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  1. My daughter wants to be a nurse

    rustynail replied to Kica93's topic in Nursing Career

    Not to discourage anyone from becoming an LPN but in the military world, LPNs start at E5 (junior NCO level), while RNs start at O1 (junior officer level). As such, enlisted folks (E5) have about 20%...

  2. Clarification on the DNP requirement of 2015

    rustynail replied to umbdude's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    This is just a word of mouth but I was told last night that some schools have re-opened their MSN NP programs after going solely with DNP. Also, that no states as of yet have confirmed any...

  3. My daughter wants to be a nurse

    rustynail replied to Kica93's topic in Nursing Career

    The plan is to have 80% of all RNs in the USA with their BSN by 2020. It is a lofty goal since the percentage in 2010 was around 40%! RN-to-BSN is not all that difficult. 6 months - 12 months of...

  4. First Deployment Advice

    rustynail replied to New1LT's topic in Government, Military

    OPSEC please. My experience has been mostly with local nationals (good guys AND bad guys). First I thought they were superhuman, going through painful injuries like they were nothing. Little did I...

  5. Is taking a few years off after graduating nursing school to do Peace Corps abad idea

    rustynail replied to Cutieepie's topic in First Year After Licensure

    If you in fact DO decide to go, review the latest State Department warnings at least: Welcome to Travel.State.Gov I would try to talk you out of it but you probably already have your mind set on...

  6. Air Guard enlisted to Active duty Nurse Corps

    rustynail replied to JacAn001's topic in Government, Military

    Angela, If you are between 6 months - 24 months of finishing your BSN, you are qualified for ANCP (Army Nurse Commissioning Program). Navy has a similar program, not sure about the Air Force....

  7. Air Guard enlisted to Active duty Nurse Corps

    rustynail replied to JacAn001's topic in Government, Military

    Angela, The reason why I left USAF Reserves was the inflexibility to get transferred into health care once I was slotted as a mechanic. This is even before I was tasked to go for training! Needless...

  8. First Deployment Advice

    rustynail replied to New1LT's topic in Government, Military

    Baghdad ER then. That show is real. I haven't seen it yet but I have it in my queue on

  9. First Deployment Advice

    rustynail replied to New1LT's topic in Government, Military

    Watch the show "Combat Hospital" on Hulu before you go. It is a good conversational piece from our friendly neighbors up north :) It is not all that realistic and it seems like they tried to pack too...

  10. Male RN in maternity

    rustynail replied to lilcampy310's topic in Men in Nursing

    Wow, that is pretty harsh! For me personally, I had to walk away from the first child-birth, stayed for the second, and helped out with counting and lining up the sponges for the third one. OB...

  11. Reporting to BOLC in March

    rustynail replied to DWILDCAT's topic in Government, Military

    In a recent Army Times article there was a discussion on how to pass the tape test. One of the suggesstions, to the horror of some of the readers, was to bulk up neck muscles, so at least for males...

  12. Army Nurse vs. Navy Nurse ... ROTC and Job Description

    rustynail replied to olivia.826's topic in Government, Military

    I must have sent this message before but here it is again: Apply for both, NROTC and AROTC. For AROTC, there is a great book on Army Nurse Corps called "Angel Walk". That should give a good...

  13. teaching hospital vs. community hospitals and the rn

    rustynail replied to anotherone's topic in General Nursing

    Walter Reed split into 2/3 teaching hospital (Bethesda) and 1/3 community hospital (Ft. Belvoir) in August. I will be starting in Bethesda but from what I keep hearing, Belvoir is not a bad place to...

  14. Opportunities for Travel

    rustynail replied to sull2932's topic in Government, Military

    With Army Nursing, you are guaranteed to stay in your first duty station for one year. I actually have the official memorandum. Minimum time to serve active duty is 3 years, so you do the math....

  15. Persistence is paying off...

    rustynail replied to Oldlove's topic in Government, Military

    Funny how that works :) The new community hospital there is top-notch! Good

  16. Navy Nurse Corp Info

    rustynail replied to Blessedone1's topic in Government, Military

    Navy might be easier to get into than the Army as an RN without experience these days. You might also want to look into ANCP or NNCP programs. Good luck on your

  17. Prior Enlisted thinking about joining army nurse corp

    rustynail replied to ahowe07's topic in Government, Military

    I am presently an ROTC RN GBR (Gold Bar) recruiter. ROTC these days is the most solid path to becoming an Army Nurse if you don't have prior experience. ANCP is probably second best but to qualify...

  18. Reporting to BOLC in March

    rustynail replied to DWILDCAT's topic in Government, Military

    Not to make fun of the BMI standards but my BMI puts me squarely in "overweight" category. It stays between 27 and 28. I have never gotten taped but I am always only 5 lbs away, give or take. I...

  19. Reporting to BOLC in March

    rustynail replied to DWILDCAT's topic in Government, Military

    I was able to finish 13.1 miles in less than 2 hrs 10 minutes. The interesting part was that my heart and my mind were in agreement to keep running all the way but my muscles gave up at 12.5 mile...

  20. Army National Guard Nurse..

    rustynail replied to Kempochic's topic in Government, Military

    The word has it - as fresh new RNs we are not authorized to park there due to lack of parking spaces. Metro to the

  21. does it really matter where you got your degree from?

    rustynail replied to Nolander's topic in General Nursing

    I have noticed some minor differences between CCNE and NLNAC. NLNAC-accredited schools require you to take a College Chemistry course as a pre-requisite. CCNE-accredited schools are fine with...

  22. Reporting to BOLC in March

    rustynail replied to DWILDCAT's topic in Government, Military

    When I went to Basic some 8+ years ago, they made us do PT before breakfast every morning 5-times a week. In 9 weeks I lost 20 lbs. I have gained it back in 8 yrs but running before eating breakfast...

  23. Questions on Nursing in England

    rustynail replied to cacentralvalley's topic in International Nursing

    Med-sestra for a female nurse in Russian, Med-brat for a male nurse La enfermera for a female nurse in Spanish, el enfermero for a male nurse Krankenschwester for a female nurse in German,...

  24. Branches that accept ADN

    rustynail replied to nyemt2005's topic in Government, Military

    Air Guard, Guard and Reserves used to accept ADNs. With the draw-down in the works, BSN is pretty much a pre-requisite these days. The more experience you have, the better. 3 months is the minimum...

  25. does it really matter where you got your degree from?

    rustynail replied to Nolander's topic in General Nursing

    This goes double for Nursing positions with the military. CCNE or NLNAC