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  1. HELP! Advice on joining Army.

    That being said the person who doesn't take the time to research his own destiny is partially to blame... yup even 18yo's. The 'recruiter lied to me' has been around long enough for everyone to be...
  2. Army Nurse Corp and experience requirement

    You can get your one of those schools in your contract when joining the army w/ no prior rn experience.. you will arrive at 1st duty station and spend a few years (Jeck said 2-3.. I've heard 1-2.. )...
  3. USPHS

    I know the army in 04' did the same for officers... it was a seamless transition for most - it just entailed those in administrative positions to do a bit of juggling to redo paperwork, didn't affect...
  4. Army Nurse Corp and experience requirement

    alibi - I recommend not talking with a 'recruiter' - but an army healthcare recruiter.. very different No exp needed just your degree! You need exp to lock in a certain skill identifier - but going...
  5. Correct Army reserves is only branch where you can commission with an ADN (or any non-4year degree..) but limited to 1LT or CPT... but as a note there are limited number of slots they accept a year....
  6. Snohomish County New Grad opportunities

    The market is not as bad as other locations - as you can see from those hospital websites.. but it is still tight for new grads with no local or prior exp. The opportunities that are there seem to be...
  7. I would highly recommend not joining now but joining 1 year out from grad date of BSN.. you can join active duty or reserve from that point - potential for bonuses depending on exp / specialty. From...
  8. Snohomish County New Grad opportunities

    are you re-locating from outside of sea or WA or ? There are opportunities in Sea and huge amount of hospitals... however lots of students gain their 'in' by working as a CNA or as a Nurse Tech while...
  9. Military nurses do not attend 'basic training' they do attend an officer training which is mean to preserve and orient nurses to the military.. they are not trying to attrit anyone - they want you all...
  10. Black women hair in the air force

    I wanted to comment that my experience was in units with strict adherence to regs and whenever something was borderline it was more or less 'not done/allowed'.. there is variance within the...
  11. Black women hair in the air force

    I'm not sure ethnicity was stated in this, but my interpretation instinctual reaction is no it would not be tolerated. I would say it could be argued faddish, or not clean, or not 'neat'. AFI36-2903...
  12. advice for a future nurse

    If you plan on being at Seattle U and in that general physical area I would look at getting CNA certification and then trying to an establish yourself at a hospital and if that is not available then...
  13. Anyone applying to 2008 UW MEPN Program?

    I'd like to comment that many 2nd degree students look at these indicators and choose to get a BSN or an ADN.. perhaps the progression is not as intuitive and has less 'prestige' but the costs and...
  14. Drexels ACE clinical locations and advice

    A home equity loan is based on you having 'equity' into the home... which either mains principle paid off or the value of the home suddenly increases. If you had money to pay off principle then just...
  15. Future of Army Nursing

    I found this article at www.nursingspectrum.com and found it interesting. Look forward to additional comments, links, insight. v/r J_C Chief of the Army Nurse Corps Plans to Transform Army Nursing...
  16. Future of Army Nursing

    crcircus, positive thing about nursing is you don't need rotc in order to gain a commission and funding support. The point you need to get to is gaining acceptance to a BSN program and being a junior...
  17. Navy Nurse Candidate Program

    Ok. feel free to shoot me any and I'd be happy to try and help. best of
  18. Navy Nurse Candidate Program

    Sorry not a participant of the NNCP program.... just helping others. Did you have a particular
  19. Army Nurse Corps and Asthma

    I'm on board with Athena's posting... its important to note that the disqualifying requirements are different at point of entering the military vs retention in the military. It is also noteworthy that...
  20. A few questions.

    WSU has a satellite program for their BSN in Yakima - if you are living in Yakistan I would recommend looking into it. Of course some courses are via sat, but there are plus sides of applying their......
  21. Hospital Nurses Gym Survey

    I'm not at TG... but we are allowed to use the out patient rehab gym in our building.. during lunch or before / after normal business hours where patients would be there. Sorry I think I was getting...
  22. Hospital Nurses Gym Survey

    Multicare ie TacomaG, already has gym discounts... they offer several discounts to local gyms. I'd rather have a discount at a gym - letting the hospital focus on being a hospital and a gym focus on...
  23. WSU Tri-cities or Yakima students?

    ....if you are a transfer student just be aware of the limited slots at spokane - they are reserved for students in the affiliated school transfer 'feeder' programs. You get to pick 'one' location and...
  24. Applying to UW BSN program this yr-any tips?

    I applied for post-bach prior to the SON program. I did not submit any letters for the UW post bach application and did the quick only essay submission. As a note even after SON acceptance was...
  25. Best places to live for army nurse

    Renee, Just outside of FLWA is a small new community that is called Dupont that is essentially adjacent/across from FLWA, mostly military and a general nice place to live. Just south of FLWA (FLWA is...