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I see. Thanks again.

Thank you. Let me clarify the 8hours/day/month comment. The UPC is scheduled to meet for an 8 hour day, meaning we are scheduled one day for UPC a month and all 8 hours are supposed to be used in that day. I am going to propose that we divvy up the 8 hours throughout the month as well. From what it sounds like, you use the hours throughout the month. How many hours is your UPC allotted including the downtime? When you say downtime, is that considered time not paid (for civ RNs)? I have civilian nurses and they do not want to work outside of the 8 hour time allotted because they are not getting paid for it... :/ Any more suggestions? I like the way you have it set up. Lastly, did your CNOIC or whoever is making the schedule set aside 1 hour/week or is that something you all decided on as a UPC. Basically, is your CNOIC supportive in regards to making sure there is scheduled time allotted for UPC work? Again, my concern is with the civilians probably not willing to meet if they are not being paid.

I've searched this phrase. The results mainly brought up "Clinical Practice Council" , Unit Based Council" , and "Nursing Practice Council". At the hospital I am at, we have a Unit Practice Council where each unit has an elected group of staff nurses, CNAs, Telemetry technicians, MSAs, and transporters. We meet once a month to discuss "quick wins" and renewal of current policies and procedures, along with a few other things. Then we have a Nursing Practice Council which meets 3x a year with one rep from each UPC and hospital leadership. I'm just getting started and I was voted in as chair person...What does a UPC primarily do? Our UPC seems more focused on "quick wins", rather than updating/ renewing policies and procedures. Quick wins (I didn't know what it meant) are things that can be changed/implemented on the floor with little effort, such as putting up laminated signs next to each Cavi Wipe location stating "not for use on skin". Also, we are allotted 1 day/month of 8 hours to meet, discuss, and hash things out. Do you think 8 hours in one day can be used productively? During our first meeting we proposed that we meet for 4 hours and have the next 4 hours allotted for committee time/ EBP project time, etc. during the month before our next meeting. Thoughts? Thanks for reading and for the replies.

Cool. thanks. Do you know about JECC? If so, how is this different from JECC?

Thats awesome. Thank you for the post. This thread has been dead for a while. Its really good to hear that Army Nurses still have some hope to get airborne. I recently read in a briefing by General Horohoe, the US Army Deputy Surgeon General and the Army Nurse Corps Chief, that the Army is definitely looking to reinstate the flight nurse position. Furthermore, I read that evidence shows nurses really make a difference in the medevac setting due to their training. However, I also heard that it is possible that medics, who are usually running the medevac missions in the Army, will receive more training so that nurses aren't needed in flight. Nonetheless, its always good to hear from those actually doing it. Or in this case, of those that have trained with them. Thank you. By the way, what is TNATC?

Thank you. This gives me hope! I want to get into a bird SO bad.

79 Tango. Thanks for the heads up. I didn't think about that at the time. Is there a way to delete posts?!

To my understanding, the army does not have many options to get into a flight unit. The only two options I have heard of are joining the burn critical care flight team or joining JECC. Do you know if there are other options? If so, what my route would be to get there. Also, advice on how to look better/ have a greater chance at getting into a flight unit will be greatly appreciated. Thank you sirs and mams.

HOOAH. I'm a 3rd year cadet at the SDSU AZTEC Batallion. I'm very excited about the path I've chosen. I'm looking forward to LDAC this summer. I'll be commissioning Spring 12, then I'll be headed to SA for BOLC. I look forward to joining you all one day. Thanks for your hard work and services. I'll see you on the other side. God bless.

Thanks.

Army Huah. I'm just wondering if there is a great Army Nurse Corps. specific nursing forum. Thank you.

Just wondering if there are any officers (any branch) answering questions here or if these comments/ replies are coming from civilian nurses.