Gennaver MSN

Ortho, Med surg and L&D

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    Honestly, how bad is the gas chamber?

    Hi there, Hey, I gotta check out the youtube of the last class of 07 since that was my class!! Thanks,
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    New Grad 5 months in...

    Hi Tuddy, I'm a relatively new grad and been on my unit off of preceptorship for five months now...however I am not on a tele floor. I feel like I have learned ...nothing...at all...in five months....
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    Army - Your 1st assignment and deployment

    Hello, I graduated from OBLC this last fall. The Army is such a personal decision and I commend you for considering it, it definately changed my life. While they told us repeatedly during Nurse tract...
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    Army Nurse deployment?

    Hello, I have mentioned this in two threads already but, think it deserves its own thread. As someone who is just going through the recruitment steps and interested in active duty I am very, very...
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    Active Duty Assignment

    The tattoo should be no problem as long as it meets few guidelines: -not be racist or offensive -not be on your face, on the front of your neck, (forward of your ear) -not be on your hands and -not...
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    Government Navajo IHS Positions

    Hello, The hospital stopped paying the contract agency? Yet, do the GS, Tribal and the USPHS nurses still get paid? I wonder if the contract agency knew this in advance or not....what a shame!
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    Active Duty Assignment

    Hello Sal, edit----> HOLD ON!!! If you are talking with a medical recruiter who is telling you that you will go to basic first then he/she may not me a HEALTHCARE recruiter, cease talking to them!...
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    Army Nurse deployment?

    Hello Cobber, Yeah, imagine that, six months if your are deployed! However, someone explained it to me that I think its longer if you are assigned/profis's to a unit, you stay with them. Yes, I did...
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    Army Nurse deployment?

    Hello, Actually, turns out that certain student loans do qualify for Military deferment. I do not remember where I found the details, think it was through the FAFSA site, so I just did a quick google...
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    SANE/Forensic Nursing

    Hello, Just recently I mentioned to a coworker nurse that I want to earn my Sexual Assault Nurse Examiner certificate and she shared that she is interested in Forensic nursing. I hadn't made the...
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    more than nursing professionals wearing scrubs

    Hello, What do I think? I think that wearing scrubs is like walking around in floppy looking, ill fitting pajamas all day...Hmph. I do not feel like it makes me look professional at all and wish that...
  12. Possibly you are baffled by it because there was no condescending tone in the first place. I'm somewhat surprised that you took it that way, however, it is your perogative to do so. Cheers,
  13. Hi, Let me get this straight, you are advising folks to join the Navy, go through the request and wait to balance being accepted to the corpsman training program, fulfill your service obligation,...
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    Bored To Death!

    Hi, Oh, somehow I doubt that being mind-numbingly bored would be "the" change of pace you are seeking. Sub-acute is no where near Acute. I've worked both as a tech and was hoping for "acute" again...
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    Bored To Death!

    Ummm, That might not solve the OP's issue. I went Army and am also stuck on the midnight shift and in ortho. If the op isn't stimulated by pushing pain meds and assessing tingling, numbness and motor...
  16. Hello Dalesgirl, Yup, I'm on orders and ....edited to summarize: My inconsistant midnight schedule is just bugging me.
  17. Hi, I'm finally a new RN and finally in the Army nurse corps and finally on the unit and nearly off my preceptorship... I'm on the midnight shift and on the ortho unit and nice as the staff and...
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    UTHSCSA Spring '07

    Hi y'all, I'm conditionally accepted for a fall seat in the PhD in Nursing program at UTHSCSA. This is really exciting news for me. I'm from Chicago but have been living in SA since July, (I'm an Army...
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    ATI predictor

    Hi, My ATI predictor said I had a 97% chance of passing. I passed at 75 questions.
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    Some bad news...

    Hello, Yes, I was non select twice and after the second time we did not change a thing in my packet, merely resubmitted it. I was selected on the resubmit. Do not give up hope. Sometimes it can be a...
  21. Hello, The cohort group of new nurses that I started with at my hospital, (Army Nurses) included five prior service, five men, ten women, five ROTC and five direct commission. Of this group five of...
  22. :) Hi, a degree that is Pre-Anything is any degree which concurrently fulfills pre-reqs for that degree. My Associate of Allied Health Sciences with a major in Biology was a pre-nursing degree. My...
  23. Hello, I am an RN, (direct entry MENP but not the NP, just the MS nurse generalist). The Army has a Health Professions Loan Repayment, (HPLRP) which will pay off a large portion of your school loans....
  24. Hello Kawain, Any time I transferred, (from associates to univeristy then between university) it always seemed like the university needed a year in order to fulfill their individual degree...