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  1. 50 year old New Family Nurse Practitioner

    rustynail replied to Clucas19's topic in Government, Military

    48 years cutoff for the Army. That's with all the waivers. There is definitely a need for Nurse Practitioners but age is also a discriminator. I should know because I commissioned as an RN at the...

  2. What does your username mean?

    rustynail replied to LifesAJourney's topic in Nursing Humor

    Rusty Nail for RN

  3. Army Reserve Nursing

    rustynail replied to dfdsue's topic in Government, Military

    xx2 would stand for RNs with 2 years of experience. xx3 with 3 years,

  4. Army Reserve Nursing

    rustynail replied to dfdsue's topic in Government, Military

    The best to explain the supply and demand for RNs in the Reserve component (and National Guard, as well as Regular Army) is the AMEDD Journal: http://www.cs.amedd.army.mil/AMEDDJournal/OctDec2011.pdf...

  5. First Deployment Advice

    rustynail replied to New1LT's topic in Government, Military

    I stand corrected. This time and age you can probably get a Google Earth view of the whole

  6. First Deployment Advice

    rustynail replied to New1LT's topic in Government, Military

    GB is growing quite an empire: Green Beans Coffee. Starbucks

  7. First Deployment Advice

    rustynail replied to New1LT's topic in Government, Military

    We fobbits like our Green Beans coffee

  8. Is nursing really that bad?

    rustynail replied to Lucidity's topic in Nursing Career

    Here is the second

  9. Is nursing really that bad?

    rustynail replied to Lucidity's topic in Nursing Career

    I dare to disagree. Military nursing (Army specifically) is a decent job for men

  10. First Deployment Advice

    rustynail replied to New1LT's topic in Government, Military

    # of beds sounds a little on the OPSEC side but who am I to judge? If any of my friends goes to my Facebook page, they would hardly know I am an RN, and an Army RN one at that. You just never know...

  11. Dominion, NVMHI, & St. Elizabeths Psychiatric Hospitals

    rustynail replied to mingez's topic in Virginia Nursing

    If I were to go into Psych I would probably choose Dominion. Let me ask you another way: if money were no object, would you rather go to Georgetown, George Mason or PG Community

  12. anyone currently enrolled in Georgetown?

    rustynail replied to KyelvertonRN's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I wish you guys the best of luck! I have always been impressed by Georgetown's Nursing program. Remember that they also have their Pre-Med option available to Nursing

  13. New grad jobs?

    rustynail replied to KATRN78's topic in New Jersey Nursing

    Joined the US Army

  14. Can't decide!

    rustynail replied to nurse*sunshine's topic in Government, Military

    Watch Baghdad ER (HBO) and if you are still ready, join the US Army :) Depending on your specialty. Army deployments are now 9

  15. US Forest Service

    rustynail replied to UTVOL3's topic in Government, Military

    Weren't they closed in

  16. EMT in Nursing School

    rustynail replied to Deredain's topic in General Students

    Meh. M E H. Meh. (Lisa and Bart Simpsons) Now being an MD from a foreign country, working as an EMT in Afghanistan, that is pretty cool :) This one dude could literally listen to someone's heart...

  17. "Are you serious?!"

    rustynail replied to sa[RN]ah's topic in Government, Military

    Expect slight sleep deprivation on weekend drills :) I did Army Reserves for 4 years (and National Guard for 4 more) and those are some early morning wake ups. While in ROTC, early wake ups only on...

  18. Army National Guard Nurse..

    rustynail replied to Kempochic's topic in Government, Military

    JeckRN, I cannot send you private messages anymore, your mailbox is

  19. Looking for advice! NP vs. MD

    rustynail replied to umdgrad's topic in Advanced Practice

    There is always a possibility to go from NP/PA to MD if you change your

  20. How old is too old?

    rustynail replied to Maryea's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    You are only as old as you admit you are :) I still remember when I enlisted almost a decade ago and the examination doctor was barely standing up, was frail, but still capable to make a decision...

  21. Clarification on the DNP requirement of 2015

    rustynail replied to umbdude's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    If DNP is going to become required, might as well go to medical

  22. First Deployment Advice

    rustynail replied to New1LT's topic in Government, Military

    Baghdad ER was manned by the 86th CSH: 86th Combat Support Hospital 91% survival

  23. safest NP cert

    rustynail replied to zoidberg's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    My thoughts on the DNP,

  24. safest NP cert

    rustynail replied to zoidberg's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    As they say in MBA school - focus on your core competencies. I honestly don't see how they mean to implement the DNP requirement before 2015 if ACA is going to start in 2014. Perhaps I live in...

  25. safest NP cert

    rustynail replied to zoidberg's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    Follow your heart :) I would personally choose ANP over FNP (less clinical hours / credit hours) and also because I prefer to work with