nebnurse

active duty since mar 2010, assigned to crdamc fort hood since june 2010. been in the pacu the past 6 months.

a few questions: im a 66H LT in the army. thinking about volunteering for deployment. never been deployed before. 1. what is the FASTEST way to get deployed? 2. any way to choose where i get deployed to? 3. any resources out there to help with the deployment process? videos? 4. are we just expected to know how to use/put together everything from CIF? my ncoic put my bag together but i still have no idea what goes where. resources? any advice and helpful hints are appreciated. thank you! -ben

do not volunteer for comabtives...

the army moves your stuff for you and holds it at fort hood while youre at bolc and then you schedule it to be moved once you find a place. i tried the same thing, i wanted to live in austin and had to dump my apt and move up here because it turns out you have to be here like every day for something... belton isnt as far, but i live right off post and i love not having to commute at all because theres nothing to do in this town anyways.

i am in the process of researching grad school programs for informatics. I am looking specifically at the Univ of Illinois at Chicago distance program. im an army nurse so i cant do the traditional program. they are one of the few online programs out there that are CAHIIM accredited. i think tennessee is about to get accredited as well. i am a new grad nurse in the army, working towards ICU certification. i love icu and i love computers and the idea of informatics. i have past background in project mgmt and i am very computer savvy. my question is how realistic is the job market for introductory level applicants like me when i graduate with this degree? what could i expect to make? how long would it take to "climb the ladder" in this field? any advice is appreciated. also, ive heard medical informatics is more broad and gives you better overall skillsets/knowledge... true? i was also looking at dukes program but that is only nursing informatics and not CAHIIM accredited, and very expensive. thank you!

yes, theres a registration link on the alpha site and at the end of my registration it said report on march 25. i can only assume that is a mistake. ill be there mar 29 also lol.

My actual orders say mar 29 also, but when I completed th bolc registration on one of those links in the site you mentioned it said to report on mar 25. Weird.

Hey I registered for bolc on that site and it said the report date was march 25...? Did you get that as well? I'm driving out from Cali.

ill be there too. reporting to fort hood after. thanks for the link! where did you find out about it? i feel like i should have known about that...? lol. there is a facebook group for our class if you guys are interested: http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=333525525574 see you soon!

congrats! i just got my official orders this week. i will be going to march 29 oblc and im assigned to fort hood. best of luck!

i requested membership as well, very cool! i am still waiting for my official orders... definitely a lesson in patience lol see you there!

No I am from San Diego and love to surf and I wanted anything on the west coast or Hawaii lol but I'm pretty sure it boils down to whatever is available when you are ready to be assigned. I believe if I had waited to go to he July class I would have had my choice but I didn't want to wait... Excited to get going! Good luck with your choices!

Congrats and best of luck. I had those exact same three choices lol and when I passed boards they simply gave me a choice of 4 duty stations none of which were on my list... Hopefully those assignments will not be full by the time you are ready for assignment. I'm in the march 29 class.

i am in the same boat. however i am commissioning into the army for my first 3 years of nursing. but generally speaking, in order to get into a crna program you need a couple years of ICU experience, and most schools will want you to pass the GRE with a fairly high score. best of luck!

Ya I wad just referring to the perceptions and attitudes of instructors etc... Just curious.