Guest43184

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1. career advice for potential military nurse

   Guest43184 replied to tanzbodeli's topic in Government

   Elmendorf AFB (Anchorage, AK) is also a joint venture AF/VA but not quite as large an integration as Nellis.

2. USAF RN Compentancy

   Guest43184 replied to MajorDomo's topic in Government

   Operating Instruction - basically the rules/guidelines that military follow. When you go to COT you'll have OIs that will dictate your behavior, schedule, etc. For military hospitals these are the guidelines we adhere to (or change as needed) to comp...

3. USAF Hospitals

   Guest43184 replied to JazzyT's topic in Government

   Nellis AFB (Las Vegas, NV) is also a hospital w/NTP.

4. USAF RN Compentancy

   Guest43184 replied to MajorDomo's topic in Government

   I've been on an AF Med/Surg floor (no longer on that unit) where this EXACT thing happened. I completely agree with you that skills need to be up to par to care for these patients but (yes...but) OIs caused MAJOR issues for the floor. I am a very com...

5. New nursing going USAF

   Guest43184 replied to penasco man's topic in Government

   Just want to suggest that you request Travis (or even Wilford Hall) as a first assignment. I'm at Nellis, for a number of reasons, and it's been good to me but not a great learning experience as far as nursing goes. I've heard great feedback from my ...

6. Thinking of joining the Air Force

   Guest43184 replied to PRicanRN's topic in Government

   It's not too bad really. Everything seemed overwhelming to me at first but there are people that will help and you'll be able to get it done :)

7. Thinking of joining the Air Force

   Guest43184 replied to PRicanRN's topic in Government

   AF required follow-up application info AFTER arriving at first duty station. It may have changed but I like to get the word out early b/c my recruiter forgot that part and one of my friends did not get her repayment. I did have to feel out an applica...

8. Thinking of joining the Air Force

   Guest43184 replied to PRicanRN's topic in Government

   The link that wtbcrna posted has the correct contact information for the ADHPLRP program manager at AFIT. The person who coordinated mine was Patricia Faustman and I think she may still be the person to contact.

9. Thinking of joining the Air Force

   Guest43184 replied to PRicanRN's topic in Government

   Make sure to read the fine print and do some research online, etc. When I came in I could choose loan repayment OR bonus. I did read somewhere that the AF might offer both soon (as the Army does) but I don't know any details...your recruiter is the b...

10. Thinking of joining the Air Force

    Guest43184 replied to PRicanRN's topic in Government

    I'm currently an AF nurse w/2yrs active duty time. I'd be happy to answer some of your questions if I can. Overall my experience has been positive albeit not what I expected. I think I expected a little bit more forward-thinking nurses and have learn...

11. sherlock

    Guest43184 replied to kraye's topic in Infusion

    We don't have it yet but we've put in a purchase package for a new SiteRite and the sherlokc is part of it. I would love to hear feedback from anyone who's used it as it'll be a first for us.

12. $$$ How are you paid? PICC RNs & IV RNs

    Guest43184 replied to IVTeam's topic in Infusion

    Understood, thanks. I think overall I knew what you were getting at, just a little hypersensitive lately about this b/c I don't live in the most supportive community. My husband is over there now and I'm set to go as soon as he returns home...just pa...

13. $$$ How are you paid? PICC RNs & IV RNs

    Guest43184 replied to IVTeam's topic in Infusion

    I'm a military nurse (also PICC certified) and I don't get paid anything to place PICCs...I do it on my days off and before/after my shifts...for free I also work full-time in the hospital so no "combat pay" here Seriously though, combat pay (a who...

14. Best place to work in Las Vegas?

    Guest43184 replied to lrslasvegas's topic in Nevada

    USAF...seriously, I came on active duty after my experiences downtown The shortage here is insane and I came from a community w/MUCH better hospitals/resources (I was spoiled I guess). Just remember that Vegas wasn't built for hospitals/schools....m...

15. do you get to choose your specialty

    Guest43184 replied to NursePamela's topic in Government

    I'm an ADAF nurse and will offer a bit of my experience. I was a direct commission (i.e. not ROTC) so during my recruitment process I was able to choose 1 of 2 tracks (med/surg or OB). That DID NOT mean that I was going directly to med/surg or OB - j...