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  1. Becoming a Nurse After 40

    rustynail replied to PacoUSA's topic in General Nursing

    I had an instructor whose purpose was to weed out nursing students who were 2 out of 3 of the following criteria: 1. Over 40 2. Male 3. Gay We didn't know this until later, once the clinical rotation...

  2. Army National Guard Nurse..

    rustynail replied to Kempochic's topic in Government, Military

    Walter Reed, my first choice

  3. Is this crazy? RN as 68W in Army Reserves

    rustynail replied to CCZ3's topic in Government, Military

    Get you BSN CCNE-accredited or NLN-accredited. I believe Excelsior is NLN-accredited but always make sure it is. If you were 2 years younger, I could have helped but once you hit 40, it gets a lot...

  4. Airborne Nurses In The Army Reseve?

    rustynail replied to Ol Timer's topic in Government, Military

    I check "Airborne" checkbox on RFO every time I have the option and it hasn't worked out for me yet. I already earned the Airborne combat patch (with AIRBORNE) on top of it but not the wings. It...

  5. Help Want to start ncp

    rustynail replied to Mswill5's topic in Government, Military

    I might sound like a recruiter now (because I am until I ship out to BOLC) but ROTC is a lot more reliable way to get into active duty Army Nursing. Prior AD will give you extra points, especially if...

  6. Army National Guard Nurse..

    rustynail replied to Kempochic's topic in Government, Military

    ROTC did it for me. I was able to get released from NG and go active. Waiting to ship out to BOLC soon. Rusty Goldbar

  7. New Army Nurse!

    rustynail replied to teddy4987's topic in Government, Military

    I will join the club on Jan 18 too! That makes 4 of us so far. This blog is awesome! Rusty, Goldbar RN

  8. ROTC vs ANCP

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

    A part of the ANCP eligibility is "must not be eligible to receive an ROTC scholarship". In my opinion, ROTC is the better route because it will prepare to be a better overall Army officer. ANCP is...

  9. Current Army ROTC Nursing Student

    rustynail replied to wxwamm's topic in Government, Military

    Before I forget, here are the ROTC regions:

  10. Current Army ROTC Nursing Student

    rustynail replied to wxwamm's topic in Government, Military

    MU Runner, I am currently a Goldbar RN Recruiter with ROTC and never heard of such attitude! I would have passed you over to an AMEDD recruiter instead to at least go AD Army. What ROTC region were...

  11. Any Navy or Air Force Reserve CRNA's out there?

    rustynail replied to CABGx4's topic in Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist, CRNA

    I am not a recruiter but I have heard from several channels that they don't deploy nurses during the first year as a result of a lesson learned. Basically, the last time when they pulled this off, it...

  12. Had multiple PPD's can this be harmful?

    rustynail replied to dblpn's topic in General Nursing

    This is according to the NIH: Risks "There is a very small risk of severe redness and swelling of the arm in people who have had a previous positive PPD test and who have the test again. There also...

  13. Army National Guard Nurse..

    rustynail replied to Kempochic's topic in Government, Military

    I am an E5 in the National Guard (not a medical MOS) and just finished my ADN. I would like to get some motivation to follow through with my NCLEX-RN but I haven't been able to find any USNG/USANG RN...