jfratian

jfratian DNP, RN, CRNA

Adult Critical Care

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

Member

  • Content

    1,665

  • Visitors

    19,283

  • Followers

    4

  • Likes

    194

All Content by jfratian

  1. Air force nursing 2018

    jfratian replied to JmanRN80's topic in Government, Military

    I've actually seen people in your situation accepted. However, they've not received credit for their experience the same way nurses with ICU, inpatient-med surg, ER, OR, etc experience get credit....

  2. Air Force Reserve Nurse - Join now or wait?

    jfratian replied to ryschall's topic in Government, Military

    Speaking as a current AF nurse, ICU and ER nurses have a lot more opportunity that a general clinic/med-surg nurse. For example, there are many deployment teams that are specific to only ICU or ER...

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

    jfratian replied to aferg002's topic in Government, Military

    You're on call 24/7 by virtue of joining the military. They can deploy you whenever they want. Unlike the Army, which deploys entire units, the Air Force deploys UTCs. UTCs are deployment teams...

  4. Why did you pick your banch?

    jfratian replied to Chuckleface's topic in Government, Military

    Yeah it's maybe 80% the same across branches. There are certain special duty jobs that are specific to each branch. Most air evac is handled by the Air Force. Ship nursing is handled by the Navy. I...

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

    jfratian replied to aferg002's topic in Government, Military

    You need to know how to be a nurse really well. The experience that they want is 2 years of ICU nursing experience. Prior time as an enlisted medic isn't going to cut it. That's why you should get...

  6. Air force nursing 2018

    jfratian replied to JmanRN80's topic in Government, Military

    I would say that they long term care experience is probably not helpful. I'm not really sure if they look at dialysis nursing as acute care or not. I don't think they would take someone as an...

  7. Joining the US airforce as an RN with BSN, greencard holder

    jfratian replied to Alyx C's topic in Government, Military

    You can enlist right now as a medic without U.S. citizenship. One of my old coworkers did it as a Columbian national. Nurses are officers and commission. You need to be a U.S. citizen to commission...

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

    jfratian replied to aferg002's topic in Government, Military

    As an active duty AF nurse, you can apply to attend the CCATT basic course typically with 2 years of ICU experience. Only a certain number of CCATT slots are available for each base, so it's really...

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

    jfratian replied to aferg002's topic in Government, Military

    Just to be clear, you can't directly enter CCATT, TCCET, or SOST from the civilian sector. You have to enter as an ICU or ER nurse and then apply for those jobs. The AFSCs I gave you are for general...

  10. Help asap circulating nurses

    jfratian replied to danielle.scott3's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    The circulating nurse is an RN who has completed an accredited nursing program (diploma, associates, or BSN) and passed the NCLEX-RN. The CRNA is an experienced ICU RN who has completed either a...

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

    jfratian replied to aferg002's topic in Government, Military

    The Air Force uses the term AFSC (Air Force Specialty Code) instead of the MOS. I've never done TCCET so I can't really tell you what aircraft they use. All of the things I mentioned can involve...

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

    jfratian replied to aferg002's topic in Government, Military

    The Air Force offers the Special Operations Surgical Team (SOST). They send out teams with a surgeon, an OR tech, and ER or ICU nurse, and an anesthesia provider that set up makeshift hospitals in...

  13. Air Force nursing FQ FY 2018

    jfratian replied to Mchicky24's topic in Government, Military

    First, there are about 8 or 9 bases with ICUs and ERs and a couple more that have just ERs. Travis (Sacramento), Wright Patterson (Dayton, OH), Eglin (Destin, FL), Langley (D.C.), Keelser (Biloxi,...

  14. Air Force Nursing Questions

    jfratian replied to MurseJoe21's topic in Government, Military

    There are many threads on the All nurses Government/Military Nursing page that go into great detail. Please look through them and ask more specific questions. It's typically like any civilian RN...

  15. Air Force Nursing Corps

    jfratian replied to AirForceNursingCorps's topic in Government, Military

    So you've been a nurse for 24 years total (2017-1993)? I'm guessing that you're at least in your late 40s? And you're not currently eligible until you get the BSN done. Last I checked, the max age...

  16. FY 2018 Air Force NTP

    jfratian replied to UTcat05's topic in Government, Military

    No, you selection of bases has no bearing on whether or not your accepted or not. The two decisions are made independently of each other by two different groups. An accession board made up of senior...

  17. BSN to Air force

    jfratian replied to arrohde's topic in Government, Military

    I'm a current active duty AF nurse. I can't tell you what the current recruiting climate is, but we have historically taken a limited number of new grads who didn't do ROTC (i.e. via direct...

  18. Army Reserve rank question

    jfratian replied to cablefree's topic in Government, Military

    The rules change every cycle based on how badly they need nurses. Typically you get 50% credit for full time RN experience. Typically, a nurse with 8 years of experience will enter as an O-3....

  19. Military

    jfratian replied to DJello's topic in Government, Military

    So there are separate specialty codes that lock you into each specialty. Flight nurses are 46N3F's. CCATT and TCCET are either 46N3E's (ICU nurse) or 46N3J's (ER nurse). Flight nurses are kinda...

  20. Military

    jfratian replied to DJello's topic in Government, Military

    Just so he's aware, there are three different transport teams that the Air Force uses. Flight nurses take the stable med-surg patients on fixed wing aircraft. CCATT nurses take the ICU patients;...

  21. Military

    jfratian replied to DJello's topic in Government, Military

    The Air Force does have the special operations surgical team (SOST). You are embedded with a AFSOC unit full time. Once you complete their training pipeline, you actually work most of the time at...

  22. General Advice/Input/feedback on Military Nursing Needed

    jfratian replied to sharma005's topic in Government, Military

    Yeah, there's a lot of info on this site. Generally, it's 80% the same thing. I've been a civilian and a military nurse. The differences are largely the deployment piece and the additional duties....

  23. AF interview with CNO

    jfratian replied to bafelly's topic in Government, Military

    I would definitely bring some questions with you. The chief nurse is usually extremely knowledgeable and well connected. You could go over the strengths and weaknesses of various bases/locations to...

  24. AF nursing culture

    jfratian replied to St.BaptistRN's topic in Government, Military

    Nurses promote slower than certain other specialties. You don't meet the board for Major until you've been a Captain for about 6 years. The promotion rate for Major is usually around 80%. I would...

  25. Military as a BSN with no RN license

    jfratian replied to hopess12's topic in Government, Military

    Yeah, you can hypothetically join with a bachelor's in underwater basket-weaving. It's not very likely, but you hypothetically could. This person doesn't seem to have done ROTC. That means they are...