becker04
has 3 years experience and specializes in OR/Med-Surg.
Hi everyone, I'm a 27 year old male operating room nurse. I have been a nurse since 2012 and love every second of it. I have med-surg experience, but the OR is my home. I applied for an operating room nurse position in the U.S. Air Force this October and am hoping that is my next challenge/adventure. Any operating room questions feel free to ask, I work in a level 1 trauma center and work in all surgeries other than open heart. I specialize in transplant and NICU surgery. (Temporarily I am a night shift charge nurse, so I'm stuck with emergency/trauma cases).
We have a Facebook group now. The name is Air Force COT 16-06. It is a closed group for privacy reasons, so I will do my best to keep watch over the requests to join. If you need to reach me my email...
Hi all, The cot website shows that we are going to be class 16-06. However I don't think this is correct as there are other Facebook groups with this designation for a June cot class. I'm assuming we...
Congrats TnRN43 that's a welcome surprise I'm sure! I haven't seen any mention of a Facebook page yet for our COT group. If you see one please pass the info along! I might make one if there isn't one...
Hi Mrs27smith! I'm not 100% sure about the majority of folks on this post but I think it's pretty even 50/50 split between ad and reserves. I am going active duty, but if you have any questions I'll...
Hello again everyone! Sorry for being afk for awhile, my grad program is keeping me busy until COT. Since the last post after finding out I was accepted I had to resend a lot of my paperwork...
Hi Kristen, congrats on your selection! My name is Eric and I was selected for August COT as well. I'm going in as an OR nurse, and will be stationed at SAMMC also. I currently live in Phoenix AZ so...
I just got a call from my recruiter, I got selected! Very elated right now and I was told that I was the only OR nurse to be selected for January boards (whether or not that's true I don't know). I...
I heard the boards got pushed back to first/second week of January. My recruiter says we will find out end of January. I'm applying for OR nursing. Good
Hi all, thanks for being so informative thus far! I'm assuming most people in this thread applied pre-october? I turned in my application for second boards in December, and am curious how long you all...
Most of those materials are very helpful, however I would also add the kaplan strategies book (the thin one), and the NCSBN Review extension found here... NCSBN Learning Extension . NCLEX preparation...
the pvt is kind of daunting at first, but it's good to know! Best of luck to you, it sounds like you really have overcome some hurdles and deserve this! I'm rooting for
Congrats on starting!!! You're in for a wild ride. I am just about to start preceptorship this week so let me answer what I can...The schedule changes throughout all 4 blocks, but starting out you're...
Just finished checking my acceptance for the fall 2011 cohort at gateway (accelerated program) and was wondering if anyone else has accepted placement here as well? Congrats to everyone who got...
I'm in the same boat, got up an hour before my alarm went off and checking email every so often. Then checking back here to see if anyone else has had some news. Preferably good news at that. Well...