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  1. Aesthetics Project Video--Inspiration for Nursing Students

    PineappleCrush posted a topic in General Students

    Hello, everyone! I'm not sure if this is in the appropriate area/thread--I'm not really sure if it is or not (sorry, mods!)--but in my first block of nursing school we had to do an Aesthetics project...

  2. Navy Nurse being stationed on other branches' bases?

    PineappleCrush replied to chaplngrillsgt's topic in Government, Military

    My husband and I are both nurses and we tried to join the Navy Nurse Corps together but he was accepted and I wasn't (he's ICU, I'm Med/Surg and the Med/Surg board filled before they could even review...

  3. New to Navy, ODS, Portsmouth-need any help?

    PineappleCrush replied to Sw88tpea's topic in Government, Military

    My husband and I are both nurses, but he got into the Navy Nurse Corps and I didn't (long story, but I'm trying again next boards! lol). He got stationed here in Bethesda and went through ODS in...

  4. New to Navy, ODS, Portsmouth-need any help?

    PineappleCrush replied to Sw88tpea's topic in Government, Military

    My husband just started in the ICU at Walter Reed and he takes the Metro in to work; they DO NOT openly offer parking for employees at Walter Reed. My husband said they shared a statistic in one of...

  5. Navy Nurse First Duty/ODS/Relocation 2013

    PineappleCrush replied to aketamax's topic in Government, Military

    Just dropping in to provide a little goodie: I saw you guys posting about FB pages and whatnot. The Officer Development School in Newport, RI has a FB page that is AWESOME with all kinds of pictures...

  6. New to Navy, ODS, Portsmouth-need any help?

    PineappleCrush replied to Sw88tpea's topic in Government, Military

    Not particularly: Our first choice was San Diego because we live in Phoenix, Arizona so San Diego would have been a much closer move for us, but they had zero openings there. So our second choice was...

  7. Army spouse

    PineappleCrush replied to KaylaNelson07's topic in Government, Military

    Yikes! My husband just got into the Navy as an ICU nurse (but I missed the Med-Surg cut off because there were too many applicants) and I was hoping to piggy-back onto his placement at Walter Reed in...

  8. New to Navy, ODS, Portsmouth-need any help?

    PineappleCrush replied to Sw88tpea's topic in Government, Military

    My husband is at ODS right now, and will be stationed at Walter Reed in March! He is an ICU nurse with 1.5 years civilian experience and he was offered either 20k for 3 years or 30k for 4 years. He...

  9. Name your favorite scrub top/pants!

    PineappleCrush replied to champagnesupeRNova's topic in Scrubs, Uniforms, Gear

    I like Koi (Katelyn Mock-Wrap) and their cargo pants and Wink because they have a great mesh inner-pocket that is perfect for your phone (and their cargo pants!). I can't get enough cargo pants... you...

  10. New to Navy, ODS, Portsmouth-need any help?

    PineappleCrush replied to Sw88tpea's topic in Government, Military

    Thanks for the ODS clarification--I just wanted to make sure haha :) And yes, I have all of my letters, all my interviews and all of the background clearance and other paperwork done. Unfortunately...

  11. Navy Nurse Corps Direct Accession FY 2013

    PineappleCrush replied to SailorWifey's topic in Government, Military

    Hello, SailorWifey! I submitted my PPIS/NASIS and all the paperwork last week and FINALLY got clearance to go to MEPS on 9/5. Unfortunately I was caught up in paperwork mishaps with some of my medical...

  12. New to Navy, ODS, Portsmouth-need any help?

    PineappleCrush replied to Sw88tpea's topic in Government, Military

    I just wanted to say THANK YOU to everyone on this forum!! My boyfriend and I have both hit our 1 year nursing experience post-school and are applying for Direct Accession, him for ICU/Critical Care...

  13. Overwhelmed

    PineappleCrush replied to butterfly_kisses9188's topic in General Nursing

    I am a new grad as well and left my first job after about 3 months. It was too toxic of an environment for me, my preceptor spent more time talking on the phone or leaving the floor than mentoring me,...

  14. Where are all the young nurses?

    PineappleCrush replied to bestallaround's topic in General Nursing

    speaking as a new grad myself (graduated in august 2011, started work in october 2011), i can definitely vouch that school does not give us any heads up as to what "real world" nursing is really like....

  15. Abolishing the Pinning Ceremony

    PineappleCrush replied to drem7116's topic in General Nursing

    That's really neat that the Juniors plan the Senior's pinning ceremony! That's kind of a cool tradition for your school. Reminds me of Juniors planning Senior Prom in high

  16. Abolishing the Pinning Ceremony

    PineappleCrush replied to drem7116's topic in General Nursing

    in error, see comment below

  17. Abolishing the Pinning Ceremony

    PineappleCrush replied to drem7116's topic in General Nursing

    Oh, wow! Pinning is still a very big thing for us! I just graduated from Arizona State University's BSN program (class of 60 students) last August and our pinning was part of the graduation ceremony....

  18. ASU Summer 2010 Program Applicants

    PineappleCrush posted a topic in Arizona Nursing

    Hello, everyone! I submitted my application for the accelerated Summer 2010 program at ASU awhile ago, but I just realized that the February 1st deadline was coming up and wanted to see if anyone else...

  19. ASU Summer of 2011 applicants!

    PineappleCrush replied to nursingstudent21's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I've been gone for quite awhile! School has a habit of picking up when you least expect it to I'll try taking a stab at a couple of the questions.... Learning Communities will be your lifeline....

  20. ASU Summer of 2011 applicants!

    PineappleCrush replied to nursingstudent21's topic in Arizona Nursing

    The start date for ALL Summer students (Mayo Jr 1, Downtown Jr 1, Downtown Sr 2) is May 16th, the same day as your guys' Lighting of the Lamp ceremony! :) Your end date should be around August 2nd,...

  21. ASU Summer of 2011 applicants!

    PineappleCrush replied to nursingstudent21's topic in Arizona Nursing

    :ancong!: Aw, I still remember getting my letter... probably one of the best days of my life, still! :) Just a note for those of you on the alternate list: For my cohort (Summer 2010), ALL 10 of the...

  22. ASU Summer of 2011 applicants!

    PineappleCrush replied to nursingstudent21's topic in Arizona Nursing

    I remember asking this same question in the Summer 2010 thread hehe And I am going to tell you the same thing that those wonderful people who answered told me (and what tttt essentially said as...

  23. ASU Summer of 2011 applicants!

    PineappleCrush replied to nursingstudent21's topic in Arizona Nursing

    haha, oh dear! That's not a very encouraging sentiment to leave them... haha! It's just all very overwhelming, pretty much all the time. It's a lot to adjust to at first, but I don't think you ever...

  24. ASU Summer of 2011 applicants!

    PineappleCrush replied to nursingstudent21's topic in Arizona Nursing

    Hey, everyone! I just stumbled across this forum (during class, lol), but I am one of the students from the Summer 2010 Accelerated Cohort (I'm currently a Senior 1, yay!). I just wanted to say GOOD...

  25. ASU Nursing Program Spring 2011 hopefuls

    PineappleCrush replied to dreamingbig's topic in Arizona Nursing

    You guys are so awesome! You all have really great attitudes, that is so great to hear/see/read! It always happens every year that people from allnurses.com want to meet, but then usually don't! I met...