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  1. Air Force Flight Nursing

    Active duty, pretty sure you have to have 2 years in before applying, then it's special duty for 2 years. I've been told you can go between the different areas within (Aircrew Training, Clinical...
  2. Depth Perception for Air Force

    I failed the one at MEPS too, because it was from the 70's. Went to the optometrist and found out I was fine, the MEPS test sucked. Passed the flight physical one with no problem. You will be
  3. How many Air Force bases have hospitals with
  4. If you want to be a USAFR Flight Nurse, you should just knock out the BSN then apply. In the interim, research the list of squadrons you were sent and get familiar with the commanders, chief nurses...
  5. Air Force Reserve VS Active Duty Air Force

    I am a new reserve Flight Nurse (new as in inprocessed to the unit, still waiting to go to RCOT/SERE/FN school/FTU). My impression is that going active duty is you would have to work as a nurse for...
  6. J-Star. 4 posts. Join date 2010 Dec 18. I think you all just got
  7. Night Shift Advice

    Nights in my experience, tended to run one of two ways: 1) Things were routine and chill, and there was some serious downtime. 2) Things were off the hook and crazy, and you are chasing your tail all...
  8. Unsure RN. Advice needed!

    I did Tele at first, rotating days/evenings. Hated it, total reality shock. 12's made it a bit more tolerable, but I hate floor nursing so much I started working on a computer science degree...didn't...
  9. Average Cost of Insurance

    $572/month for family. Pretty good coverage though, $10 generic meds, $20 primary care copay, $30 Specialist. Going to switch over to Tricare Reserve Select as soon as I
  10. A question for you reservists who have left for training/deployments and returned to your job: Did you return to the exact same position you left? Or say if you work for a hospital, can they just...
  11. I have astigmatism. 1.25 diopters in the left, 1.25 in the right. Passed MEPS. Still waiting to get my flying Class III physical. Oh yeah, I am nearsighted too! I wear glasses, but it's not that bad....
  12. waiting, Air Force Nurse Corps

    Here's my timeline thus far (USAFR Flight Nurse applicant) Touched base with recruiter end of November. Got all the paperwork filled out and turned in early January. Interviewed mid January. MEPS...
  13. Doubts about age...

    33 here applying for reserve Flight Nurse spot, hope to join rghbsn in the next few years. So you are soooo not
  14. Just Got Word!

    Thank you for the info. And speaking of recruiters, I got a phone call and a boat load of info via email tonight, so looks like I will start this process, so hopefully see you in 22 months or
  15. Just Got Word!

    Congrats! Hope to do a similar process, 22 months, wow. Are there still positions at Pope? I am still waiting for a reserve recruiter to talk with, I was hooked up with a recruiter out of Marietta, Ga...
  16. Reserves vs National Guard

    Spoke with an Army Healthcare Recruiter the other day, she was telling me the Reserves have all they need and wasn't very helpful at all. Wonder if I should find a different
  17. pressors and sepsis

    What meandragonbrett said...and see this:
  18. Are Air Force Nurses Deployed very often?

    Sounds like you are looking to do HPSP. Have you thought about the
  19. OBLC PACKING LIST?

    Was this it? https://allnurses.com/government-military-nursing/my-oblc-experiences-218565.html Had it stashed in my favorites for that one possible
  20. Air Force Hospitals with ICU's

    Thanks for the reply! Critical care clinic? Sounds strange... Are there any overseas? Looking to join the service and trying to decide between the three services, base locations is one of the things I...
  21. ICU envy?

    When I was on the floor, I felt inadequate because I wanted to work ICU. Actually, I hated the floor so much I was started working on a computer science degree... But after 8 years in critical care,...
  22. screening staff for flu before work????

    That red thermometer tastes funny, stay away from that
  23. Death in the unit

    Went to the morgue 10 weekends in a row when I started in 2005 (in this particular unit-MICU). This is from a little 9 bed
  24. AIr force reserve rank

    Is this true for all related Rn experience or just experience as a
  25. Army Reserve Question

    Am I reading the US Army Nurse Corps recruitment website correctly when I read that Reserve Nurses with a BSN and Critical Care experience receive a bonus of $37,500 ($12,500 a year for three years)...