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Hi! This will be my second time applying as a NICU RN for the Air Force. I'm applying to the September boards. It would be great to hear from anyone applying to these boards as well! I posted a different thread a while back about this same thing, but it got no responses. Figured i would try again!

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Letters are out....COT May 23, Going to Nellis AFB, Las Vegas.

This is great for us, because I have family there. See yall in May.

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Did you receive a physical letter in the mail or did your recruiter give you a call? Exciting stuff!! Congrats!

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My recruiter emailed me the official letter!!

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Specializes in NICU.

My recruiter called me and I found out I'll be joining everyone at COT in May and will be going to Kadena AFB in Okinawa, Japan!

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Congratulations selects!!! I was there in suspense not too long ago. I went to COT in May 2015 and got to my first duty station San Antonio ER in July! Hope to see some of you coming to join me soon!!

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Any words of advice from COT? :)

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I made it!!!! I got selected today!!! COT in May. I cannot believe it.. I didn't think I would make it because this is my first time applying, graduating BSN in Dec, but I got selected. Woohoo!!!

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I just got the call too! COT May as well and then on to San Antonio :)

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Specializes in Med-Surg/Oncology.

Does anyone have any information on Nurses Incentive Specialty Pay? My recruiter called and wanted to know if I wanted to choose an ascension bonus or student loan pay back with a 4 year contract or both with a 6 year contract. I told him neither because it is my understanding if you already have an obligation to pay back you can't receive an Incentive Specialty Pay Bonus because it requires an obligation in of its self.

For those who don't know about the Incentive Specialty Pay it is my understanding that to qualify you must be board certified and attend some kind of class in that specialty. Then you agree to a certain number of years and receive Incentive Specialty Pay based off that number. A one year contract receives $5000 a year, two year contract $10,000 PER YEAR, three year contract $15,000 PER YEAR, up to a four year contract $20,000 PER YEAR.

What I am unsure about is that this program is unchanged FY 2016 and how do you file to receive it. I don't want to sign an ascension bonus for $30000 when after 3 months I can take a class in MedSurg and then receive an extra $20,000 every year for FOUR years. If anyone has any knowledge about this I would love for you to share.

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I'll be joining you all at COT in May and then will be heading on to Fort Belvoir for critical care! Kind of surprised I'm not going to Texas, actually.

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So, I have heard about pay to be certified but I couldn't find anything spelled out the way you have it. This was all I could find. It just references the RN bonus. It is possible that we could qualify for the Non-physicians certification pay but I have no clue.

Special and Incentive Pay Index

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Specializes in Med-Surg/Oncology.

Military.com references the special pay

Special Pay for Nurse Corps Officers | Military.com

I also found it referenced in some of the department of defense financial regulations books but there it said congress had only authorized the pay through December 2014, though those same regulations said ascension bonuses were also only authorized until 2014 and I know they are still doing those. When I did my Chief Nurse Interview in September I asked about it and the Lt. Col. that was interviewing me said she receives the pay for her Board Certification but she didn't really give me any information about it other than saying you will have to go through my chain of command. My recruiter gave me my receiving Chief Nurse's contact information and had me write her an email inquiring about it. I will post on here what I find out. I am excited about starting this journey no matter what but I just want to get the best contract going in possible. If I can get $80000 over 4 years vs. $30000 up front I will take the $80000 any day of the week.

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