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Anyone know of a FNP who is available to precept?? This finding your own preceptor business is not as easy as the school claimed it would be..

SICU is where the fun is!! Your patients actually get better and move on (for the most part). MICU is where all the chronic paintings hang around forever!! I personally enjoy coming into work and seeing a different patient each day and not the sam...

I am fighting the VA currently! I have been attending a yellow ribbon school for six months - all the time waiting for reimbursement- only to hear that the program is ineligible!!! Per the VA the schools rep has avoided calls and does not respond a...

I deployed with some amazing Army nurses!! I was referring to the scads of middle managers that SAMMC has an endless supply of - it gets in the way of getting anything done. I have many friends there that love the work and the nurses they work with...

The ICUs that come to mind are Sammc (Army-yuck), Travis(drama-drama-drama), Wright-Pat, Eglin, Nellis, Kessler, Elmendorf, there may be one more stateside but no better than a step-down. Truth is most of the ICUs in the AF are not the same as you w...

Finding the preceptor I never thought would be that hard, but then again I did not realize that NPs just do not want to precept anyone. I sent out 78 requests and received about 8 emails back declining to precept for all sorts of reasons. "My physic...

i would have to disagree with the statement that those facilities are on par with any university medical center. You are not going to get the level of experience in the AF that you will in a larger medical center. No shame on the AF - its just the ...

No, not much luck at all. I had one who agreed then vanished (flaked out) so I decided to seek one in Dallas where I finally found one!! Now I have to repeat the whole process two more times.....what have I gotten myself into LOL

Our hospital had someone come in and do a 2-day review. We all signed up for the test without any study time, and all but one passed (the one had test anxiety). I think the statistics state that 70% of first-time testers pass. That is a pretty good n...

Seriously, COT does not push anyone physically! Pass a PT test, march a little, learn a song or two and take easy tests. It is cake!! It is like a vacation! Just one with rules that make no sense.

I think a suit is a bit much. I don't ever remember an interviewee coming in a coat and tie.

Mid, I agree with you about deployments. You really can't explain it to people who have never been. There are moments from my deployment that are burned in my brain forever. You just do not get use to seeing all these young soldiers coming through...

Times they have changed. I have yet to meet a CCATT nurse with more than a few years experience and none have had their cert. Now a days its a task they let anyone do in the ICU - we had a nurse with less than 6months experience (AF ICU experience ...

TJC has to always attempt to create more and more obstacles just to make their surveys appear relevant. In the old days the order would simply be for the drug and to titrate as needed for Map >60, but now there are the parameters that have been b...

Rumors are everywhere. The buzz has been the ones close to retirement 15+ years are the first to be trimmed and then they take aim towards force shaping boards for the rest of us. I have had people tell me the specialties are pretty safe that with ...

Worked an HCA facility where we often had staffing issues and worked 3:1 ratios. It was not all that bad. What makes it dangerous to me was navigating the annoying families. When you add that third patient you also add another family with their qu...

Things they are a changing in the Air Force. Experience is nice, but it doesn't mean you will get into the Air Force any time soon. They are accepting fewer and fewer and boards are being cancelled, people are made alternates. Just a big old mess!...

Grad school gives you additional years of service. It has been a while but MS degree adds 1 year and a PhD and additional year...So if you are an FNP with 7 years you would come in with 4.5 years and an 03.

Since I entered the AF things have changed and it was not that long ago. The entire military is downsizing and many nurses look to the military as a better option than what is available on the civilian side. I can't tell you why you were turned dow...

I am surprised at the low numbers being taken. We seem to see a new batch of newbie nurses coming i all the time.

Day to day life as a nurse in the AF is not too different than that of a civilian nurse. There are some differences. As an AF nurse you will be tasked with all sorts of additional duties that can eat up a lot of your time. Most of us try to attend...

MICU - chronically ill patients who return over and over. Depressing sometimes. SICU - Surgical patients who need to be pushed and recover. Love SICU!! Faster paced with more positive outcomes. Plus, you make these patients get up and move and in ...

I have seen much made about how studies support open visiting in the ICU. However, I do not see where all considerations were taken into account in any of these studies. Where is the consideration of the stress when family members feel obligated to ...

If I remember correctly. You are given 1 year credit for every 2 years of experience and that caps out. For a graduate degree you are granted an additional year, but in nursing you max out at six years total. Nursing maxes out and I am not sure if...

I agree PT baby!!!! Run, lift and eat right and everything else will take care of itself...