DSchulte99

If you want it and are willing to wait then you will get it. Just a matter of time. Don't be fooled into doing something and cross rating over. The rate is over manned and the advancement rate is low. If you make it clear to your recruiter they will help you. Just like someone said they can see what rates are open and what will be open in the near future. Best of luck.

Fmf means you've been with the marines and passed the requirements for the device. They have taskers for er, icu and medsurge nurses. In addition to that I've seen APu/pacu and labor and delivery nurses fill the med surge billets. After your first duty station you can apply for operational billet with first med battalion and a few others. These are LT positions so remember it's one up and one down. I honestly have no clue what they do when they are not deployed. I do know that there are few nurses then when they deploy they take others from all over big navy for teams such as shock trauma platoon, Frss, causality transport and a few other teams. We are on the back end of the war. If you're still in school don't expect to see time there. Things are dwindling down plus you will start on a med surge floor and won't deploy till atleast a year. Those ensign deployments are usually gitmo or dijibuti. There are 3 actual flight nurses. 2 in Diego Garcia. One in St. Louis working for a joint task force coordinating air flights. Now in certain commands you can be tasked to transport PTs to a higher acuity of care. I know nurses that have done FEW flights out of Guam and Japan.

If you're worried about deploying don't join. Nothing is a guarantee. Also it's an honor and privilege to deploy. If you don't see it like that then maybe the service isn't for you.

Make sure she is looking on usajobs.gov for gs positions or monster for the contract. Gs she will get spouse preferred. Also why not just go to the floors and talk to the division officers at your command?

You're a LTJG and you don't have pals, tncc or acls? You have to show initiative to be taken serious.

Any icu experience counts for usuhs. They use to take pacu ob and er. Keep your head up atleast your not at one of the commands losing their icu and er....

All depends on the tasker. I've seen taskers go from 6 months to 396 days.

New nurses go anywhere. Okinawa, Pensacola, 69 palms you name it. There are nursing deployments to those two, dijibuti and if your assigned to ship 02to04 wherever they go.

A few keep coming back saying it's cheaper. I just don't understand why people think tri care will be any different than other insurance companies.

The military decides so many things we do. How are you surprised tri care wouldn't do the same?

When you checked into your command and stopped by tricare they give you a card with that information.

Why didn't you call the tricare number to find out where you can obtain care? Also I know a few civilians that come to our ER because it is cheaper. If it's not life or death and they provide proof of insurance we treat them. Military ers are cheaper then any civilian urgent care or er. A few will be disappearing in the next 4 years.

Usajobs.gov long process. The people in the unit interview you. Fill out a sheet with basic requirements. Example: rn? Yes or no. Degree yes or no. Good fit? Yes or no. Etc. These are then sent to hr and they pick the hire. Long process. You will get spouse preferred though name sure you put that down. Be prepared to wait 6 months.

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To piggy back on the deployments my buddy wet 6 months in and then was given a week notice for his deployment. Also remember we go everywhere the marines go. If you want to still help your country but not sign your life away become a contractor nurse or gs nurse. Military hospitals still hire civilian nurses. Gs you can go to usajobs.com. Contractor I've seen on monster.com. Good luck.

You get your ticket once your recruiter gets a hard copy of your orders to ods.

Navy nurses fight to be on ships. If you don't want to be on a ship never apply and you will be fine.

Joining the military isn't a just a career. It's a lifestyle. Long days no overtime. You have your nursing hours then collateral duties. Coming in on days off. Last minute deployments. If this sounds fun to you talk to recruiters or nurses in each branch. I am in the navy if you have any other questions let me know.

In the navy corpsman are under a chain of command of corpsman. However these corpsman can work in a clinic, manpower or on the ward. With rank you get farther away from the bedside (enlisted and officer) so yes hm2 may not have touched a pt in 8 years but he is the lpo for the ward. Second once you join the military the BON doesn't disappear. Military can still lose their license. We still have to keep our licenses current. Corpsman and lpns can do more but it's all under your license. Just like nursing clinicals we practiced under someone's license. Like someone said before. Deployments are different. So many things wrong with original post.

Few things its not MOS in navy it's called your rate(job). If this is your dream why are you giving up so quickly? There are so many ways to nurse corps. Get your grades up. And do Ncp or direct commission. If that doesn't work and you decide to enlist put in for a mecp or stag21 packet. Or do ur time and then use your gi bill. I know a nuke that joined went to nuke school. Right out of nuke school put in a packet to be an officer. He got picked up and didn't do a day of nuke life after school. @tanner I got paid summer months when I wasn't in school. I got picked up back in 09. My recommendations were from a teacher a critical care icu nurse I shadowed and 2 navy nurse tht I had telephone interviews with

Don't listen to these people saying if you don't want to enlist don't come in. First of all Ncp doesn't go to boot camp. You go to ods which is where you learn how to put on your uniform. Second you get 34,000 over 2 years.(last 2 years of nursing). I went and did pre reqs at a cc and then did Nebraska med center for 2 years. officer life and enlisted are completely different. I got in with 3.6 GPA no volunteer or extra curricular activities. If your dream is to be a navy nurse buckle down and get school done. If you take out loans so be it. When u commission you are offered 25k loan at 2% to spend however you want.

UWFSN, That is not 100% true. The corpsman are trained to do most of everything however what they do is up to you. On my floor it is myself and a corpsman tasked to 3-6 patients. As a new grad these corpsman may know more than you and they are a very reliable resource. There are some nurses that delegate everything out. Any more questions please let me know. I am a Navy Nurse stationed in Pensacola.

Navy hospitals hire civilians check usajobs.com. Gs job would be great because they will help you find a new job when he pcs.

Pensacola is not a huge hospital accepts few trauma. Nothing serious.

Like they said follow protocol. Whenever I break that due to judgement I let doc know and document it. Our protocol says to treat with d50 only if unresponsive. Otherwise orally. Could be a chance for you to bring it up to the committee to change it.