jeckrn

jeckrn BSN, RN

EMT, ER, Homehealth, OR

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  1. Army Reserve to Active Duty

    jeckrn replied to ReconMedic's topic in Government, Military

    Whenever you are on orders greater than 30 days you are considered to be on active duty and receive all the benefits as active

  2. Training new OR hires with little/no educational support

    jeckrn replied to stephwillcutyou's topic in Operating Room

    There is a reason why they are losing experienced nurses and unable to recruit experienced ones. Can imagine pay is on the low side there. What does your contract say with the travel company and the...

  3. US Navy Nurse Corps as already a licensed practicing nurse

    jeckrn replied to guest545900's topic in Government, Military

    Right now all the services are well staffed with RN's and making the transition is not as easy today as it was even 10 years ago. I went the enlisted to commission route in the reserves and luckily...

  4. US Navy Nurse Corps as already a licensed practicing nurse

    jeckrn replied to guest545900's topic in Government, Military

    Sounds like you talked with an enlisted recruiter, they will try to have you enlist vs commission. You need to contact a healthcare recruiter, they can be found at the Navy's recruiting website....

  5. Airforce/Military Nurse Officer?!?

    jeckrn replied to CRNA2026's topic in Government, Military

    - How long are the officer contracts? Are they a mix of active and non active duty? All contracts are for 8 years and can be a mix from 3 years active/5 reserves to all active or all reserves. - What...

  6. US Airforce for foreign nurses

    jeckrn replied to MAF51726's topic in Government, Military

    1) Is it CCNE accredited? If so it should be good, contact a healthcare recruiter to find out 2) Long 3) Not sure, again contact a healthcare recruiter Are you a US citizen? You need to be a US...

  7. Surgery on the patient stretcher

    jeckrn replied to rquinn0111's topic in Operating Room

    The ones I have seen have been podiatry cases and they were simple cases and only done in the OR instead of the clinic is the health of the

  8. Surgery on the patient stretcher

    jeckrn replied to rquinn0111's topic in Operating Room

    The burns should not be an issue if the patient is properly

  9. Is the VA a good place to work?

    jeckrn replied to Morainey's topic in Government, Military

    You are vested in the pension after 5 years of service. Depending on your age now you could retire as young as 55 with a

  10. Considering re-entering the Air Force as FNP

    jeckrn replied to djmatte's topic in Government, Military

    One thing going for you is your 9 years in the AF if it was all active duty. You can add your active duty to the maximum age limit; if the age limit is 42 your 9 years no makes your max age 51. What...

  11. Allowing Corpsman to Become Nurses

    jeckrn replied to Asystole RN's topic in Government, Military

    Well said; I was a HM(8404) for many years also and would never have considered myself an RN with the training I received. There are many HM's out in the fleet who work in a BAS or at the platoon...

  12. Can I pick my specialty out of ROTC?

    jeckrn replied to ydnac13's topic in Government, Military

    I have not heard of anyone being able to pick their specialty as a new nurse in the Army. You will be assigned based on the need of the Army. Plan on working on a med-surg floor for 1-2

  13. Active Duty CRNA v Guard , HPSP, and Autonomy

    jeckrn replied to silvrsnoflake's topic in Government, Military

    I am not sure if you husband can go on active duty to finish his school is available to him since he is already in school and in the reserves. Even though he is in the reserves he will have to go...

  14. Salary offer

    jeckrn replied to ccmunurse's topic in Government, Military

    Yes, the offer is based on a 80 hour pay period or 1 FTE and you will be paid for 72 hours or 0.9

  15. Broken leg/Ambulance

    jeckrn replied to peaceful2100's topic in School

    Nothing wrong with grandparents transporting the patient. The EMS system is over worked because of patients that can be transported via POV instead of a

  16. What would my rank be?

    jeckrn replied to Ryjin01's topic in Government, Military

    O2E if you have greater than 4 years of active time in points. There are some areas of nursing which will not count towards your constructive credit like

  17. GS nurse pay scale

    jeckrn replied to tippeny's topic in Government, Military

    Title 38 Special Salary Rate Schedules This website should

  18. Army Nursing

    jeckrn replied to msmoe16's topic in Government, Military

    You will need to contact a Healthcare Recruiter to get up to date information on available bonuses. Do not contact the local enlisted recruiter, some will try to get you to enlist versus getting your...

  19. Liability insurance

    jeckrn replied to CGB1's topic in Government, Military

    When I went was in my BSN program we had the risk manager for the major hospital system in Buffalo who stated if you have insurance it is your primary insurance. She further went on to say that if...

  20. Liability insurance

    jeckrn replied to CGB1's topic in Government, Military

    Drop it, there is no reason to have it in the Federal system. I did not have it in the civilian world or will I

  21. Wanted to bounce some ideas off military nurses, USAGPAN

    jeckrn replied to easypeasylemonwheezy's topic in Government, Military

    Right now it is almost impossible to go from reserves to active even if your unit would allow it. Things can change and once you are done with your BSN you might be able to make the switch. If you...

  22. Va onboarding

    jeckrn replied to special1rn's topic in Government, Military

    I would think they want to make a tentative offer of what you make now. The tentative offer is not made by the nursing board but by others in HR. When you update your resume, but in as much as you...

  23. ER to OR

    jeckrn replied to Charlie0814's topic in Operating Room

    I made the move and it was the best decision I made as far as nursing goes. You are right about the OR being a different beast. What I like about it is more mechanical than any other area of...

  24. Vancomycin

    jeckrn replied to Moura2104's topic in Operating Room

    Did they get the same dosage of Vanc.? If it was the some dosage there should be no problem, just a little more

  25. Vancomycin

    jeckrn replied to Moura2104's topic in Operating Room

    Used it yesterday to soak a bone graft before being placed and then sprinkled in the site before