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Thank you for your input...........May just have to stay a soccer Mom and know that at one time I was a great nurse ))))!!!! Thank you very much!!!!!!

Getting a great blood return and almost have it all capped off and ready to flush and the patients moves and you lose your site.......................

Thank you )))!!! I will be tracking them down!!!! I will be picked up as a sub, so will still work some, and am applying for other positions to. Take care.

Just cause: After reading these regulations, I can see what the problem will be with waiting until next fiscal year 2011. I will have been off for more than a year and will not have any recent supervisor or peers to write letters of recommendations..............I do, however, have peers that I have worked with in the past that know wayyyy more about my nursing abilities than my recent co-workers. I worked as a school nurse and was the director (I did not even have "peers"---the staff were mostly aides, not nurses). We were all at our individual schools and the administrators in the school districts have NO clue about what we do, therefore the letter from her was not that great---she even wrote, I really do not know so and so that well, but I guess she did okay from what I have heard........(giving more details to try to clear things up). Long story, short, I am in the same dilemna that has brought me to the ANC in the first place. I do not have recent acute care. I took 4 years off to stay home with my kids and can not seem to get back to it............sigh................My past nurse managers have all moved on or retired. I can volunteer at the American Red Cross, but again my past co-workers and peers would write much better letters as they really know me...........What should I do???? I am a lost cause, just cause................???

Thank you just cause again. I just found a local American Red Cross chapter that takes nurse volunteers and I am applying for a nurse volunteer position. Apparently, they have coverage for nurses. That will be a good way to keep me busy to.

Hello Everyone: I will not be currently practicing when I apply to the ANC, because my job ended today. I was told by the recruiter that I needed to have a current job to get a letter of recommendation from a current employer. Well, easier said than done in this job market and I do not want to get a job for a few months and know that I just really want to move on to the Army..........Do you have to be practicing? I really just wanted to take some time to get in better shape and to get things together for my husband and kids......... He suggested volunteering as a nurse and in all my years, I have Never seen a nurse volunteer. This is a huge liability and many places will not even let you. Thank you for all suggestions and support.

Of course it is! I am just trying to give some insight on why some nurses do that..........Not to justify it, but try to understand why they act the way they do. I think it is snobby and silly.

I am going to defend nurses here that do that...........Not because, I think rolling out your resume is the way to start a friendship, but I think nurses are judged constantly and Always trying to gain trust with their patients, families, doctors, social workers, co-workers, etc..... Some of us may tell about our experience as a defense mechanism due to years of constant judgement. I remember one family member told me I could not start on IV on their Mother unless I could name every vein he pointed to on his mother's arm.........We get defensive and we should not, but it is soooo hard not to. Everyone just needs to be more supportive and try to remember most of us got into this profession to help others and do some good. Some of us are better at math and some of us are better at starting IVs.............Maybe we need to develop better social skills or maybe we just need to forgive each other for being human.........

Both will be great places to work )))!!! Enjoy!!!

I was a VALOR and it is a great opportunity. I learned a lot and that experience has served me well throughout the years. Congratulations. Be proud of yourself. Now years later, I am looking into joining the Army Nurse Corps ))))!!!! What unit are you going to be working on?

My current position that is ending I did not need these courses for the job. I took a 4 years off, but returned and worked outside of critical care (very hard to get back into even though I had a good 7 years of experience (CIC, NICU, Medical/Surgical/Telemetry). I was told that the Army took new graduates, so my time off and lack of a current position at the time of my application would not be horrible............., but maybe it is??? I was just thinking of taking the courses now, so it shows that I am trying to work towards a goal...........Let me know what you think.

Hello Everyone: Does having your ACLS and PALS certifications help with your application? I have had these in the past, but am not practicing right now. I thought it help me "brush up" to. Thank you for all your responses. It really is helping me in my decision to move forward )))).

Very normal, the way you are feeling............it is called compassion burn out and nurses get it and I have had it myself. Take some time for yourself and let your husband know you want to listen to him, but just need a break (go for a run, read a book for an hour, take a warm bath, whatever.........). You have to take care of yourself! Hope that helps.

Thank you for the information.

My background is med/surg, telemetry, CIC, and NICU, and a little of community nursing. Jack of all trades master of none ))). I want to do the critical care course (even though I spent 2 1/2 years in the NICU, I like adult intensive care better). Let me know if I have this right, that you get assigned to 66H (med/surg) and then go to a course and get an identifier 8A (critical care). I went through a critical care program years ago and it was 3 months long in the civilian world, but that was years ago..............Hoping that isn't too specialized.........From your name, I am guessing you are a CRNA student. My friend just finished in the civilian world and is loving it. Hope it is going well for you. Is the military paying for that for you? How do you like being a nurse in the military? Should I get my ACLS and PALS while I am waiting? I have had all of these courses before, but with my time off from nursing I didn't keep up with them. Thank you again.