nrryan

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1. Health Professions Loan Repayment Program (Army/Airforce)

   nrryan replied to CRNA2026's topic in Government

   I applied and was accepted for the HPLRP this year. The repayment will cover prerequisite classes. As stated by others, they will withhold 25% for taxes. If you have any other questions, let me know and I do my best to answer them. It's a semi-diffic...

2. Question about ribbon placement on ASUs!

   nrryan posted a topic in Government

   I am putting together my ASUs with the two medals/ribbons I have earned so far (National Defense Service and Army Service) and I want to make sure I am doing right. As of now, I have two individual medal "racks" or holders, 1 for each ribbon. When...

3. Army Duty Stations?

   nrryan replied to JJVV's topic in Government

   I've been to SAMMC/BAMC in San Antonio and loved it there. I put it #2 on my list and I recently got word that I will be stationed there. Madigan was my #1 and I was surprised (but not upset) that I didn't get it since I took the NCLEX so much earl...

4. Taking the NCLEX in 2 days!

   nrryan replied to sjjn's topic in NCLEX

   I'm taking the exam for the first time on June 6th so I'm probably not exactly who you want to hear from at this point. I've been nervous about testing too but I felt much better after looking at the statistics for how many people pass and fail the ...

5. Need help "picking" 1st duty station (Army)

   nrryan replied to nrryan's topic in Government

   That sounds like an incredible experience! So based on what you said, I'm gathering that my first duty station won't really determine whether I end up in an FST in the future. Rather, I should try to go to a specialty course for ER/ICU and go from ...

6. Need help "picking" 1st duty station (Army)

   nrryan replied to nrryan's topic in Government

   Thanks for your support! I would love to work in an FST eventually! I'm pretty much positive I want to go to Lewis at this point. If I do, will I have the chance to be a part of a FST at Lewis, or is that mainly just Bragg?

7. Need help "picking" 1st duty station (Army)

   nrryan replied to nrryan's topic in Government

   Thanks for the advice! Fort Carson was going to be my #1 choice but they recently removed it from the list of possible duty stations for new grad nurses. I have been thinking the past couple days and I'm really leaning towards Fort Lewis as #1 and ...

8. Need help "picking" 1st duty station (Army)

   nrryan posted a topic in Government

   It has come that time for me to submit my ranking for where I would like my first duty station to be. Obviously this is all subject to the needs of the Army, but historically nurses get 1 of their top 3 choices so I wanted to put some real thought i...

9. BSN Student w/ a Million Q's.

   nrryan replied to Lisi_95's topic in Government

   You're right, I should've mentioned that part. FWIW, almost everyone got active duty who wanted it this year. My brigade nurse counselor said they underestimated how many Cadets would willingly CHOOSE reserve/guard this year, so there ended up bei...

10. BSN Student w/ a Million Q's.

    nrryan replied to Lisi_95's topic in Government

    For #9, I would say that you are probably getting ahead of yourself. Yes, it is very good to have long term goals and all that. But your first step needs to be figuring out how your are going to get into the military to be a nurse. You talk about ...

11. Best Army Duty Station

    nrryan posted a topic in Government

    I will be ranking my choices for my first duty station soon and I am looking for some advice on which locations you all have enjoyed and why! The possible locations are the following: BAMC (TX) WRNMMC (MD) MAMC (WA) CRDAMC (TX) DDEAMC (GA) LRMC (Ger...

12. Should I go the ROTC route?

    nrryan replied to Winterblew's topic in Government

    Ok that makes sense. Like I said, I have really enjoyed my time in ROTC and I think it has a lot to offer. If you want to be in the military and you have an option to do ROTC, I'd take it. Especially since the NCP route seems a lot less of a guara...

13. Army recruiter says I should join as LPN with BSN

    nrryan replied to Newnurse19832016's topic in Government

    DO NOT DO THIS. I know everyone else has said the same thing but this recruiter is using deception to get you into something you don't want. If you want to be a nurse, talk to a healthcare recruiter. Throw away this recruiter's number, don't talk ...

14. Should I go the ROTC route?

    nrryan replied to Winterblew's topic in Government

    No problem. I understand your reasons to want to go, many people like the challenge of basic and our very proud of having completed it. If you could do NCP, I would definitely look into that. Your life will be SOOO much easier throughout school wh...

15. Combat boots

    nrryan replied to sarahmarie14's topic in Government

    I'm a guy but I love my nikes. If you are Army, make sure to get the new version that are made of leather and not synthetic stuff, the older ones are no longer authorized for wear. They are super comfortable. Not the best for the field due to lack...