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Try the Army route. The US Army Graduate Program in Anesthesia (USAGPAN) allows you apply to the school directly as a civilian. You go into the school as an active duty student and get paid while attending their program. Some AF students also attend ...

Level I and II trauma centers will likely have patients requiring a higher level of care. There are a lot of factors that go into a facility and their trauma designation, but in my research it seems to depend on the program that you are applying to. ...

I am going to the August Reserve component BOLC. I am not sure if they are combined with the active component for a portion of the training. I will be in Texas though.

When you scan it you need to reduce the resolution and it will be saved as a smaller file. It will not be as clear to read, but it will be smaller.

I am in the same boat as ad33088 and am hoping that my pay will also not be delayed during my Aug OBLC training for reserves. I believe that since we are in Mypay already it shouldn't be a problem. The thing is that we may not be getting travel pay u...

If you were applying for a staff nurse position, if the hospital offered a differential for a MSN you would be eligible. I don't believe that you would make a tremendous increase in pay because of your MSN. Your experience may make you a better candi...

OBLC dates can be found on ATTRS. Ask your recruiter for help with that.

This seems like a great advancement opportunity! I wonder how many nurses are involved... What kind of training did you go through for the 5 days Scooty Puff?

The active duty incentives and reserve component incentives are two different entities. When I was looking into STRAP initially, I was told that you will have to pay back all reserve incentives received if you were going to seek Active duty (loan rep...

Hello. I am a rapid response nurse and I had a patient yesterday who was on a stepdown unit. She was having runs of a wide-complex tachycardia in the 120s-130s. She was awake, slightly confused at baseline, just reporting "feeling lousy." They were t...

I heard that they may be closing entry into the BSN STRAP program after the last board closed earlier this year. Have any recruiters mentioned anything?

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You do not need to be a bedside ICU nurse to take the CCRN. According to the AACN you need: "Practice as an RN or APRN is required for 1,750 hours in direct bedside care of acutely or critically ill patients during the previous two years, with...

Hello. I am a dedicated RRT nurse at a major hospital. I was recently hired into this position. The staff primarily consisted of nurses with many years of ICU experience. This provided them with a strong critical care background. They were nervous ab...

According to the AACN all you need is 1,875 hours in the care of acutely or critically ill patients. In my opinion if you work as a staff nurse on an inpatient unit in an acute care facility you qualify. I am going to take the test and I have only ER...

Unless you already have a bachelor's degree I do not believe that you can bypass the BSN while you are trying to commission. If you have a B.S or B.A. in another field you could try for a waiver.

I was a scribe at a level I trauma center, while I was a nursing student. I felt that we were a very valuable member of the ER team. The doctors relied on us to be there. We did a lot and the nurses valued our presence. I had worked in that departmen...

In terms of credit, I think it is only a problem if you are in default on a lot of things. I really don't know. With regards to promotion. I think you can promote to first lieutenant while in STRAP.They have forms which you submit to your dean and te...

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When I spoke with the lady in charge of incentives at HRC she told me that I will get 1 payment after I have been in for a year of $20,000. My program is only 18 months long and ends 12/2010. They pay the stipend on your anniversary date. Then I will...

I was told that I could not use the STRAP for an online program. At the time I joined...only 5 months ago... you could only use the STRAP if you planned on going into the reserves. I heard somewhere that that has either changed, or may be changing in...

I was told that I could not and that it had to be a brick and mortar school. Sitting in class. I had wanted to do an online program, but found a school which holds classes only one day a week for 18 months.

As far as loan repayment, you don't have to have all of your documents complete until about 9 months in. You are eligible for loan repayment while you are IN the stipend phase and again after you FINISH the obligation phase. I will get 1 payment of 2...

Hello. I still have not received my STRAP Pay. I was comissioned at the end of April too. At the commissioning I signed all my forms including the strap enrollment. I submitted my w-4 and direct deposit within 3 days. I was told that around 30-45 day...

Hi. 66H8A = ICU nurse, 66HM6 = ER nurse, 66H = Med-Surg nurse. There are other identifiers to show what specialty you are.