jfratian

jfratian DNP, RN, CRNA

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

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  1. Career Plan Advice (SMP, BSN, USAGPAN)

    jfratian replied to Complexicator's topic in Government, Military

    Many civilian ICUs do hire new grads into their ICUs; with enough effort you should be able to find a place to start in the ICU right off the bat. However, the military will not let you do that. I...

  2. Career Plan Advice (SMP, BSN, USAGPAN)

    jfratian replied to Complexicator's topic in Government, Military

    You will not be able to start as an ICU nurse in any military branch on day 1 as a new grad nurse with no experience. The Army and AF both require clinical fellowships ((training programs for...

  3. What would my rank be?

    jfratian replied to Ryjin01's topic in Government, Military

    As others have said, it your experience typically needs to be full time working as an RN in a hospital setting. I.E. nursing homes and other outpatient stuff may not count. You need 8 years of full...

  4. Non-nurse wanting to join Air Force as CNM through HPSP-- help please!

    jfratian replied to vsan1515's topic in Government, Military

    HPSP is a program that many corps use. APRNs (CRNAs, NPs, and CNMs), although credentialed providers, still fall under that same big nurse corps entity. The current AF nursing corps chief is...

  5. 50 year old New Family Nurse Practitioner

    jfratian replied to Clucas19's topic in Government, Military

    Without an age waiver (the max age for the AF nurse corps is 47), the answer is no. Even if you were able to get an age waiver (I don't think that's likely), the federally-mandated retirement age is...

  6. AF Reserves NICU Nurse

    jfratian replied to chloejean104's topic in Government, Military

    The general, un-specialized 'clinical nurse' designation includes outpatient clinics, inpatient med-surg, and day-surgery areas (such as GI and PACU). If you are in this boat, you can literally go to...

  7. AF Reserves NICU Nurse

    jfratian replied to chloejean104's topic in Government, Military

    To be honest with you NICU is such as small specialty that I'm not sure how they are utilized in a deployed setting. I'm an active duty AF ICU nurse and I don't have any idea what they do with NICU....

  8. Non-nurse wanting to join Air Force as CNM through HPSP-- help please!

    jfratian replied to vsan1515's topic in Government, Military

    Medical students have a different path and different rules than the nurse corps. Medical students will commission as O-1s (2nd Lts) around the time they start medical school. They then auto-promote...

  9. Flight Nursing in Air Force Reserves

    jfratian replied to GuelnRn's topic in Government, Military

    Also, NPs aren't generally utilized well in the AF. There is a very small, new role for acute care NPs. These people seemed to be used as inpatient hospitalists for the most part. However, all of...

  10. Flight Nursing in Air Force Reserves

    jfratian replied to GuelnRn's topic in Government, Military

    As an NP who presumably already has an MSN, you won't ever be eligible for tuition assistance (TA). TA is only to assist in obtaining your first graduate degree. You can't get another masters or...

  11. Non-nurse wanting to join Air Force as CNM through HPSP-- help please!

    jfratian replied to vsan1515's topic in Government, Military

    Medical people (nurses, doctors, etc) don't take the AFOQT. That's for line officers, such as pilots. You'll need to be accepted to the CNM program before you can apply to the AF's HPSP. The direct...

  12. Air force nursing 2018

    jfratian replied to JmanRN80's topic in Government, Military

    If you haven't already, you absolutely need to get your CEN. The Air Force considers that the gold standard for ER certifications. It is well worth the money and study time, because it will...

  13. Air force nursing 2018

    jfratian replied to JmanRN80's topic in Government, Military

    You are certainly eligible to be an ER nurse in the Air Force. Once you join however, you can't easily transition to ICU without a one year long training program. The opportunity would be doing 2...

  14. Air force nursing 2018

    jfratian replied to JmanRN80's topic in Government, Military

    Are you looking at active duty? Do you have at least 1 year of full time experience working as an ICU RN? If not, you can't direct commission as an critical care nurse in the active duty Air Force....

  15. Active Duty Navy Direct Accession FY 2017

    jfratian replied to DiscGolfNurse's topic in Government, Military

    Those recruiter pre-screens are just to make sure that you meet basic physical, medical, and criminal history requirements. It's to weed out people that are definitely ineligible to apply (i.e. those...

  16. Seeking advice about taking classes while on Active Duty. (Army)

    jfratian replied to Traumasaurus's topic in Government, Military

    Yes you have to have a master's level degree (doesn't have to be nursing) that you are working towards. Some of those classes might not fall under any master's degree but some might. You won't...

  17. Seeking advice about taking classes while on Active Duty. (Army)

    jfratian replied to Traumasaurus's topic in Government, Military

    Since you don't currently have an MSN, you should look into tuition assistance benefits (TA). You get $250 per credit hour up to $4500 per year to take graduate classes. I believe you can only use...

  18. Air Force Nursing Corps

    jfratian replied to AirForceNursingCorps's topic in Government, Military

    You can apply as a general clinical nurse up front (which includes outpatient clinics and med-surg) and avoid taking the ICU identifier altogether. Then, you would be able to apply for FNP later

  19. Applying for Air Force Nurse FY2018

    jfratian replied to kpnurse2017's topic in Government, Military

    I would try being more persistent first. The application process is going to take at least 6-9 months. Are you still going to be in LA then? You're eventually going to have complete a lot of...

  20. FY 2018 Air Force NTP

    jfratian replied to UTcat05's topic in Government, Military

    Yes, I know where Travis is. I don't think most people know where Fairfield or Vacaville are though. Sacramento is the nearest major

  21. GS nurse pay scale

    jfratian replied to tippeny's topic in Government, Military

    the opm.gov website should be able to help

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

    jfratian replied to aferg002's topic in Government, Military

    AF nurses typically work at hospitals on AF bases. These are generally small community hospitals with around 50 inpatient beds. Some hospitals have joint VA-DOD agreements. Those hospitals would...

  23. FY 2018 Air Force NTP

    jfratian replied to UTcat05's topic in Government, Military

    I think that it's reasonable to follow-up once a week. You probably can't change recruiters, because there is typically just one AF nursing recruiter for an entire region (such as North and South...

  24. FY 2018 Air Force NTP

    jfratian replied to UTcat05's topic in Government, Military

    I would counter that there is a big difference between manning statistics, which chronically show that AF manning is short and what the current recruiting mission actually is. Just because there are...

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

    jfratian replied to aferg002's topic in Government, Military

    The Air Force doesn't use MOS, which is the Army's terminology. The Air Force equivalent is the Air Force Specialty Code (AFSC). There is no AFSC for what you described, but there is instead a...