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.