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navyman7

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  1. Camp Pendleton

    Pendelton is very limited in what they can do there. There ICU is VERY small, even though the nurses there are all very capable they send most of the would be interesting cases to naval medical center...
  2. Check out my posts under military nursing questions answered. This may be a good start to some of your
  3. Military Nursing Questions Answered

    MBRN 74, I am not sure what the recruiters requirements are these days so I can't say whether having ECCO done will help or not. I know that many of our new nurses both military and civilians have had...
  4. Military Nursing Questions Answered

    Snathers, Im sorry if I mistakenly wrote something that wasn't as accurate as it could be regarding a certification exam. I am not here to answer in depth questions about every nursing topic. This is...
  5. Military Nursing Questions Answered

    MBR 74, Wow that was quite a post. I can't really comment on how many nurses they are currently taking. That knowledge would reside mostly with the Recruiters and BUMED. My advice would be to take the...
  6. Military Nursing Questions Answered

    CPF216: I have deployed with the real navy and the SWO's have a different life than anyone in the medical/nurse corps. As a new Ensign there is some opportunity for leadership but not much. It mostly...
  7. I worked at Balboa and none of the civilian nurses acted like anything mentioned. Almost all of our civilian nurses get treated great. It all depends on what your personality is like. If you work hard...
  8. Navy Nurses Corps- Nursing Student

    Check out some of the many similar questions on my thread titled: military nursing questions answered. Hope it
  9. Military Nursing Questions Answered

    Sorry to say that it won't happen. They have so many candidates that they can be super picky. I don't know what else to say. You could try the VA, or public health nursing. You could always work at a...
  10. Military Nursing Questions Answered

    Robinflynn: I don't have the details about your questions, definately need to talk to a
  11. Any nurses out there in the military?

    If flight nursing is where your heart is then don't do navy. It is painful hard to get your wings in the Navy. You have to do a very long tour in Diego Garica unaccompanied. That is the only billet as...
  12. Military Nursing Questions Answered

    RNSurvivor: no asvab, that's for the enlisted only. No bootcamp, medical/nurse corps goes to 5 weeks of ODS. YOu may request where you want to go, but the needs of the navy always come first,...
  13. Military Nursing Questions Answered

    harrelji1: Those 3 hospitals are where they try there hardest to send all the newly commissioned nurses so that part is true. As with all of my posts, there are exceptions to the rule especially in...
  14. navy nurse 1st duty station

    Typically no. Unless you were a prior corpsman in a hospital then you may be lucky enough to get that assignment but otherwise it's not going to happen. You could get a medium sized hospital here in...
  15. Military Nursing Questions Answered

    guelrn: in regards to your ncp/da question. I applied to the Navy while still in school via the direct accession program. Since they turned down me for NCP I reapplied via the DA route while still in...
  16. Military Nursing Questions Answered

    UtaMaverick: It’s been a while since I had to do any of this but I will do my best. First of all you will negotiate your orders before you graduate. Actually you should be doing this soon, within...
  17. Military Nursing Questions Answered

    Oaktown2: Where to start? Here is a list of some of the things that have been a thorn in my side: All the excesses that occur drive me and many of us crazy. No freedom to choose schedules, EXCESSIVE...
  18. Military Nursing Questions Answered

    GuelnRN: I don't know much about the reserves, however I have heard that the reserves usually only take practicing RN's with experience. As for the NCP I agree with you, It sounds great in the...
  19. Military Nursing Questions Answered

    miguelli: you will not be able to get the co-located assignment if you have already accepted orders. Once you negotiate you are pretty much stuck. I have NEVER heard of anyone getting out of an...
  20. Military Nursing Questions Answered

    miguelli1989: If you are both from San Diego there is a good chance that you will both be stationed at San Diego, it's cheaper for the Navy to keep you in SD versus paying for you both to go to...
  21. Navy versus civilian nursing- pros and cons

    "Josh- You have to remember that on a ship you have IDCs and corpsmen. In that environment they are far more usful than a nurse (i.e. suturing, minor surgery, etc.) Nurses can serve on ships, but...
  22. See my posts under the military nursing questions answered thread. I lay out the ODS schedule there. If you are a reservist then don't do NCP. The direct accession bonus' are way better. May not help...
  23. Life as a Navy nurse (pros and cons)

    skrkbyte: meps does basic paperwork and basic mental/physical eval. I have met people that are bipolar and are depressed and have made it into the Navy. If you are functional then you should be fine....
  24. Life as a Navy nurse (pros and cons)

    Emily: see my post in military nursing questions answered. I lay out a day in that
  25. Life as a Navy nurse (pros and cons)

    In regards to hours and schedules, I am sorry to say that you work whatever they tell you to work. I typically work 13.5+ a shift. I have worked 16hrs straight and was told that I have to stay and...