jeckrn

jeckrn BSN, RN

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  1. Army Perioperative Nurse (66E)

    jeckrn replied to burnetmw's topic in Government, Military

    Most OR nurse's I know went to 66E school as 1LT' s. In my class of 8 I was the only Captain. Depending on the size of your facility will dictate the rank of the OIC. At smaller hospitals it is...

  2. Army or Navy Nurses ?

    jeckrn replied to Uriah Newman's topic in Government, Military

    As Justbeachy stated you need to contact a healthcare recruiter not your local enlisted recruiter. Go to their recruitment websites and there should be contact info. Since the services are at or...

  3. Army fy 2016

    jeckrn replied to sarahmarie14's topic in Government, Military

    I am not sure how they fill active duty slots with reservists. Would guess it comes down to numbers and availability of

  4. Which branch has the best uniforms in your opinion

    jeckrn replied to Blue Robin's topic in Government, Military

    As far as a working uniform I would have to go with the Marines. The Marpat is nicer than ACU' s. For the office either the Marines or Navy. The Navy has the worse junior enlisted dress uniform, the...

  5. Army fy 2016

    jeckrn replied to sarahmarie14's topic in Government, Military

    Congratulations on being picked up. If you are going reserves the dates will depend on your unit. If active you have to go first then on to your duty

  6. Army Perioperative Nurse (66E)

    jeckrn replied to burnetmw's topic in Government, Military

    I see you are from PA, which FST are you with? I used to be with the 339 CSH out of Erie when I was in the

  7. Army Perioperative Nurse (66E)

    jeckrn replied to burnetmw's topic in Government, Military

    There is limited scrub training in the

  8. Army Perioperative Nurse (66E)

    jeckrn replied to burnetmw's topic in Government, Military

    As an OR nurse in the Army you will circulate 99% of the time when you are a junior officer and will decrease over time as you advance in your career. There are times that a RN will circulate at a...

  9. Does the Air Force treat you different as direct commission then enlist airman

    jeckrn replied to Blue Robin's topic in Government, Military

    I am Army but can answer your question and it is yes. As a nurse you are a commissioned officer not an enlisted Airmen. All services expect more out of their junior officers than their junior...

  10. Army fy 2016

    jeckrn replied to sarahmarie14's topic in Government, Military

    Sounds like the 100-120 is the total accessions from all sources. Five for DA is in line of what it has been the last couple of

  11. Army fy 2016

    jeckrn replied to sarahmarie14's topic in Government, Military

    Did the total of 100-120 include ROTC or just direct commissions? Not all ROTC grads are guaranteed an active duty slot now. The last couple years the DA slots have been there than 20 for active...

  12. OR nursing in AF/Army

    jeckrn replied to MindiRN724's topic in Government, Military

    If you are joining for the money it's the wrong reason and you will end up hating the service. I am not sure if you scrub at all but in the Army Perioperative nurse's do not scrub. The type of hours,...

  13. Rn reserve

    jeckrn replied to allencortado's topic in Government, Military

    That's good since you can not get a commission without being a US

  14. Rn reserve

    jeckrn replied to allencortado's topic in Government, Military

    Are you a US citizen? If not you need to be working on becoming

  15. Army: Exceeding weight limit with low bodyfat

    jeckrn replied to ProgressiveThinking's topic in Government, Military

    You will need to ask a recruiter on this one since I do not know what the commissioning standards are. I know once you are in you have to pass weight or body fat. For Males they measure your neck...

  16. Help please! Nursing School or Join US Air Force

    jeckrn replied to Blue Robin's topic in Government, Military

    All initial enlistment or commissions have a 8 year duty obligation which can be served on active duty or reserves or a combination of

  17. Help please! Nursing School or Join US Air Force

    jeckrn replied to Blue Robin's topic in Government, Military

    awwFor myself it was. My classmates I the RN to BSN said it was the same for them. One reason is that you do not have clinical since you already have your RN

  18. Help please! Nursing School or Join US Air Force

    jeckrn replied to Blue Robin's topic in Government, Military

    I completed my BSN in the same route that you are taking. Before you even complete your ASN start looking at other ASN to BSN programs out their. The program you are in might be the best for you but...

  19. Army RN FY 2016 question

    jeckrn replied to sch983's topic in Government, Military

    Beside base pay you will receive a housing allowance, free health insurance for you and your family. Also pay is relative to where you live. I am from WNY and would have had to make twice as much to...

  20. GOAL: Civil RN in Spanish base, HELP !

    jeckrn replied to MariaMeth's topic in Government, Military

    The SoFA will also cover how the base can fill civilian positions. From what I understand in Germany military spouses can not fill civilian positions until it has been offered to the local

  21. GOAL: Civil RN in Spanish base, HELP !

    jeckrn replied to MariaMeth's topic in Government, Military

    Reply you working for a DoD hospital now? If you are speak with your HE department. As far as positions in Spain the Sofa agreement will govern who can be hired so you need to find that out

  22. FST Experience

    jeckrn replied to williams84's topic in Government, Military

    If this is an active duty FST push to have your deltas at the hospital working on a regular basis. The Army and their wisdom will assign some very inexperienced ones to a CSH & FST. On the...

  23. AF Nurse Corp

    jeckrn replied to dream031224's topic in Government, Military

    What was your RE code? It will be a major factor if you can get back in. Unless it's a RE-1 you will properly need a waiver. If it's an RE-4 it will be almost impossible to obtain a waiver. I would...

  24. OR RN role in the military

    jeckrn replied to furryhat's topic in Government, Military

    For 9 more

  25. OR RN role in the military

    jeckrn replied to furryhat's topic in Government, Military

    In the Army a Peri-operative nurse works in the OR only. For the most part we only circulate and scrubbing is handled by enlisted or civilian scrub techs. We are taught how to scrub in the...