Rhody16x BSN

Rhody16x has 6 years experience as a BSN and specializes in Med-Surg.

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1. What is the best duty station for a new grad nurse who wants to transition into ICU as soon as possible?

   Rhody16x replied to gee_mcgee's topic in Government

   That is correct, your first 4 years will not count for GI Bill. https://www.armyg1.army.mil/post911gibill.asp#westpoint

2. What is the best duty station for a new grad nurse who wants to transition into ICU as soon as possible?

   Rhody16x replied to gee_mcgee's topic in Government

   Hey there! I’m an active duty Army ICU nurse. I did my medsurg time at Tripler and loved it. My take is medsurg is roughly the same at whatever MTF you go to, so you might as well do medsurg in Hawaii! The extra year of medsurg is rough, but you’ll g...

3. Air Force SOST — Special Ops Surgical Team

   Rhody16x replied to Rizzo02481's topic in Government

   The “ones ready” podcast has a good video on Youtube about SOST. The ED doc goes a bit into their a/s

4. If you have VA Nurse Practitioner or Army AMEDD Reserve Questions...

   Rhody16x replied to NickG's topic in Government

   I’ve heard about the 66E, makes sense. That’s good to know in regards to deployment experiece. Thanks for letting me pick your brain! I’m from CT but went to URI!

5. If you have VA Nurse Practitioner or Army AMEDD Reserve Questions...

   Rhody16x replied to NickG's topic in Government

   Thanks for the detailed answer! I’ve heard some rumors that an additional S will be added to the team primarily used for JECC, any news on that? I imagine most FRSTs on the reserve side share you scrutiny of potential members. Is deployment experienc...

6. If you have VA Nurse Practitioner or Army AMEDD Reserve Questions...

   Rhody16x replied to NickG's topic in Government

   What’s the additional duties look like for the O3 66S’s on your team? I imagine most O’s are dual-hating as an S3, XO, ect. I’m currently AD and often hear that the commitment extends far beyond “one weekend a month, 2-weeks a year” thanks for your i...

7. Army nurse process

   Rhody16x replied to ak1's topic in Government

   Since your school does not have ROTC your only option will be to direct comission. If your goal is become an L&D nurse in the Army I highly suggest gaining some experiece on the civilian side in L&D and earning a board cert to be competitive....

8. How difficult is it to specialize in the Army?

   Rhody16x replied to Squirrel13's topic in Government

   I’m pretty unfamiliar with online NP programs but I imagine they do require some in-person cliniclals which might be tricky working the floor. Say everything works out and you get your NP, I believe the process for switching AOC is still the same. Th...

9. How difficult is it to specialize in the Army?

   Rhody16x replied to Squirrel13's topic in Government

   L&D and OR are the only specialties that are TDY and return. The critical care course is PCS enroute.

10. How difficult is it to specialize in the Army?

    Rhody16x replied to Squirrel13's topic in Government

    Duty station location has little to do with going to the 66S Critical-Care course. You will spend 2 (3 years if you are OCONUS) years on a medsurg floor and about 6 months before you PCS you’ll drop a packet to go to the ICU course. Almost everybody ...

11. New Army Nurse Location?

    Rhody16x replied to RandomNurse123's topic in Government

    No worries! The communication is the same. Military healthcare is a big melting pot of civilian/uniformed staff and is generally a very relaxed environment when it comes to military customs and courtesies

12. New Army Nurse Location?

    Rhody16x replied to RandomNurse123's topic in Government

    Right now deployments are pretty rare unless you are ICU, ER, CRNA, but even then it’s hard to pick up one. Field time is unit dependent and depends where you are stationed. Typically the field time would be spent setting up a field hospital and doin...

13. New Army Nurse Location?

    Rhody16x replied to RandomNurse123's topic in Government

    When you aren’t deployed or doing field training it’s the same as the civilian world. Yes you work a lot and switch about every 3 months (GS civilians and contractors don’t switch). Most uniformed staff have additional duties that deal with admin st...

14. Advice about Active Army Nursing

    Rhody16x replied to kristinalynn97's topic in Government

    I would keep in contact with the AMEDD recruiter as they will know a little more in regards to getting into active duty. Traditionally the Army hasn’t picked up fresh new grads the last couple of years. If you do get picked up you would go to DCC at ...

15. New Army Nurse Location?

    Rhody16x replied to RandomNurse123's topic in Government

    Link up with your Brigade Nurse Counselor towards the end of the semester and see what BOLC classes offer what follow on locations. For example Hawaii was only offered in July and October last year, and word on the street is we are only getting one g...