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Chief of the Army Nurse Corps Plans to Transform Army Nursing
Maj. Gen. Patricia D. Horoho, RN, the new chief of the Army Nurse Corps, has ambitious plans to transform Army nursing using lessons learned from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the best of military nursing research, and the latest advances in the nursing profession.
Her 15-year blueprint to revamp the ANC includes molding leaders who can adapt to the unpredictability of modern warfare, training new nurses who are ready to face the trauma of war, and educating RNs who can incorporate evidence-based practice at the bedside from Iraq to Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C.
"The plan will be driven by courage to do the right thing, innovation to meet the rapidly evolving war, fighting, and medical demands of the 21st century, and constant compassion for those we serve and those with whom we serve," Horoho said in her acceptance speech in July 2008 in Fort Lewis, Wash. "We will critically assess ourselves and the care we provide in every location along the continuum of care from the forward surgical teams in the thick of battle to the [combat support] hospitals under mortar fire and back home to our hospitals and clinics, where we care for warriors of all generations and their families."
Specializes in Pre-hospital trauma, ambulatory clinic.
I've already applied to Accelerated BSN programs (I have a non-nursing BA already) and will be interviewing later this month. The piece I am missing is the process of finding out what Army programs are available. I recall from enlisting that it is always better to go in with some idea of what to ask the recruiters.
WRT LRMC: I would not want to list people's names on a public forum with out their permission, so I'll wait until I can PM to walk memory lane. I didn't get up there as much as I would have liked. Only two or three days of actual shadowing. Usually I was up there for patient delivery, status updates or to assist the CCAT teams retrieve their gear. It would depend on how many ambulatorys we had that mission.
Pardon me for butting in, but that's what you ask the AMEDD recruiter - what types of scholarships and funding do you have available for officer applicants? That stuff changes all the time and the recruiter has the most up to date knowledge (usually, anyway).
I'm prior enlisted as well, so I do know what you're saying.
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I've already applied to Accelerated BSN programs (I have a non-nursing BA already) and will be interviewing later this month. The piece I am missing is the process of finding out what Army programs are available. I recall from enlisting that it is always better to go in with some idea of what to ask the recruiters.
WRT LRMC: I would not want to list people's names on a public forum with out their permission, so I'll wait until I can PM to walk memory lane. I didn't get up there as much as I would have liked. Only two or three days of actual shadowing. Usually I was up there for patient delivery, status updates or to assist the CCAT teams retrieve their gear. It would depend on how many ambulatorys we had that mission.