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Hi All! I just got a district nurse job in Ohio. The teachers union approached me today and said since I am certified staff I am eligible to join. Is it worth it for the nurse to join this? She said they would aide in negotiating my contract, provide...

I was just looking through and found it! Should've searched better before I posted! Thanks!

Hi everyone, I have had the desire to join the AF Reserves since I was in school. I needed to be a nurse at least a year. I have been in the NICU since I started and could get my speciality designation for the NICU with the AF. I was wondering when y...

Yea I know there's only 5 bases that have NICUs, San Antonio obviously being the largest. I just didn't know what deployment would be like. If I didn't get the NICU designation would they just make me a general med surg nurse?

Hey all! So I am a new grad, finished in April and was lucky enough to land my dream job in a Level III NICU. I have my first day tomorrow and I am SOOOO nervous! I have been working as a tech in the adult world for the last two years and so I feel l...

Thanks Ruby!!

Hi everyone! I am in my final semester of nursing school. I have been interested in Air Force nursing for the past 2 years. Unfortunately I know my GPA is not high enough to apply right out of school (I have a 3.4 and I believe the cut off is 3.5). ...

Thank you! I tried asking my preceptor about it but he was enlisted while going to school so it was different and he isn't a recruiter so he wasn't sure. But thank you for your help!

So it really just depends how many spots per specialty? When do they typically release that? When is the time of year that it's wise to start your application? (Are these recruiter questions?)

Hey everybody, I just spoke to my recruiter and I have a little while, I don't need to start my application until January. Does anyone have any tips though for how to improve your application? I currently have a 3.69 GPA, I work as part time as tech ...

Oh that's great! I didn't even think of that!

Thanks so much for the advice! I am lucky enough that a close family friend is a Lt. Col in the nurse corps and used to do chief nursing interviews so he offered to prep me for that but obviously my application has to be good enough too so that's my...

Oh that's awesome! Thanks! I didn't know you could get ACLS and PALS as a tech, I'll definitely look into those!

Do you have to submit transcripts from every college you've attended?

I am not in the AF yet but have spoken to a Captain whom is a peds nurse in San Antonio. She told me that the nurses on her unit make their own schedules, they work 12s, and they work about 14 shifts every 4 weeks so on an average 42hours per week.

Hey everyone! I have a job interview on Tuesday for a PCA job in a major hospital's NICU. I have worked home health for about 2 years in the past and the last 6 months I have been at a long term care facility while in school. I have been really wanti...

Hi Everyone! So I was originally a pre-med student, so received my BS in Bio. For various reasons I switched to nursing and am now in a program to get my BSN. I have just recently started looking into various military nursing and have decided the Air...

Thanks so much for clearing all of that up, I really appreciate it!

My mother sent me to a friend of hers that is a Lt. Col in the AF and a nurse, who also apparently conducts a lot of the Chief Nursing Interviews for applicants. He mentioned the Nurse Intern Program, said it was 5 months long, is this the same thing...

The one that pays you a stipend while in school, is that same as the HPSP program? Thanks so much for tht info! I'll just have to bug the crap out of my recruiter then haha.

Ok so I'm mobile so I can't edit my post. I was mistaken and now see the HPSP is a graduate scholarship. If I'm graduating with my BSN in March 2017, when should I apply then?

Hey everyone, so I just kind of wanted to get opinions on something. I was in a nursing program my first semester of college and then had an "oh crap--what if?" moment and transferred. Anyway, I received my bachelor's in biology with minor in chem an...

Hey Everyone! Just need to vent and fret a little. I started the pre-reqs today! Yes, finally it seems like it has taken forever. I had A&P I and Psych today, will have to add in Chemistry tomorrow. What is worrying me right now is A&P. I hav...

I'm taking A&P I and the lab this semester, along with general psych, and then biochem and it's lab. I'm pretty nervous too. I have a pretty tough instructor, but I'm also pretty excited. Next semester I'm no too much busier though with A&P I...

Congrats to everyone. I move into school August 1st, I know it's like a week away, and then officially start the 17th. I'm so excited!