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Hello Fellow nurses, So i'm in a bind. I am currently halfway through the Army's ICU nurse program and everything has been going great until I ended up in the trauma bay. Long story short I sheared two teeth down to the pulp and fractured my wrist. T...

Just an update, managed to get the cast cut and a splint placed. Ended working the rest of the time with a removable splint and passed and graduated. Painful as hell but well worth it. Thanks again

Versed is quicker acting, but still don't use it for patients with delirium. Definitely linked to increased ICU delirium and even worse, increased morbidity and mortality. Sleep hygiene, precedex, some pain meds. Try to stay away from the benzos if y...

CPT Moreno was part of a Cultural Support Team, an highly specialized team that females could compete for through a selection process. These candidates attended special operations training and medical cross training. These teams have shut down but ne...

Go Army, We do cooler stuff. Enough said

Judging by your situation military penal code (UCMJ) States that fraternization is between an officer and enlisted or two different ranks. I am a Junior officer in the army and I would say that you should go with your instinct here. A lot of my peers...

Im active duty (Have been for 1 year) and have quickly found out that the chances to deploy right now are extremely slim. The military as a whole is downsizing. That basically equates down to one simple fact: Save money, cut troops. Unless another wa...

Totally feel for ya. As army nurses you're really stuck in a hospital and you don't get to do the high speed low drag stuff until you reach captain in your career as a nurse. there are several positions nurses can have, including SORT, the FST's, and...

They are still accepting applicants but branch was just saying that the picking are slim, especially with the drawdown that is occurring. They will accept you if you have dependents, but they want someone with a few years of experience and preferably...

It kinda sucks but the new OER just switched so there is now a new format. The new formatting looks similar to an NCOER in how it breaks down into subcategories. The best place to go is evaluations.hrc.army.mil if you CAC access. If not shoot me a me...

Most of the time you will be wearing ACU's (The funny digital cam uniform). On special occasionas or payday activies you will most likely be wearing your ASU's, or army service uniform. This is the standard dress uniform across the Army. Your rank is...

Incurrents, feel free to contact me offline or message me. I would be happy to answer all questions you have about the ROTC route, and life as an army nurse. I went through the 4 year army rotc program and am now an active duty army nurse. I can give...

Hey everyone! I commission in May this year and have an extremely high probablity of Gold Bar Recruiting through ROTC ( Im a graduating nursing cadet). Does anyone know the BOLC dates for FY 2013? It would be a great help. I know I will be going off ...

Ncox1, I've had to do a lot of research for my first duty station as well. What kind of nursing are you looking to get into? If you want to specialize quickly, do not pick a big hospital like SAMMC or Bethesda. Go to something smaller like seattle, c...

Hello everyone! Not sure about stunt from above but I wanted to introduce myself. My name is Blair and I am a ROTC graduate from creighton university in Omaha, NE. I will be commissioning and going to BOLC in August or October. I'm interested in goin...

I just talked to our Briagde Nurse and she said we had a say in our BOLC dates. It'll be kinda hard getting into the July one because everyone wants that one to get on active duty ASAp. I think I will be shooting for the August date. Good luck and lo...

The hospitals we have have ER Nurse Practitioners and they pull shifts on the trauma team. Make sure to go the family practitioner route with a further specialization in acute care if you want ot be an NP; definitely makes you mroe marketable. There ...

Go to a small level 4 trauma center in a rural area. Heck I am finishing up my senior preceptorshp and I had a pediatric code role through the door. Get your experience or go through the military.

As far as our school goes I wont be able to take the NCLEX until the first week of June. WHich means I won't get my orders until the first or second week of JUNE (48 hours for official word from NCLEX boards, and time for orders to process). DO you s...