jfratian

jfratian DNP, RN, CRNA

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

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  1. Air Force HPSP DNP

    jfratian replied to gypsy26's topic in Government, Military

    I don't know for sure, but most contracts are 8 total years. If you owe 4 years active then you owe an additional 4 years reserve. A 6 year active contract generally has 2 years of reserve. You can...

  2. Need advice regarding Mavy Nurse Candidate Program

    jfratian replied to Chris6991's topic in Government, Military

    It is definitely not easy. I will say that a significant number of military nurses were enlisted at one time. I don't know exact numbers, but it seems to be at least 1/3 in my estimation. Some of...

  3. Air Force HPSP DNP

    jfratian replied to gypsy26's topic in Government, Military

    The Air Force is paying for you to become an FNP. That is where they will expect you to practice for your first 2 years minimum. All the programs that I have ever seen require 2 years of time on...

  4. HPSP 2016

    jfratian replied to mocapoca's topic in Government, Military

    Have your recruiter reach out to some of his/her contacts. A lot of regions have a nurse recruiter who actually has been a nurse in the Air Force; recruiting is a temporary special assignment for...

  5. Air Force Nursing duty locations

    jfratian replied to samiyah1987's topic in Government, Military

    46N doesn't limit you to just outpatient clinic nursing. It also includes inpatient med-surg, PACU, day surgery, and probably a few other things I can't remember right now. In other words, it's very...

  6. Air Force Nursing duty locations

    jfratian replied to samiyah1987's topic in Government, Military

    Extremely unlikely that you'll get any of those, with the exception of Eglin AFB in Destin, FL. New nurses, which is what you'll be considered with If you're dead set on applying anyway, make sure...

  7. Question about ribbon placement on ASUs!

    jfratian replied to nrryan's topic in Government, Military

    Yeah, they have 1 ribbon racks all the way up to at least 27 ribbon racks for a reason. Use the 2-ribbon. It looks terrible

  8. Air Force Nursing duty locations

    jfratian replied to samiyah1987's topic in Government, Military

    I'll defer that question to Navy and Army people on this site. I want to reiterate again that you have to agree to take the OR designator and work as an OR nurse to take advantage of any shortages....

  9. Air Force Nursing duty locations

    jfratian replied to samiyah1987's topic in Government, Military

    Although I haven't looked it up, OR appears to be one of the more undermanned specialties in the civilian world too. It seems like there was a whole generation of OR nurses who didn't do a good job...

  10. Air Force Nursing duty locations

    jfratian replied to samiyah1987's topic in Government, Military

    You're definitely an experienced nurse. So, you will have the option to apply as an un-designated clinical nurse (46N); this would allow you to be put in a clinic. However, if you choose to apply as...

  11. Air Force Nursing duty locations

    jfratian replied to samiyah1987's topic in Government, Military

    So, I would list what you want keeping in mind what you can realistically get. I know a former AF nursing assignments officer. According to her, nurses that enter with As far as deployments, the...

  12. Questions about being A Navy Nurse with Civilian Husband

    jfratian replied to daniaurit's topic in Government, Military

    My question is, are those designations binding or not? Or, are they just a signalling tool that you know how to take care of kids? I just want this person to know what they are getting themselves...

  13. Emergency/Trauma Nursing in USAF

    jfratian replied to JmanRN80's topic in Government, Military

    Maybe urgent care is a bit of an exaggeration. However, I find that when people join the military expecting the day-to-day grind to be a major step-up in acuity are often disappointed. I know that I...

  14. Emergency/Trauma Nursing in USAF

    jfratian replied to JmanRN80's topic in Government, Military

    I take it you're an experienced civilian ER Nurse? Biggest difference between civilian and military is the additional duties and the deployments. Deployments really aren't happening much these days....

  15. Questions about being A Navy Nurse with Civilian Husband

    jfratian replied to daniaurit's topic in Government, Military

    The military in general doesn't do much with pediatrics. Unless you're a pediatric NP or CNS there's not really a career available in pediatrics. I don't know about the Navy, but the Air Force has...

  16. Periop Military Nurse Question

    jfratian replied to techraider77's topic in Government, Military

    Agreed. The AF calls them OR nurses and they pretty much do not leave the operating room. The Air Force uses un-designated 'clinical nurses' (46Ns), basically med-surg nurses, to work the pre-op...

  17. Navy Nurse Corps 1st duty station

    jfratian replied to ERmurse86's topic in Government, Military

    Can't really help you with Navy specific stuff. I can talk about the Air Force, which definitely does have designators for ICU, ER, OR, OB, psych. Even if they have the identifier, that doesn't mean...

  18. Nurse Corps Reserves, Which Branch of Military?

    jfratian replied to newinsp's topic in Government, Military

    The 3 branches are very similar. It's probably 80% the same as civilian nursing when not deployed. As far as the differences, it largely has a lot to do with tradition, available jobs, and locations...

  19. AF COT/NTP Questions/Answers

    jfratian replied to Camo-angel's topic in Government, Military

    They definitely look at all post-high school transcripts. I had community college credits that had nothing to do with Nursing and they still wanted to see them. I never really investigated very...

  20. Navy Nursing Duty Stations

    jfratian replied to DocMattEB's topic in Government, Military

    Right up front, I'll tell you that I'm Air Force and not Navy. My current job puts me in contact with Navy nurses. From talking to them it seems like all new grads go to the San Diego, Porstmouth,...

  21. Stuck at the bedside forever?

    jfratian replied to Tbutbu's topic in Government, Military

    Just to throw this out there: NPs, CRNAs, and ICU nurses are all hovering in the 90%+ manning area right now for the Air Force. However, very few ICU nurses are O1s or O2s; there is definitely...

  22. Stuck at the bedside forever?

    jfratian replied to Tbutbu's topic in Government, Military

    Yeah you won't find any info on it. They don't direct commission civilians into that role. It's all internal calls for candidates. The position is for an O-4 or O-5 too; so it would be a while down...

  23. Stuck at the bedside forever?

    jfratian replied to Tbutbu's topic in Government, Military

    Informatics definitely is a future growth area for the air force. Right now there are only 3 AF positions for it, but that will likely increase. Active duty aren't really used for case management or...

  24. Stuck at the bedside forever?

    jfratian replied to Tbutbu's topic in Government, Military

    Right now, the AF is pretty well-manned with ICU overall. Last I saw every specialty except OR and flight was over 90%. You can always apply as a med-surg nurse and not take the ICU identifier if...

  25. Questions about being A Navy Nurse with Civilian Husband

    jfratian replied to daniaurit's topic in Government, Military

    Yeah I combined the two. RI for officer basic and VA for the