jeckrn

jeckrn BSN, RN

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  1. Army Nurse Corp Citizen

    jeckrn replied to onesteph's topic in Government, Military

    With the upcoming drawdown it might be diffucult without US citizenship for the reserves. But if you do not ask, the answer will always be no. You need to speak with a healthcare recruiter. Good...

  2. First Deployment Advice

    jeckrn replied to New1LT's topic in Government, Military

    I do not know to much about Basition since it was under the British last year. We had heard that they were going to give up the hospital up there. Is it the 10th CSH you are going to be with? Just be...

  3. First Deployment Advice

    jeckrn replied to New1LT's topic in Government, Military

    What unit are you going with? Depending on what unit will depend on what you will need. If you are going to the southern part of the country you will not need as much cold weather gear as if you are...

  4. Nurse II for VA clinic question

    jeckrn replied to Marshall1's topic in Government, Military

    Marshall your pay should be in the area of 25-35/hr depending on what level & step they give you. As a BSN with 21+ years you should be around a Nurse 2 Step 8-10 which is in the upper half of...

  5. How can a navy nurse work w/t the marine and take care of others around the world?

    jeckrn replied to loveofnursing's topic in Government, Military

    As far as serving with the Marines it is not to hard as a Navy nurse. You just need to be assigned to a Marine base or a Marine unit. As far as the other areas it might happen and it might not it...

  6. Appropriate student observation in OR or not?

    jeckrn replied to ELS 1957's topic in Operating Room

    I agree that the student should not be in trouble. He went where he was assigned. Any issues about him being in the OR should be between Hospital Ed., his nursing school, & the

  7. Appropriate student observation in OR or not?

    jeckrn replied to ELS 1957's topic in Operating Room

    Professionlism starts by taking care of our

  8. Air Force Waivers

    jeckrn replied to docteri's topic in Government, Military

    I would not be suprised since they are downsizing like all the other

  9. Appropriate student observation in OR or not?

    jeckrn replied to ELS 1957's topic in Operating Room

    Being a provider or experienced nurse and working is different then being a student and going to class. Once you have the experience you know & understand what is going on and able to focus on...

  10. Appropriate student observation in OR or not?

    jeckrn replied to ELS 1957's topic in Operating Room

    Question, why was the student doing clinicals the day his son was having a procedure? I know if one of my children is having a procedure I would be more concerned about my child then what was going on...

  11. Strong Personalities

    jeckrn replied to K.RAZ RNinOR's topic in Operating Room

    You need to pull this PA to the side and let him know what he did is unprofessional and will not be tolerated. When you are speaking with him let him know that if he wants to see the patient before...

  12. Navy Hospital Corpsman to RN ???

    jeckrn replied to vrfdd123's topic in Government, Military

    If you go to CRNA school and you are on active duty you will recieve your full pay and allowances. As far as getting a stipend for one of the other programs it depends on the program. Getting into...

  13. Prior Enlisted thinking about joining army nurse corp

    jeckrn replied to ahowe07's topic in Government, Military

    Even thou officers do have it easier then enlisted you will work some long hard hours as a nurse doing BS jobs at time. With that being said if the reason that you what to come back on active duty is...

  14. Army RN to Army PA?

    jeckrn replied to NickG's topic in Government, Military

    SNRachel has it right, it is harder to make rank as a PA vs. NP in the Army. The promotion list for Major just came out last week and the promotion rate for PA's was around 50% and NP's around 90%....

  15. Nurse II for VA clinic question

    jeckrn replied to Marshall1's topic in Government, Military

    The pay was for when I was a civilian nurse with the VA not a military nurse. The VA does not have military nurses. The pay scale is the same for a clinic and hospital nurse. As I said each area...

  16. Nurse II for VA clinic question

    jeckrn replied to Marshall1's topic in Government, Military

    Depending on where in the SE you are located at will affect your salary. One way to get a idea of what you would make at the VA is see what nurses with the same amount of experience are making since...

  17. Army National Guard Nurse..

    jeckrn replied to Kempochic's topic in Government, Military

    It is now called Walter Reed National Miltary Medical

  18. Reporting to BOLC in March

    jeckrn replied to DWILDCAT's topic in Government, Military

    SInce you still have around 4 months keep at the PT. If you belong to a gym/fitness club see if they have a fitness trainer and get with them to design a exercise program which will help with the PT...

  19. Branches that accept ADN

    jeckrn replied to nyemt2005's topic in Government, Military

    The Army Reserves no long takes

  20. ROTC vs ANCP

    jeckrn replied to hello sammi's topic in Government, Military

    One of the issues you now have to look at when you are making your decision which route you are going to take, ANCP, ROTC (scholarship & non-scholarship) is the how many nurses are they going to...

  21. Army National Guard Nurse..

    jeckrn replied to Kempochic's topic in Government, Military

    Do you know where you are going to be stationed

  22. VA tele-health tech

    jeckrn replied to Animal3's topic in Government, Military

    Understand why but as I posted earlier it will be hard to get a non RN

  23. VA Educational Opportunities for Working LPNs

    jeckrn replied to bestallaround's topic in Government, Military

    There are several different programs at the VA to help with education. If you are working at the VA now you need to go speak with the person who is incharge of education at the HR department. If you...

  24. Army RN to Army PA?

    jeckrn replied to NickG's topic in Government, Military

    Army Nurses can apply for the PA program. If they are picked up for the program the Nurse Corps has to release them to allow them to attend the course. All PA's in the military are now officers,...

  25. has anyone left the OR for the floor? or after 1 year?

    jeckrn replied to dontcallmeamurse's topic in Operating Room

    Agree, it takes longer to comfortable in the OR then most other areas of nursing. Depending on the size of the hospital and the number of services that work in can either shorten or lengthen the time...