vinstafa

vinstafa has 8 years experience and specializes in Critical Care.

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1. Navy Nurse Sea/Shore Lengths, etc.

   vinstafa replied to youreupsidedown's topic in Government

   CONUS orders are 3 years accompanied or unaccompanied. OCONUS are 2 years unaccompanied/3 years accompanied. Operational tours (Field Med with Marines/Ship's Nurse/FST) all 2 years regardless of location and accompanied/unaccompanied. You can expect ...

2. Active Duty Navy Direct Accession FY 2017

   vinstafa replied to DiscGolfNurse's topic in Government

   Try and get certified in whatever area you want to be in before you commission, even if it's not in your package. The recruiter makes it seem easy to just get into the ICU. It's not like that. Often they make you wait and do your time. I know of one ...

3. Negotiating with Detailers Navy nursing

   vinstafa replied to MissIllCrisis's topic in Government

   Ask for whatever you want; if you don't ask, you don't get. The worst they can say is no

4. Negotiating with Detailers Navy nursing

   vinstafa replied to MissIllCrisis's topic in Government

   If you're credentialed as a 1945, the Navy is bringing you into be a 1945. The whole point of being a DA is to get civilian trained nurses streamlined to working in speciality areas (ED, ICU, OR). Is there a chance you get placed elsewhere? Yes, but...

5. Looking for active duty navy nurse....

   vinstafa replied to Fitz31's topic in Government

   You'd commission as O-1E, depending on your enlisted time. 1. Your experience would count towards creditentialing as a 1960K, critical care experience with CCRN, but you wouldn't get additional rank since that time was spend as an ADN prepared RN. I ...

6. Navy FY 17

   vinstafa replied to spyforte's topic in Government

   This link says 2014, but the totals are the same for CCRN. You can't double dip, no isp and accession bonus. http://www.med.navy.mil/bumed/Special_Pay/Documents/FY14%20Special%20Pay%20Plans/FY14%20NC%20Special%20Pay%20Implentation%20Guidance%20(14No...

7. Active duty navy fy 2016

   vinstafa replied to abautista88's topic in Government

   I'm not sure how the military housing works. All the officers I know in SD either own or rent privately

8. Active duty navy fy 2016

   vinstafa replied to abautista88's topic in Government

   I'm an East Coast cat, so as far as SD I can't help out. Anything else Navy related I can.

9. Active duty navy fy 2016

   vinstafa replied to abautista88's topic in Government

   Getting there on the 10th is fine. You'll check in at the quarterdeck and get your room assignment. You should be free all day Sunday until 1600ish. What at duty station are you going to again?

10. Active duty navy fy 2016

    vinstafa replied to abautista88's topic in Government

    3rd week at ODS

11. Active duty navy fy 2016

    vinstafa replied to abautista88's topic in Government

    So Bethesda has the largest number of ICU beds between the SICU and MICU, I want to say it's over 30.

12. Active duty navy fy 2016

    vinstafa replied to abautista88's topic in Government

    I meant Camp Lejeune, not Camp Pendleton

13. Active duty navy fy 2016

    vinstafa replied to abautista88's topic in Government

    If you wait until April, your options might change. Everyone of those places has its own benefit, depending on what you want for your career and your family. If you want to be close to big cities, WRNMMC or Belvoir. If you want your best chance to de...

14. Active duty navy fy 2016

    vinstafa replied to abautista88's topic in Government

    charlieg, you do not have to have your CCRN to be credentialed as a critical care nurse. Unless something changed within the last 12 months, but it hasn't. You may need to produce paperwork showing you have experience. Talk to your recruiter and if s...

15. Best way to be Navy nurse

    vinstafa replied to Kellcat's topic in Government

    GPA isn't the end all be all for deciding your acceptance into the Nurse Corps. My GPA wasn't great and I got accepted first look, so don't think because you didn't have a 4.0 you won't be accepted. The board looks at your entire package and every pi...