FarawaySoClose BSN, DNP, RN

Bring nosey cause I'm a psych NP too: did you get your offer back from the board yet?

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 know physiology related to psych meds. And I don't k...

MK, are you pursuing your BSN through NCP?

Probably looking at 7 in a 2 week cycle; 3 one week, 4 the next (including weekend shifts). That's if you're working 12s of course.

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 of times a month. On top of that you will have tra...

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, 79tango.

I went to ODS in January, if you have any questions about it let me know. I'm stationed in San Diego, loving it here.

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 depending on the time of year you go to ODS and on wh...

Newly minted Navy Nurse Corps Ensign here :)

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 full pay and benefits while you go to school plus...

Is anyone else still waiting to hear back on their ODS date and first station for the Navy Nurse Corps? My packet went before the boards late Oct/early Nov and my recruiter informed me that I had been "professionally recommended" early in December (I...

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 board but had to wait for a slot to open up which di...

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 but things seem to be moving pretty fast now and I...

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 are you hoping to get stationed? I can tell you aft...

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 Arizona, no idea how many other packets are being submitt...

If nobody's contacting you after you've filled out the form on the Navy.com website you can try googling "Navy recruiter (your city)" to find your local navy recruiters. These will be enlisted recruiters but you can call them up and ask if they can ...

Alright, can we please keep this friendly? It's easy for miscommunication or misunderstandings to occur on message boards, let's not make this personal. While we're on the subject of degrees, has anyone on here gotten their Masters or DNP through th...

Having recieved a similar message from my recruiter a few months ago, I can relate to what you've experienced. I hope that you are not taking this to personally (although it's difficult not to take any form of rejection personally); there has been a...

So I have a challenge that seems to be increasingly rare these days: I'm a new grad who needs to choose between 2 jobs. The first job, which I have been working at for a few days now, is a Pool position at an inpatient, acute pscyh facility in a rura...

Thank you very much for your advice; I decided to turn down the Med-surg job, keep my psych. nursing job and pursue a part-time or PRN med-surg or unit position for experience. Things will work out as they should :)

I applied to Abrazo's new grad waiting lists as well and was rejected within a day because they "selected other candidates", and I do have a BSN so that's not the reason. I'm not sure what the game is there but I found it fairly frustrating and depr...

I know this is probably a dumb question but what does LTACH mean and what are some examples? I've heard of SNF and LTC but never heard that one before. Thanks :)

Thank you I live in AZ so our results usually come through the day after we take our test. That sucks about the CA BoN taking so long but I'm sure you passed; the trick has been proven right time after time. Please let me know when you do find o...

Checked the state board website today and I'm officially an RN! Looks like the trick worked for me too. :w00t: