Beanseye RN

Thanks. Do you directly know nurses pulling the long or short deployments? As I mentioned above, I would like to separate the rhetoric from the facts... to make my choice based on the truth. "As with all recruiters be careful...they try to give yo...

Thanks, I really have less of an issue with deployment than my wife does. My real question remains ... beyond all the rhetoric, is there any real validity in the AFNC claim to such relatively short deployments? Thanks for your and your husbands se...

Has anyone heard any of the branches considering reevaluating the age of separation? Per recruiter, AF is considering it ... "Dentists can sign at 60 and retirement age is 68 ..." Any insights? Brian

Gen, Thanks for your input. I got an email from an Army recruiter who stated color-blindness is not a DQ. This was a stark contrast to when I tried to enlist hoping to be a medic before I went to nursing school - I was offered only admin jobs ... "...

Gen, To combat the debt monster, apply for any/all support you can find. At graduation time, I had about $16k in loans. I filled out my FAFSA in junior college and reapplied each year. I screwed up in that I could have spent a little time (relati...

Nursing is a lot of work. (BSN 06/2003) When I started school I thought I was missing everything. The reading was literally more than was possible to complete. I felt like I was grasping some but missing as much or more. ... I passed nearly with h...

You can do it. When pursuing my BSN, I worked 5 days/wk parttime until my senior year, many in my class did also, some fulltime. I 2nd the suggestion to work in the healthcare field while in school - especially if you don't have prior HC experien...

I'm sorry, I have been reading a lot of posts... Have you actually "graduated" from the program? If not, as strange as it may sound, could you apply for graduation as a BSN? At CSUB, they used to allow seniors in the BSN program to sit for the NCL...

For what it's worth, I work at a county hospital and we have several CNA's that hold an LVN liscense but the county "requires graduation from a certified school." I suspect the same holds true for the state prison system. IMHO some who challenge the ...

I'm 41 with 42 closing fast and considering Army or AF nursing. However, if I like it and want to stay, I have some questions. 1) What is the compulsory retirement age for RN's (does it vary from branch to branch)? 2) Do RN's do weapons training? I...