As much as most nurses will suggest getting a year of med-surg under your belt before specializing you can survive in psych without it as long as you maintain a basic level of medical knowledge and...
I haven't been on my unit yet so I can't answer most questions about what the work is like. I haven't heard anything about working 5-6 shifts per week; I've been told it's 3-4 plus on-call a couple...
Perkygyrl, you have to post a certain number of times before you can send private messages. What are your questions? I'll do my best to answer them. Good point,
First of all, thank you for making the commitment to serve our country, especially as a "lifer" I went to ODS this January and can give you an idea of what to expect but your experience will vary...
The Navy has a program for just that called Medical Enlisted Commissioning Program that allows active duty medical corpsman to pursue their BSN and, upon earning their BSN, become an officer. You get...
Backflipx2, How long ago did you start applying? Did you send a packet to last year's selection board? I've been applying for a year and a half and was professionally recommended last year by the...
Hello Backflipx2, I just heard back a couple of weeks ago that my commission into the NNC was approved and found out my duty station and ODS date last week: San Diego and Jan 2nd. It was a long wait...
Not sure if I can post links but this page has lots of tips for ODS: http://navyhpsp.net/wiki/ODS_Tips I haven't been there yet myself but I'm hoping to go soon
Congrats on being nearly finished with earning you BSN, Oldlove, that's a tough journey. With that much experience in emergency nursing they should be eager to have you in the nurse corps :) Where...
Hi Oldlove, I knew they were reviewing packets soon but had no idea that it would be tomorrow. I started my packet in April 2009 (egads! has it really been nearly a year and a half?) and am in...