MyBlueSky

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1. Accelerated nursing program while in the reserves?

   MyBlueSky replied to MyBlueSky's topic in Government

   Thanks! The army is always promoting education but nursing is a different beast with clinicals. I'm curious as to how your peers who are in the reserves are doing nursing school with the possibility of deployment. That is I'm assuming they're in dril...

2. Accelerated nursing program while in the reserves?

   MyBlueSky replied to MyBlueSky's topic in Government

   From what I understand the accel program is 12-14 months but I can see what you're saying... To be honest I'm just looking to complete this degree and start working while I'm still young, ambitious and capable. I hear learning gets considerably har...

3. Accelerated nursing program while in the reserves?

   MyBlueSky replied to MyBlueSky's topic in Government

   Haha my situation is slightly more complicated. I was assessed reserves and went active through a program called ADOS (active duty operational support) Gave me the opportunity to go active for three years and after that three years I have to return...

4. Accelerated nursing program while in the reserves?

   MyBlueSky replied to MyBlueSky's topic in Government

   Well my active duty time is up July 2013 but I'm still obligated my 8 years of service so I'm going to finish off my time in the reserves which is what a lot of people end up doing. My MOS in the military is 92A logistical (quartermaster) and I'm no...

5. Accelerated nursing program while in the reserves?

   MyBlueSky posted a topic in Government

   So I'm doing some future planning and I want to do an accelerated nursing program in 2 1/2 years after my contract with active duty service is up. This way I'll have money set aside so I can go back to school. In college I was previously a nursing ...

6. Want to 'rejoin' Army Nurse Corps

   MyBlueSky replied to MyBlueSky's topic in Government

   No, i have a contract because as i previously mentioned I was on a nursing scholarship for 2 years and then I had to leave the nursing program. I am commissioning in may as a 2lt in the Qm corps which I have no complaints about but I still wanted th...

7. Want to 'rejoin' Army Nurse Corps

   MyBlueSky replied to MyBlueSky's topic in Government

   olderthandirt2, I did think about doing a 2 year program but to be honest I have already done 2 medical surgical rotations, 1 ob rotation, 1 psych rotation, etc. I've already completed 3/4 of my nursing program so i've still retained most of that kn...

8. Want to 'rejoin' Army Nurse Corps

   MyBlueSky posted a topic in Government

   Hello everyone, Let me start by explaining my situation. I joined Army rotc my junior year on a two year nursing scholarship. Things were going great until the end of my junior year and everything in my life started going haywire and since I joined...

9. Army Nurse Duty Station Question

   MyBlueSky posted a topic in Government

   Hello, I am currently a junior in college and I am enrolled in the ROTC program (currently MSIII going to LDAC in a month) and I had a question about an OCONUS duty station. Traditionally I hear oconus is hard to get as a first duty station (Germany...

10. Arnold Schwartzneiger says "We need to create more nurses"

    MyBlueSky replied to Nathalie's topic in General Nursing

    I agree... I think he meant it in a good way, and California especially with all the illegal immigrants bankrupting the hospital er rooms need more nurses! I give him credit for acknowledging that.

11. Real nurse vs. TV nurse.

    MyBlueSky posted a topic in General Nursing

    Hi my name is Joe and I'm a nursing student about to begin my second year. I just have a question for current nurses. Do you ever get annoyed or discouraged from what a nurse really is as opposed to what you see on TV? Everytime I watch TV whether...

12. How hard was Organic Chemistry?

    MyBlueSky replied to DLS_PMHNP's topic in New Nurse

    Organic chemistry defies all rules of logic. Forget everything you learned before! One tip I can give you is look at orgo from an analytical point of view... almost like how you would study philosophy. If you aproach orgo as formulas and math yo...

13. Physical Assessment Lab

    MyBlueSky replied to MyBlueSky's topic in General Students

    Well I did a report on the role of males in nursing and one of the things that I found in my research was that a lot of male nursing students did not feel welcome in their assessment labs and a lot of females felt uncomfortable in assessment lab with...

14. Physical Assessment Lab

    MyBlueSky posted a topic in General Students

    Hello everyone, I am a male nursing student in my second year of my nursing program and I am going to be taking physical assessment lab. Now I'm assuming that I will be taking this lab with all females and I was wondering if anyone had any tips to m...

15. How do you feel about ADN nurses?

    MyBlueSky replied to Stacy W's topic in Career Support

    well... I'm not a nurse yet... but it's just a calling that some poeple have to helping others. If you feel that you can dedicate your life to helping other people over your own personal gains then you might have something in the health care field. ...