusing to do a surgery?

    coconutzz replied to michele742's topic in Operating Room

    While I was a volunteer, not a nurse, at the time, I was a patient hand holder during elective abortions. I am also pro-choice, so, now that I am an OR nurse, I have no problem with this particular scenario. The best way to look at it is to remember ...

14. Number of Applicants?

    coconutzz replied to UCAFblue's topic in Government

    I figure I'll share my GPA because that was something I was wondering too when I applied to NTP. My nursing GPA was 3.8 and my GPA from my first degree was 3.4. I was never given an exact answer as to what the criteria were but it was alluded to that...

15. Number of Applicants?

    coconutzz replied to UCAFblue's topic in Government

    No, I wasn't selected. I was told that there were so many applicants that some people's applications were not even looked over. They just used arbitrary criteria to decrease the number of applications they actually had to review. That meant that when...