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  1. Best Navy Hospital for Critical Care

    Tripler is a level 3.
  2. 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 cn...
  3. Is Nursing in the Military my calling...?

    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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. Safest + convenient method for blood transfusion

    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.
  7. Med-Surg certification exam

  8. Med-Surg certification exam

    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 ...
  9. Med-Surg certification exam

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

    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.
  11. Army Nurse Corps FY2013

    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.
  12. Med-Surg certification exam

    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?
  13. Army Nurse Corps FY2013

    I meant that is the earliest that you can swear in. I swore in 3 days early.
  14. Med-Surg certification exam

    Sorry to be redundant but posted twice.
  15. Med-Surg certification exam

    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. ...
  16. Med-Surg certification exam

  17. Med-Surg certification exam

    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
  18. Med-Surg certification exam

    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 a...
  19. Army Nurse Corps FY2013

    Everyone swears in 3 days before their report date, that is the norm.
  20. 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 basical...
  21. Med-Surg certification exam

    One more thing. Just to be safe, ANCC is accepted by the Army, not sure about the other.
  22. Med-Surg certification exam

    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 fro...