Please help im so confused

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I have a bsn and 1 year ER experiance. Im trying to find a ICU position with no luck in new york. I went to a career fair today and met with a army recruiter. I was told that there are 3 year contracts with no deployment. I was told my 40k loans will be repaid plus bonus. I was told i can practice in a icu setting the whole time and have a opportunity to go to nurse anethesia school. What salary should i expect. Can i have a social life being in the millitary. Any info is appreciated.

Are you saying that deployment are "an inconvenience?" I can't read into what you wrote, whether you are being serious or sarcastic.

If the former, I would say that it is a disservice to those who serve outside the wire with absolutely NO AMENITIES for you to complain about a "4 month deployment." Try 16+ months, living outside the wire, getting shot at/blown up, 23+ days of no showers/toilets/fresh clothes, and a medical responsibility of 25 Soldiers with a medic bag barely enough to treat 6-8 Soldiers.

...an Army Combat Medic for 8 years...

I think there was an awful lot of so-called black humor in this post - she's (I think Iworecords is a she!) quite a seasoned RN with God knows how many years in the military, and I think she was in Vietnam besides - so she probably knows more than most of the rest of us combined...

And yes, having been deployed, they're never convenient. They're inconvenient as h-e-double hockey sticks. Deployments are like children - there's never a good time to have one.

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- she's (I think Iworecords is a she!)

Most def -- but there were some Marines back in 82 that questioned their eyesight when I was up on an OP requesting "shot and splash" lololololol Those are artillery terms :D

quite a seasoned RN with God knows how many years in the military,

30 years -- 11+ yrs active when you count in my DS time -- and the rest Reserves.

and I think she was in Vietnam besides -

Nope -- never went to Vietnam -- but joined the Army when the war was going on. Retired 10 months before 9/11.

so she probably knows more than most of the rest of us combined...

Wouldn't say that lolololol

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