jfratian

jfratian DNP, RN, CRNA

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Major, U.S. Air Force Reserve - Staff Nurse Anesthetist

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  1. Army FY 2019

    jfratian replied to msnapper's topic in Government, Military

    That link is 9 years old. You can't currently commission as a nurse in any branch active, guard or reserve without a BSN from a you.S. ACEN or CCNE accredited nursing school....

  2. Air Force Nursing Corps

    jfratian replied to AirForceNursingCorps's topic in Government, Military

    Josh Harper has probably been retired now for quite some time, since this thread is 8 years old now. As your husband can probably tell you, reserves/guard is a part-time job. Air guard/reserves...

  3. Active Duty vs Reserve Air Force

    jfratian replied to lervin's topic in Government, Military

    If CRNA is your goal, forget about flight nursing and CCATT. Going those routes will add at least 3 years to your journey (the shortest possible active duty commitment). The fastest way to become a...

  4. Question

    jfratian replied to RN.1's topic in Government, Military

    I realize this might not make sense to a non-military person. Time in grade is very important for promotion. You are only eligible to compete for a promotion board if you have the minimum time in...

  5. Air Force Nursing Corps

    jfratian replied to AirForceNursingCorps's topic in Government, Military

    Philippines nursing schools are not accepted by any branch of the military. Only U.S. nursing schools are accredited by the organizations that the military accepts. Your best option to commission as...

  6. Question

    jfratian replied to RN.1's topic in Government, Military

    I've looked into it for myself. As a nurse, you don't really do an inter-service transfer. Instead, you separate, have your experience/service re-evaluated and re-commission. Generally speaking,...

  7. Looking for Insight into AF Nursing Corps

    jfratian replied to Dad_RN's topic in Government, Military

    See my response to your earlier post regarding deployments. As a general clinical nurse, you are vulnerable to deploy 6 months out of every 18 month period; few people go every single time though....

  8. Would I have trouble finding a position in Air Force OB?

    jfratian replied to Alexiapaige0001's topic in Government, Military

    AF clinical nurses generally do not go to true FOBs in austere environments. The most 'austere' you'll get in that role is Bagram in Afghanistan...a dangerous but somewhat secure deployment location...

  9. Navy FY2020

    jfratian replied to Rizzo02481's topic in Government, Military

    Eventually, yes you probably will. Who knows when that will be. The complete DHA transition is going to be lengthy...probably years. Even though everyone has the same governing organization now,...

  10. Working for military with foreign degree

    jfratian replied to Ellemental's topic in Government, Military

    An RN/ADN to MSN program would make you most competitive when applying. It would be more work up front, but it would allow you to come in at a higher rank too. A nurse with an MSN and at least 4...

  11. Nursing/Health Informatics

    jfratian replied to Chiboy162's topic in Government, Military

    I don't know the Navy specifically (I'm Air Force), but you generally can't start in a job like that in military nursing. You have to work somewhere as a bedside nurse for a few years and apply for...

  12. Military Options for Nursing Students

    jfratian replied to Fisch161's topic in Government, Military

    It depends on whether or not the 3 branches are taking new grad nurses or not. Sometimes, the ROTC pipeline fills up all of the new grad slots. In that case, they only take new nurses. Other times,...

  13. What does each branch have to offer for a new grad?

    jfratian replied to aferg002's topic in Government, Military

    There are certainly CCATT nurses in the reserves and guard. TCCET is sometimes filled by a CCATT nurse, so I think it is possible. So you know, TCCET is really an Army job that the Air Force does...

  14. New grad BSN - Advice on Joining Navy

    jfratian replied to eng2020's topic in Government, Military

    The problem is that you don't have enough time to apply for a direct commission. The entire application process from talking to a recruiter to showing up at officer basic training takes roughly one...

  15. Air Force reserves vs active duty Air Force???

    jfratian replied to Kayla Ackert's topic in Government, Military

    Active AF: It's a full-time job. You can deploy as frequently as 6 months every 18 months. You work at a military/VA hospital when not deployed. You typically move bases at least every 4...

  16. What does deployment look like

    jfratian replied to juanofakind1016's topic in Government, Military

    For the AF, you would come in as an Captain (O-3). Your starting rank would make you significantly more likely to do a ground surgical team deployment within your first two years. That would involve...

  17. New grad BSN - Advice on Joining Navy

    jfratian replied to eng2020's topic in Government, Military

    It's too late for ROTC if you're graduating in a few months. You'll need to apply as a direct accession (direct commission). That's essentially how they fill the jobs left over once ROTC grads have...

  18. What does deployment look like

    jfratian replied to juanofakind1016's topic in Government, Military

    Your deployment experience depends on your branch of service as well as a variety of factors, including your nursing experience and personal desires.It's difficult to predict any one person's...

  19. Looking For Air Force Nursing Information

    jfratian replied to bekah2232's topic in Government, Military

    The Air Force Nurse Corps is very regimented with its specialties. You can't just go from Med-Surg to flight nursing as easily as you would applying for a job in another nursing department in a...

  20. Pediatric Exp & Loan Repayment

    jfratian replied to PediatricCTICURN's topic in Government, Military

    Unfortunately, no military branch has an inpatient pediatric nursing specialty. There's pediatric NP (outpatient) and NICU. If you are dead set on taking care of sick kids in the inpatient setting,...

  21. What is an Accession bonus

    jfratian replied to juanofakind1016's topic in Government, Military

    Accession bonuses are paid out in a lump shortly after you report to your first base. You get it all at once minus the estimated tax liability. I don't know the exact amount of the current bonuses...

  22. ICU nursing in the AF

    jfratian replied to juanofakind1016's topic in Government, Military

    Provided you are under 47 years old, can get your waist under 35.5", and do not have any chronic medical conditions...I think you are a strong candidate. Only the Navy excludes ADN nursing...

  23. Air Force Nursing Corps

    jfratian replied to AirForceNursingCorps's topic in Government, Military

    It is 4 years and 1 day on active duty. Realistically, they don't let you enlist for 1 extra day. Therefore, you have to have completed a 6-year active duty enlistment or it's reserve/guard...

  24. RN to Air Force

    jfratian replied to joepro7's topic in Government, Military

    Even though stateside military hospitals have typically very little patient acuity to speak of, AF ER and ICU nurses are still expected to be competent with all skills required to manage critically...

  25. Air Force initial rank

    jfratian replied to djmatte's topic in Government, Military

    Your pay grade should be O3E with 'over 8' years of service. This assumes that your ADN/RN experience was full-time and your prior enlisted experience was all active