vinstafa

vinstafa has 8 years experience and specializes in Critical Care.

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1. Navy Nurse Sea/Shore Lengths, etc.

   vinstafa replied to youreupsidedown's topic in Government, Military

   CONUS orders are 3 years accompanied or unaccompanied. OCONUS are 2 years unaccompanied/3 years accompanied. Operational tours (Field Med with Marines/Ship's Nurse/FST) all 2 years regardless of...

2. Active Duty Navy Direct Accession FY 2017

   vinstafa replied to DiscGolfNurse's topic in Government, Military

   Try and get certified in whatever area you want to be in before you commission, even if it's not in your package. The recruiter makes it seem easy to just get into the ICU. It's not like that. Often...

3. Negotiating with Detailers Navy nursing

   vinstafa replied to MissIllCrisis's topic in Government, Military

   Ask for whatever you want; if you don't ask, you don't get. The worst they can say is

4. Negotiating with Detailers Navy nursing

   vinstafa replied to MissIllCrisis's topic in Government, Military

   If you're credentialed as a 1945, the Navy is bringing you into be a 1945. The whole point of being a DA is to get civilian trained nurses streamlined to working in speciality areas (ED, ICU, OR). Is...

5. Looking for active duty navy nurse....

   vinstafa replied to Fitz31's topic in Government, Military

   You'd commission as O-1E, depending on your enlisted time. 1. Your experience would count towards creditentialing as a 1960K, critical care experience with CCRN, but you wouldn't get additional rank...

6. Navy FY 17

   vinstafa replied to spyforte's topic in Government, Military

   This link says 2014, but the totals are the same for CCRN. You can't double dip, no isp and accession bonus....

7. Active duty navy fy 2016

   vinstafa replied to abautista88's topic in Government, Military

   I'm not sure how the military housing works. All the officers I know in SD either own or rent

8. Active duty navy fy 2016

   vinstafa replied to abautista88's topic in Government, Military

   I'm an East Coast cat, so as far as SD I can't help out. Anything else Navy related I

9. Active duty navy fy 2016

   vinstafa replied to abautista88's topic in Government, Military

   Getting there on the 10th is fine. You'll check in at the quarterdeck and get your room assignment. You should be free all day Sunday until 1600ish. What at duty station are you going to

10. Active duty navy fy 2016

    vinstafa replied to abautista88's topic in Government, Military

    3rd week at

11. Active duty navy fy 2016

    vinstafa replied to abautista88's topic in Government, Military

    So Bethesda has the largest number of ICU beds between the SICU and MICU, I want to say it's over

12. Active duty navy fy 2016

    vinstafa replied to abautista88's topic in Government, Military

    I meant Camp Lejeune, not Camp

13. Active duty navy fy 2016

    vinstafa replied to abautista88's topic in Government, Military

    If you wait until April, your options might change. Everyone of those places has its own benefit, depending on what you want for your career and your family. If you want to be close to big cities,...

14. Active duty navy fy 2016

    vinstafa replied to abautista88's topic in Government, Military

    charlieg, you do not have to have your CCRN to be credentialed as a critical care nurse. Unless something changed within the last 12 months, but it hasn't. You may need to produce paperwork showing...

15. Best way to be Navy nurse

    vinstafa replied to Kellcat's topic in Government, Military

    GPA isn't the end all be all for deciding your acceptance into the Nurse Corps. My GPA wasn't great and I got accepted first look, so don't think because you didn't have a 4.0 you won't be accepted....