NurseJarheadMedic

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1. ICU Nurse Fired For Refusing 3rd Patient

   NurseJarheadMedic replied to Nurse Beth's topic in General Nursing

   THIS type of expectations are why I will never work for an HCA for-profit hospital again. My short time there after the Army was horrible, and I was grateful to get an offer elsewhere so I could never go back to the 12.5 hours of daily shortstaffed h...

2. Arrested for DUID on Way to Work- Will I Lose my License?

   NurseJarheadMedic replied to Nurse Beth's topic in Nurse Beth

   Why couldn't they have just left you alone to set your phone alarm take a power nap? They tell people not to drive tired, yet they INSISTED you drive tired? They are partially responsible.

3. California travel & income taxes

   NurseJarheadMedic replied to NurseJarheadMedic's topic in Travel

   Thank you!! I tried googling different things and keywords andntried their tax site with no luck. This answers it for me . Much appreciated!

4. California travel & income taxes

   NurseJarheadMedic replied to NurseJarheadMedic's topic in Travel

   Hi, and thank you for thebinformation. . A percentage? How much? How does that work? I am still not clear on if they will try to charge me California state taxes on my military pension. If they did it would negate the gains of me working a travel ...

5. California travel & income taxes

   NurseJarheadMedic posted a topic in Travel

   Hi there, I am considering travel nursing to California but I do not know how the state income tax works there. I live in Florida and receive a retirement pension form the military. My question is, would ONLY the income earned in Ca. be subject to C...

6. Who else is having a problem renewing their license in Florida?

   NurseJarheadMedic replied to EternalFeather's topic in General Nursing

   I am having problems with their horrible CE broker site too. They never answer the helpline andtheir canned email responses show that they never actually read the questions ypu email to them. I am about to just take all the dambed CEU paper certifi...

7. AMEDD ECP HELP

   NurseJarheadMedic replied to sboorse's topic in Government

   I can look though my files for the list if I still have it. Please keep in mind that due to tuition increases, some of those schools (the list was sent to me in 2008) may no longer be under the $9k tuition cap. Someone else with AECP may have a more ...

8. AECP to BOLC : How long did it take you to get a seat?

   NurseJarheadMedic replied to NurseJarheadMedic's topic in Government

   "If you are really just looking to make a paycheck and fill the void in your bank account then keep a wide, wide line of fire." I specifically want to be an Army nurse. I've been to Iraq and other places and I would like to try a humanitarian misi...

9. AECP to BOLC : How long did it take you to get a seat?

   NurseJarheadMedic replied to NurseJarheadMedic's topic in Government

   Lunah, thanks for the advice, I will make it my duty to become a pest, lol. I wish I could work, but then I realized 1) I'm a FL resident (no state income tax) stationed in NC, so if I work even one shift here, my military income would be subject t...

10. AECP to BOLC : How long did it take you to get a seat?

    NurseJarheadMedic posted a topic in Government

    A question for AECP graduates on your experience: How long did it take you from graduation to take the NCLEX, and after passing the NCLEX, how long did it take you to get a seat at BOLC? I'm graduating in December, and am newly depressed to hear that...

11. AECP FY12?

    NurseJarheadMedic replied to nursetobejenny1981's topic in Government

    @dccubano "I was just reading through the AECP student detachment handbook and feel a little overwhelmed. I was mistaken to the think that all this paperwork would be over when I completed my post packet. Looks like I will be a one man HR office till...

12. AECP FY12?

    NurseJarheadMedic replied to nursetobejenny1981's topic in Government

    Congratulations on acceptance! FY2010 here, graduating in December 2012. They just started a facebook site https://www.facebook.com/#!/ameddstudentdetachment All I can offer in the way of advice is get your DA2125 submitted each semester within 10 ...

13. AECP FY12?

    NurseJarheadMedic replied to nursetobejenny1981's topic in Government

    Congratulations!! Good luck with school.

14. AECP FY12?

    NurseJarheadMedic replied to nursetobejenny1981's topic in Government

    hope this helps: does anybody know what the board is looking for in their evaluation of the application? a big factor is acceptance to a accredited school of nursing the meets the tuition cap of $9k/year are they only accepting applications from 68...

15. AECP-Time limit between graduation + NCLEX to BOLC?

    NurseJarheadMedic posted a topic in Government

    I have a question that hopefully someone with more experience can help me with. I am in the AECP program, scheduled to graduate December 2012. My 42nd Birthday falls in the first week of April 2013. I am being told to ask to sit for the NCLEX before ...