jfratian

jfratian DNP, RN, CRNA

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

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  1. Military information.

    jfratian replied to ASCATRN's topic in Government, Military

    8 years is the standard contract; it's typically 3-4 years active and the other 4-5 years is inactive ready reserve (a rarely used callback list with few obligations). Military nursing is largely the...

  2. New Grad Asking for Some Guidance.

    jfratian replied to m.battles's topic in Government, Military

    You should look at the other two branches. I'm not sure the army takes new grads. I would recommend transferring to the specialty area of your choice ASAP. If you can get a year of ICU or ER (or...

  3. Air Force Nursing Selection Boards Nov 2017

    jfratian replied to Buffness's topic in Government, Military

    It is worth applying again. Years ago, I was wait-listed my first try. I applied 6 months later with essentially the same resume and I got in. The number of slots may increase or the number of...

  4. Flight Nurse Army vs Air Force

    jfratian replied to dropkickRN's topic in Government, Military

    The process takes 1 year from start to beginning training. You've got 6 months of experience. I'd say study for the CEN and take the CEN ASAP. I believe there's no minimum experienced required to...

  5. enlisted going to officer as a nurse

    jfratian replied to tt..89's topic in Government, Military

    You need at least 4 years plus 1 day of active duty service, or the equivalent in reserve points, to get the prior enlisted 'E' code for your pay. You will get 100% credit towards retirement for any...

  6. BSN required?

    jfratian replied to Tinytitanpro's topic in Government, Military

    Yep you need a bachelor's of science in nursing or higher (you could also do an ADN to MSN program too). You are currently not

  7. Flight Nurse Army vs Air Force

    jfratian replied to dropkickRN's topic in Government, Military

    If air evac is what you want to do, you really need to do Air Force. The Air Force has the vast majority of the flight nursing positions. We have flight nursing, which is fixed wing med-surg...

  8. wanting a different recruiter

    jfratian replied to _zoubisoubisou_'s topic in Government, Military

    Ah okay, I didn't see the branch mentioned at first. I'm an active duty AF ICU nurse. How far along are you in the application? Are you in the 'gathering initial information' stage or have you...

  9. wanting a different recruiter

    jfratian replied to _zoubisoubisou_'s topic in Government, Military

    I have no idea what branch you're talking about. I'm assuming you're applying as an RN? However, there's really no way to get a different recruiter. From my experience, there is typically one...

  10. Air Force critical care vs med surg

    jfratian replied to Gamecock RN's topic in Government, Military

    If you're dead set on applying for med-surg too, just take the CCRN. It's the same $395 either way. You'll be eligible to take either I believe. CCRN, CEN, and CNOR are the gold standards to the...

  11. Air Force critical care vs med surg

    jfratian replied to Gamecock RN's topic in Government, Military

    I'm an active duty AF ICU nurse. Unless they've recently changed the process, you should be having an interview with a critical care consultant. They should be discussing what sorts of patients...

  12. Any Active Air Force Reservist?

    jfratian replied to tsipareht's topic in Government, Military

    No, I am active

  13. What are my options?

    jfratian replied to _zoubisoubisou_'s topic in Government, Military

    There won't be any guarantee of going back to school. They'll never put that in writing. You will be eligible to apply for AFIT, the program that sends you back to grad school full time, after 2...

  14. Any Active Air Force Reservist?

    jfratian replied to tsipareht's topic in Government, Military

    Japan and Korea aren't deployments. Those are permanent duty stations that happen to be overseas. Historically, a common deployment location for Air Force OR nurses is Bagram Air Base near Kabul,...

  15. Air Force nursing FQ FY 2018

    jfratian replied to Mchicky24's topic in Government, Military

    Why would you be interested in the military if deployments are a concern? It is a realistic expectation that any nurse in the Air Force will be deployed 25% of the time, depending on world events....

  16. Should I join?

    jfratian replied to AnArtist's topic in Government, Military

    The Air Force has specialties for RNs. OR, ICU, and ER are always in demand. If your rehab is inpatient rehab (like chronic trach's , neuro rehab, etc), then I would say that would count as acute...

  17. What are my options?

    jfratian replied to _zoubisoubisou_'s topic in Government, Military

    Assuming you spoke to the correct health professions recruiter, they typically recruit both RNs and NPs. There are delayed entry programs for students; you typically are in the reserves while in...

  18. Can I apply to a Military Hospital (as a civilian) as soon as I graduate from Nursing?

    jfratian replied to Jayhaydee's topic in Government, Military

    From what I know of the Air Force medical facilities in South Korea, they are super small. They have an OR and perform minor procedures there, but I would not call them hospitals by any stretch of...

  19. Military Nursing and working overseas

    jfratian replied to alexaway's topic in Government, Military

    I would not join the military solely to work as a nurse in Europe. That's just not a big enough reason to undertake such a big commitment. That's not going to end well for you. There certainly are...

  20. Best Path to a Nursing Degree?

    jfratian replied to 203KEE's topic in Government, Military

    That plan may be the cheapest, but it will definitely take you the longest. If it were me, I would just go into debt with loans. I would do the pre-reqs and work full-time. Then do loans for...

  21. Air Force ER nurse

    jfratian replied to lbwilliams's topic in Government, Military

    Everything Pixie said is correct, including the age limit for active duty AF nursing of 47 and the difficulty in switching jobs simply due to new education that you complete. I personally know an OR...

  22. Air Force ER nurse

    jfratian replied to lbwilliams's topic in Government, Military

    What is the rush? The military application process is certainly not quick. If you contacted a recruiter today you would probably not start basic officer training until a year from now if you got...

  23. Air Force ER nurse

    jfratian replied to lbwilliams's topic in Government, Military

    You should really look into the DNP vs. MSN thing with a recruiter. My understanding is that the AF prefers the DNP, and they only send internal (military) NP students to DNP programs. However, they...

  24. Air Force NTP

    jfratian replied to mmanzella18's topic in Government, Military

    You probably won't be able to get a GS civilian job without experience, but it's worth a try I guess. Honestly, even though SAMMC/Lackland is a level 1 trauma center, I can pretty much guarantee...

  25. Air Force NTP

    jfratian replied to mmanzella18's topic in Government, Military

    NTP new grads get to pick between Med-Surg, L&D, and OR (which I believe they just added as an option). Your pick isn't guaranteed, and the vast majority of NTP nurses do Med-Surg. The ROTC kids...