rghbsn BSN, RN

I am a civilian flight nurse...CCRN, ICU, CCU and trauma ED experience. I am a flight nurse in the AF reserves as well. It is a nice change from my civilian job...but it is not critical care at all. The patients are all stable(ish) and you frequently...

I am a flight nurse in the AF. I love it...look up at the tabs, go to specialty, then nursing specialties, there is a government/military forum there where you can get a bunch of answers to your questions!

i hope some of that helps!

Nursing in the AF is like nursing in civilian world...just different. There are hospitals (with med/surg, critical care, OB, pediatrics, ED) there are clinics (labs, physicals, sub-acute care, etc) and there are flight positions (where the RN works w...

hope some of those answers help you out. larry v is a new nurse in my unit, if he can't answer your questions, shoot me an im when you can or post back here. good luck, my friend! robert

Just some quick, recent, info for you. The AF does have the most flight spots...they are on fixed wing air evac, NOT medivac...there isn't the field type stuff you want as an RN (there is, but it is very small and it takes time and effort to get into...

We had a FB group before our class (10-03) and it worked out well. A bunch of us met for dinner the night before we had to report, got to know each other a little. Was nice later when they break you into squadrons and you knew people in all of them.....

Sgt, feel free to use what you need...if it ends up published somewhere, we can talk royalties later, lol.

i fly as a civilian in rotor wing. i fly as an af flight nurse, too. the nursing you will get from your civilian job, not from the af. whatever you do as a civilian will be the nursing base that you have when you transport for uncle sam. there are f...

My 2 cents...late though they may be: If you join the military, in any branch, I think you should realize that you are to be an officer first and a nurse second. Not everyone agrees, and that's fine. Having been on the line side of the military (enli...

If you have any in depth questions, send them to me by PM. I don't get on here as much as I used to...time is a premium, these days. I am both a civilian and AF flight nurse, so I know what you're going to be doing to get there. Happy to help!

There will be a time at SERE school where you wish you would have done this 15 years ago, lol. I was there... There really isn't an unfair attitude that I noticed. The only rough part can be when you show up as a Capt or Maj and everyone expects you ...

The 1.5 mile is not really an endurance run...it's almost a sprint. To get better at it, you have to do interval training. At this point it's still doable for Jan, but you'll have to work. Distance running does not really help the mile and a half run...

At night you're going to be studying. Or you should be. The full COT class is 4 1/2 weeks...you get all the same information in 1/2 the time. You will have academic and physical tests...both are easy if you stay preparred. Make sure you go down there...

Anyone can qualify for GI Bill, because you put some money into it (depending on which version), retirement takes 20 years or X amount of points in the reserves. I don't know that age would keep you from flying as long as you pass the flight physical...

They have a flying reserve unit there in Jersey, too. Look into that. It's reserves, though. If you're looking to go reserves, you don't really HAVE to be local...it just makes drill weekends, etc a little less of a hassle. Don't know how far you are...

A Col that is one of my ER doc's did mine. My parents were there, my wife and some good friends. I am a civilian flight nurse, so I did it in my uniform at the station...he is also our medical director. Nice day. Did lunch after, but essentially shor...

Specialties in the AF Nurse Corps include pediatrics, neonatal, ER, critical care, med surg, flight nursing and psych. I'm sure that there are likely more, but those all come to mind pretty quickly. I think they want you to have a least a year of nur...

Very well put, as usual. I am on one of the AE teams (or Aeromedical Evacuation) and we do still use AOR because it's more all-encompassing. You will also hear OIF and OEF (Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom) used for the areas o...

Keep in mind that the ICU's you will work in here are different than the ICU's in the civilian world. Some of them are quite slow, but that doesn't change your pay. If you get sent home or put on call for a day for a low census (yep, still happens in...

Sure, anything for a sapphire chic, lol.

Are you talking flight nurse or flight medic? If you mean medic, then that's an enlisted position... you'll go to BMT (basic training), then tech school (where you'll become an NREMT) and then your unit. From there you'll go to flight school, ground ...

The reason I asked about NTP is it adds another "hiccup" to the final destination. He could end up going to NTP at the same base he'll be stationed at, but there are a lot of folks that don't. They go from COT to NTP (both unaccompanied) and THEN go ...

I'm in NC, too. And a former Marine that is now an AF nurse. Send me a PM if you have any specific questions. Carolinapooh is an awesome resource as well. What part of NC? You say you both have jobs, is he working as a nurse now? Hopefully he'll have...

Make the best of it, you will be busy! Enjoy learning as much as you can...even if a lot of it is cram-and-forget...try to remember it. It will serve you well if you can.