GreyWolf

Always room for improvement: Time out audits- you would be surprised how many times the room does not stop for a time out. Pre-anesthesia audits: This is a time out before the patient is intubated using the anesthesia consent, many times the consent was not in the chart, but still in the pre-op area or not witnessed Turn over times: Why are they are not met, what is the underlying cause Defective Pans and why and how does this relate to delaying cases. Certifications, Magnet Hospitals need their OR nurses to be CNOR certified, so how many have there CNOR, are working on it, or do not plan on obtaining this certification. The same goes for your OR techs and their certification

Glad you are home safe and sound, is it not amazaing how much has changed for you over the last three years. Take care and again, glad you are back safe and sound.

Sorry, cannot support you too, much, maybe so twenty years ago when I was your age, but now, I like hearing about my coworker's lives, because by just casual listening, I have an idea of how this may affect there work, mood and dealing with patient's. You are going to encounter this multiple times as a male nurse, you can either go with the flow, or stress yourself and have one more irritent that will ulimately affect your performance later. You chose this field, and be thankful if the converstation is as mellow as the one you discribe. It could be alot worse. You will get better at either just going with the flow, listening passively or taking part.

Graduation for 66H is 30 May, Some may have additional tracking after that. Funding sites have been held up for many of the March BLOC class, but should be released in 10-14 days according to my CO. If you are not an odd size you can usually find ACU's at FSH as well as everything else you need. The alterations shops outside the gate know the military standards as well if not better than the post shops. If you want specialty items try Rangerjoes.com. You will be be weighed, taped if needed and take a APFT within a couple of days of starting BLOC so be ready. Hope this helps you out, see you there.

The PV trick works. Got the good pop-up after my exam. Was freaked out because the test stopped at 75 questions, and now I see that I passed.

Your NCOER needs to be filled out as if your are moving forward in the enlisted core. Unfortunately the Army does not see AECP as an automatic 2LT advancement for you must get through nursing school and your NCLEX first. You will still have at least two DA 1059-1's to fill out while your are in school to take the place of your NCOER your NCOER needs to read like a normal enlisted NCOER and if you have a change of rater NCOER before you start school the same format pertains to that.

actually those who work with teams in the care and prevention of sports injuries and rehab are certified athletic trainers or atc's certified by the national athletic trainer's association-nataboc which requires a four year degree in an accredited program and the passing of the nataboc or natational athletic trainer's association board of certification. if you want more information you can go to www.nata.org care, prevention and rehabilitation of sports injuries is as specialized of a field as nursing which requires education, training, clinical and field time to become proficient. the nataboc exam is no joke either it is a three part exam of oral practical, written and simulation in where right answers get you points, wrong answers lose you points and you can make the correct assessment and still not pass if you did not follow the proper steps and procedures. so no, technically a cna cannot work as a sports medicine specialist because most can’s do not have the proper training for care, evaluation, taping, bracing and much more for sports injuries. just like nursing, this is a specialized skill that has evolved greatly over the last decade and hasbecome highly specialized since i became a nata certified at over 20 years ago.

The Army APFT: You do a warm up, than 2 minutes of push-ups, minimum 10 min. rest no more than 20, usually, 10-15, than you do sit ups for 2 minutes, remember this is sit ups with fingertips touching behind the head, not on top, not in front and not on the neck, behind the head, also push ups require that the elbows break 90 degrees and are locked out during each repetition, a head bob or bounce will not count. After another 10 - 20 minute break you do your 2 mile run, that varies at each and every company, at FT Sam it is four laps around a half mile track at aproximately 0430. You wear your Army APFT uniform designated for the weather, you cannot wear you jacket for the push-ups no matter how cold it is outside for that is agains regulations. If you have any questions on the standards just google Army APFT and the FM and standards will come up. Grading is not standard-it should be but it is not, you should train by the book so you will have no problems.

Schools that worked well with the ACEP program is any program that lets the student come in with all of their prerequisites and finish their degree in 24 months. Schools that fit this billing are: the University of Kansas, University of Maryland at Baltimore, John Hopkins, University of Nebraska medical school UNMC -with the Scottsbluff branch being easier to get into, Salisbury University, MD and Austin Peay in TN which is right outside of Ft Campbell. There are many schools out there that will fit the bill. I found many schools that fit the requirements and applied to multiple schools with good results. Now is the time to start researching schools so that you can meet their registration deadlines. Also by looking at each school’s sites you will know where you stand in preparing your ACEP packet. Just make sure that the schools know that you are applying for 2011 school year and not the 2010 school year if your packet goes in this year. I found it easier to get accepted into the current year’s program and then talk with the nursing department at my school of choice to defer one year until the program lets you start school. Many schools are understanding and have knowledge of the Military’s Nursing programs. For the payment for your school once accepted into ACEP does not start until Oct 1. Any questions about the program itself can be emailed to SFC Florey the POC on the ACEP packet application. Best of luck in getting your packet in and accepted.

i am not big on facebooks, but i agree with the trying to find housing and such. trying to figure out what part of salisbury to live and be affordable at the same time is looking to be a challenge, especially with a family. congratulations on getting in. looking forward to seeing you this fall.

I am in the Second Degree BSN program, but was deferred from last year. I was supposed to start in Sep ’08, but since the US Army is paying for me to go to school and for my school I did not mind waiting. I did not find out until mid-February last year on whether I was accepted into the program or not, but my interview had been done before Christmas. Best of Luck

here is the web site to a co 187th training battalion that conducts obc training for nurses. http://www.cs.amedd.army.mil/obc/. the first thing you do is get commissioned and fill out all of that paperwork, than you go through in processing which includes your height and weight being taken to ensure that you meet height weight standards in accordance with ar 600-9. during this same time you will get your initial briefings for the co, 1sg, class oic and so on. your class schedule is also on the web site. those with no prior service experience will also go through some extra classes as stated in the schedule. as far as living conditions that varies from year to year. usually you live in a hotel room with one other student and are bused to and from ft sam if you do not have a pov. also before you really get started in your class work you will go through and srp where all of your medical will be taken care of i.e. dental exams, shots that you do not have records of but are required by the military and so on. the list goes on. just remember, in your class you will have those who are prior service; some of these will become your class leaders. listen to them and if you have any questions; ask one of the prior service members for advice. just be happy that now you do not have to worry about highly shined boots and starched and pressed bdu's. if you have questions about your uniform you can look in fm 670-1. google these and you will be able to get the information out of them.