I had a pt's daughter come to the ED telling me she had given her father his third nitro and he was still having chest pain. I asked her where her father was and she said in the lobby. I had no...
I actually enjoyed being a CNA while in nursing school. The most awesome thing in the world was to be praised by nurses and really feel like your work helped the patient and the staff. I have not...
Do all of the recruiting companies jump right on you when you fill out the application? I am reading the boards and seeing that everyone is talking about how competitive it is right now. Valley...
My advice to you as a new grad coming into IHS is to come in with an open mind and flexibility. I can't speak for all of the facilities but it is not the same as the private sector. If you are lucky,...
I am planning to leave my current position soon and wondering what job opportunities there are in Austin. I have 2.5 years of experience in the ED. Because I am at a rural ED I have helped deliver...
I work at a rural IHS facility. I love the Commission Corps but I am prior civilian with no military experience. Being rural means: going to the mall is 3 hours away, you have one grocery store that...
I was put on a limited tour of duty when commissioned related to taking Zoloft a long time ago (1999). My time is coming up for the tour to be over and I want to stay in..however, since being...
Thank you wtbcrna! I don't think the USUHS website is real user friendly. Are you in CRNA school there or went there? I work in a rural ED and sedate people under the doctors supervision for...
3dogs1cat replied to mother/babyRN's topic in General Nursing
I would just like to say you are an excellent writer! Also, I feel that as nurses we are so blessed (even though it doesn't seem like it) to be there to share the most intimate parts of peoples lives...
We are a uniformed service not military. We always say, "We are the Surgeon General's Corps". You should check us out just so when you see people in the area with a little different uniform you know...
I am in the Commission Corps of the USPHS. I don't know that I could get in the Army! I am RN,BSN. Alot of people I work with have encouraged me to become a MD but I love nursing alot. I was thinking...
My only concern now is that if I go there then I will be lowered back to O-1 and I am going to make O-3 in January. I have four years in now and know that the time in school works toward retirement....
Bureau of Prisons and Immigration are both considered hazardous duty. For some reason I can not find the 2009 benchmark document on our professional advisory website but here is the 2008:...