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Learned this the hard way in a patient's room after I had been told in nsg school by an older nurse to dilute everything!! So glad the valium crystalized on me right away and I was like uhhh that doesn't look right. Now I look up EVERYTHING just t...

That also depends on when you will be taking the NCLEX. I graduated Dec 2012, took NCLEX Jan 15, comissioned Jan 31 and went to COT in march. I had to commission before Feb 1st or they were going to give my spot to someone else, which means if I had ...

It probably won't hurt you and will definitely help in the long run. Promotions to Major/Lt. Col rely heavily on advancing education and gaining certifications. I don't believe you have to take the specialty pay either if you find out it isn't in you...

You get something called an Incentive Specialty Pay, it binds you into the specialty for a certain amount of time though. Say you wanted to join the Air Force and then transfer into the ER. You wouldn't be able to do that until the contract from the ...

The Air Force has the nurse transition program for new graduate nurses, and when searched on this board, there is a lot of good information that comes up. I am not sure for MEPS, but you are reimbursed for travel time to get to COT.

You can but it would take 2-4 years to be eligible apply for the fellowship, and they are apparently very competitive right now.

There are two ways of joining the Nurse Corps as a direct accession. You can join Fully Qualified (1 year+ experience) or as a New Graduate. If you join as a new graduate you will be placed in the "Nurse Transition Program". This currently is a ~9 we...

You'll need a health professions recruiter, not an enlisted recruiter. Health profession recruiters will know what the Air Force needs, when the boards will be, and how to put together your application. You can use: Contact Us: Find a Recruiter - air...

It could be. I know they weren't going to send anyone stationed at lackland to the Sammc location anymore, but maybe they aren't running a course there due to the decreased number of new graduates they are accepting.

I'm sorry I don't know that. I would guess you would know well enough ahead of time to make arrangements though. She knew her first duty station when she found out her NTP date. I'd say keep working on doing great in school and passing the NCLEX, eve...

There are only four sites right now, three are civilian and one is military. Tampa fl, Cincinnati, oh, and Scottsdale, az are the civilian ones. The military one is out of lackland at sammc. Your ntp slot is based on when you graduate. I just talked ...

From what I know is you commission as soon as you have fulfilled all the requirements to (graduated/licensed/ROTC obligations). The ROTC nurses here in NTP graduated in December and commissioned in February or so and we started NTP in April. You will...

I found out the duty station I would be at when I was accepted into the Air Force. At NTP We do 12 hour shifts and shorter shifts depending on the area we are in. As a new grad you are limited to being an OB nurse or med/surg nurse. My AFSC is 46n1 a...

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Hi! I'm currently in the Cincinnati NTP and it's a lot of fun. We have a few ROTC grads here and from what I've been told none of them received the bonus, but they were on scholarship. They send new grads to the big military hospitals, some of the o...

I am currently in NTP and at the cincinnati location. It's great! They train CCATT (critical care air transport team) here and we were able to actually go up in a C130 with them a few weeks ago. Amazing experience overall. The only advice anyone is ...

I wouldn't make too many big changes yet. I don't know how they do it for fully qualified nurses, but the alternates (even alt #1) haven't been selected from the July 2012 NTP board.

Would you say the Kaplan strategy to answering questions is really useful on the nclex?

Hello! I will be graduating this December as well and had applied for the Air Force NTP program this past summer. I was selected and will be taking the NCLEX Jan/Feb and going to COT in March! Even though your recruiter is wanting to wait until Marc...

Yes I have to commission prior to going to commissioned officer training and NTP! I'm very excited, I'm at a teaching hospital right now for my clinical preceptorship and absolutely love it. My cousin lives in Cincinnati so hopefully he can show me a...

I was actually picked up for the NTP boards they held in July. I'm from Arizona, but I'll most likely be commissioning in South Carolina. I've heard I can't commission until after I graduate in December and pass my boards but I haven't received offic...

I can attest for what Kdazzle stated. I did the exact same thing for my interview. I wore a nice skirt with a white blouse and hose. I think a lot of women forget to wear hose to interviews, and for some reason plain old legs don't look as profession...

The site says the nurse ones are sold out =[

I sent you a PM with my e-mail! Wow lucky you winning a class! I am hoping to just get a measly discount on it haha. I am also looking to try and get P90x to help train as well.

This is the link to the military books thread: https://allnurses.com/government-military-nursing/military-nursing-book-753345.html I am definitely going to take the Kaplan but also sign up for the NCSBN question bank since I guess the key is question...