Jarnaes

Jarnaes

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  1. Being an ADVOCATE for a less than helpful coworker

    Jarnaes replied to missnurse1's topic in General Nursing

    Missnurse1, you rock!!! Very proud of

  2. nursing school while in the army??

    Jarnaes replied to ohmeowzer RN's topic in General Nursing

    The BEST deal for enlisted soldiers with some college is the AECP!!! The Army Enlisted Commissioning Program. This is what I did. http://www.usarec.army.mil/AECP/ If you meet the requirements, they...

  3. How many 91C (Army) RNs here?

    Jarnaes replied to Zetetic's topic in Government, Military

    There's been yet another change to the 91 series MOS... they are now the 68

  4. Inhumane Supervisors/Managers-LONG

    Jarnaes replied to pagandeva2000's topic in General Nursing

    Have you looked into ultrasound treatment? Our podiatrist did them all the time for his plantar fasciitis patients. Had a great success

  5. Womack

    Jarnaes replied to midwesternboy's topic in Government, Military

    Slang term for Airborne school, the school that teaches soldiers to jump out of airplanes.

  6. Pregnant OR nurse and X-ray

    Jarnaes replied to katygirl8's topic in General Nursing

    Waste anesthesia gas is another concern during the first trimester...

  7. quit my engineering career to become a CRNA

    Jarnaes replied to phlipsidez's topic in Student Registered Nurse Anesthetist

    If your main goal is to do anesthesia, and you have a BS in another field, check out.

  8. Security clearance for nurses?

    Jarnaes replied to The Little Greek's topic in Government, Military

    Just like the previous poster said... It all depends on the level of clearance you need for your job. As a nurse you just need a Secret clearance to get commissioned. The paper work is painful, but...

  9. Allowing suicide vs. not allowing suicide????

    Jarnaes replied to PMHNP10's topic in General Nursing

    Theoretically, I don't see why a competent individual should not be allowed to commit suicide. If you have made the decision to end your life, you should have the right to do so. The problem is in...

  10. Womack

    Jarnaes replied to midwesternboy's topic in Government, Military

    I worked there for a few years. It's a good place to start out. They have a decent patient population, and if you work on the medicine floor you will also get experience with some interesting diseases...

  11. RN's w/chronic pain, using narcotics

    Jarnaes replied to SRbear's topic in Pain Management

    I can't imagine having to deal with both chronic pain management and fear of losing ones profession as a nurse. Unfortunately, this is so typical of the nursing profession... We preach pain management...

  12. How to get your citizenship to join the AIR Guard as an officer?

    Jarnaes replied to BE16's topic in Government, Military

    You cannot become an officer with out citizenship. You can join the military with a green card, but you are limited in the jobs you are qualified to have. You are also limited to a total of 7 or 8...

  13. feds in nursign home

    Jarnaes replied to mm44's topic in General Nursing

    Usually the term "feds" is related to the law enforcement side of the federal government... FBI, DEA, ICE, ATF. If any of those guys see a need to physically come to a nursing home you can bet there...

  14. More combat medics are men than women during war time..

    Jarnaes replied to Dunno?'s topic in Men in Nursing

    Dunno?- As a previous poster stated- you seem to be a bit confused about the private contractor medics vs. military medics. The agencies that you are speaking of are the private security contractors...

  15. Moonlighting as a military nurse??????

    Jarnaes replied to surething1's topic in Government, Military

    You can moonlight while on active duty, BUT you need to have official written permission from your chain of command. In most places they will limit you to 20 hours per week. Your part time place of...

  16. Patient Modesty

    Jarnaes replied to creinkent's topic in Operating Room

    dutch92602, can you please post the hyperlink to that site. The only thing I can find is a virtual operating room tour... Give us the link that you are talking about. You seem set and determined to...

  17. Help! Nightshift Nightmare

    Jarnaes replied to nursetutor's topic in General Nursing

    In addition to darkening your bedroom etc, etc. TURN OFF ALL PHONES! There is always someone who fully knows that you work nights, but still can't understand that you need to sleep past noon- "Oh, are...

  18. direct acession army CRNA

    Jarnaes replied to cole1321's topic in Government, Military

    Your 12 years of prior service will give you the O-1E pay-grade with 12 years. It's a few hundred bucks more per month than the regular O-1 pay. As far as the CRNA program. Go ahead and apply. If you...

  19. Patient Modesty

    Jarnaes replied to creinkent's topic in Operating Room

    I'm an OR nurse and it is not standard practice to keep people unnecessarily exposed while in the OR. Our goal is to keep the patients covered and warm at all times in order to reduce any...

  20. Dept of defense civilian employee ?

    Jarnaes replied to nevb's topic in Government, Military

    The DOD RNs are usually a GS-10 or GS-11, depending on the job responsibilities such as charge nurse etc, etc. Best place to look for DOD nursing jobs is: http://www.usajobs.gov/ Good

  21. abandonment defined?

    Jarnaes replied to penguin2's topic in Operating Room

    I'd submit my resignation and find another job

  22. As on O.R. nurse, how often do you start IV's?

    Jarnaes replied to mikethern's topic in Operating Room

    Where I worked the IVs were started by the nurses in the ambulatory surgery

  23. Army/Military Nursing

    Jarnaes replied to midwesternboy's topic in Government, Military

    You don't even need 1.5 years. We went it Iraq with nurses who had just a few months of experience. It's not the ideal, but it

  24. Who's gonna admit it that they went into Nursing b/c of the salary?

    Jarnaes replied to AspiringNurse7's topic in General Nursing

    Why shouldn't we do it for the money? Nursing is a profession just like being a dentist, pharmacist or doctor. They don't catch any flack for the desire to earn a living based on taking care of...

  25. Female Inmates?

    Jarnaes replied to PMFB-RN's topic in Correctional

    Just keep in mind that these inmates have nothing better to do than to find a weakness in the system and exploit it. You'll come a cross many very charming, intelligent and friendly inmates. Always...