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Tripler is a level 3.

This island tends to hire their own especially with over 500 nurses graduating each year, with that being said, these new graduates end up working as volunteer nurses to gain experience to get a job in one of the hospitals; or have to take jobs as cnas or lpns. The cost if living here is high and trying to find a place to live is competitive. I don't know if any of the hospitals will hire over the phone seeing that they have enough candidates to fill positions, contract nursing may be the way to get your foot in the door but that's not reliable considering your shift could get cancelled. I'm not saying living here can't be done but extremely difficult.

The Army needs L&D nurses but not OB. Med-Surg nurses can work antepartum/mbu/OB surgical floors in the Army. The AOC 66G is the identifier for the specialty of OB specifically LnD.

Don't sweat it! Probably half of your nursing class will be on it:) anyways, if it such a bad drug why give it to children? The military doesn't frown on it and your nursing school is not going to drug test you.

Buy a NCLEX question and answer guide and study from it. The rationales explain each answer out. I used it for all my classes, NCLEX, and certification exam.

Who does it benefit more? If it is for the patient, then your not wrong. However, there is more than one way to do things as long as it falls within guidelines.

Yeah sorry...the ANC and Amedd is different from the regular Army...just. Remember to have a course date not a general guarantee..when I tell you that the course has a waiting list there is a waiting list...if she isn't already in the system, she is not slotted, there are different branch managers for the courses and the one your recruiter is dealing with is not the CCN branch manager, he is going through the regular 66H new ascensions and that will be her branch manager until she goes to a course of when she promotes to CPT.

Oh btw...you get atleast an RFO? Cause that should precede the orders, that tells you your course dates and your follow on assignment.

If I remember correctly, the BAH doesn't start till you in-process at your next duty station cause I would have noticed that bump in my check.

I hope it goes the way you want it to go. They are gonna post date her commission? I actually swore in May 15 but it was postdated till 3 days before my OBC date in July, my pay didn't start till then.

That makes sense and she isn't a new grad. Do you have a course date on paper because I know that those slots are filled. When is she suppose to go to OBC?

I meant that is the earliest that you can swear in. I swore in 3 days early.

Sorry to be redundant but posted twice.

There has to be a date, no date then the ANC slots you, new nurses around here don't get to go to a course until they make it to 1st LT which is 18 months, 24-36 is said bc that's usually when your unit will let you go and or pcs. It's based on OML. I'm ancc certified and been in the ANC for almost 4 years, I see how they do it. I see new LTs say they are promised a course and then if you read the fine print it will say within 36 months. Plus funding is another issue, OBC is paid out of ANC central funds, to go to the course after OBC will require the new unit to fund it. There are only about 3 courses a year and with current ANC nurses on the wait list to go, I have a hard time believing that they will send a new OBC grad with no army experience to a course, not saying it can't happen, but going to the course is a privilege and the ANC has enough nurses that they don't have to guarantee anything.

Yes I understand that requires 18 months but the slots are limited, usually like 15 slots available per course. Everyone can get a course guarantee, I commissioned without a course guarantee but I can apply and go to any course I want

the ANC promises the course but the time frame is usually 24-36 months. I know new LTs that have course guarantee but that time line goes for everyone. I don't know how she is already slotted for the course bc if she hasnt sworn in or is recognized at active duty, how is she slotted for a date? I work with someone in DOHET who initiates the AOC producing course process, I'm not saying it is not possible just sounds unusual.

Everyone swears in 3 days before their report date, that is the norm.

I know that if you are a new grad RN in the Army, all you will do is patient care because you have to learn how to be a bedside nurse and critically think. OBC is about 9 weeks long and promotion to CPT is 42 months and it is competitive, so basically you have to show the Army why you deserve to be a leader. The ANC is no different from griping about any other job but it will let you take reigns of practicing autonomously and promote and encourage leadership development.

One more thing. Just to be safe, ANCC is accepted by the Army, not sure about the other.

The Army will pay for the certification but you have to go through the dept that you are assigned. It's much harder to get reimbursed after the fact. The 8A course is full and if your a new graduate, there is No way they are going to send anyone from OBC directly to that course. The course requires basic med-surg skills and a new grad has to earn or pay their dues to go.