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 FY2016

    jfratian replied to morgan_porgan's topic in Government, Military

    The loan repayment is a one time payment. You're not giving up the GI bill with the loan repayment. You still earn it at the completion of your first contract. You can't use it to retroactively pay...

  2. Help please! Nursing School or Join US Air Force

    jfratian replied to Blue Robin's topic in Government, Military

    We're saying get the ASN (2.5 years) and start working as an RN in the civilian world while working on your BSN online (takes about a year). By the time you have the BSN, you'll have a year of...

  3. Air Force FY2016

    jfratian replied to morgan_porgan's topic in Government, Military

    A 46N functional manager has to certify your eligibility for the ISP (O-5 or O-6 chief nurse). It's over your recruiter's head. Unfortunately, you won't qualify without a qualified board cert (CCRN,...

  4. Help please! Nursing School or Join US Air Force

    jfratian replied to Blue Robin's topic in Government, Military

    The 0 to ASN/ADN, which allows you to take the NCLEX RN and start working as a nurse, route at a community college followed by the RN to BSN (typically online) is often much cheaper as well. I think...

  5. Air Force COT May 2016

    jfratian replied to linds28's topic in Government, Military

    The AF doesn't direct commission active duty flight nurses. The AF Reserves and Air Guard will take you if you have critical care experience; I imagine kinds28 is joining one of those

  6. Army RN FY 2016 question

    jfratian replied to sch983's topic in Government, Military

    I believe they still offer the loan repayment for experienced nurses, depending on the branch you join (AF still offers

  7. Help please! Nursing School or Join US Air Force

    jfratian replied to Blue Robin's topic in Government, Military

    Something else you need to keep in mind is your expected income in each scenario in the event your loans aren't paid off. Say you get a BSN a public school; you will probably spend roughly $90,000...

  8. Any Air Force new grad applicants FY2016?

    jfratian replied to Ashdx21's topic in Government, Military

    Your recruiter doesn't seem to know what's going on. Keesler isn't a big enough to do NTP. The NTP sites are San Antonio, or Tampa, Scottsdale (AZ), and Cincinnati. These are 3 month training...

  9. Quick Tip for ANYONE considering nursing in the military

    jfratian replied to carolinapooh's topic in Government, Military

    You absolutely can't join the Army as a new grad without ROTC. The Air Force won't let you start in OR without at least 1 year of OR experience; you'd be stuck in med-surg or OB as an AF new

  10. Air Force NTP Applicant FY17

    jfratian replied to lasarazen's topic in Government, Military

    Fill out the 'contact a recruiter' form again. That stuff is tracked and they can't ignore those forms. You can also find out the main number for that office and choose the 'supervision' option if...

  11. Air Force requirements Advanced Nurses

    jfratian replied to brughm's topic in Government, Military

    I still hear of MSNs becoming NPs in the Air Force. It's more rare these days, but it still exists. A great many of them were in my COT class. The AF website is outdated. You're going to have to...

  12. AF E-5 Crew Chief wife, prior E-4 in Army NG, & highly considering joining as AF nurse

    jfratian replied to AGarvin's topic in Government, Military

    It's not extremely difficult to get a nurse and crew chief to the same base. The problem occurs when the nurse specializes (ER, ICU, OR, etc) and limits themselves to certain bases. Not every AF...

  13. Help please! Nursing School or Join US Air Force

    jfratian replied to Blue Robin's topic in Government, Military

    If your goal is to become an AF RN as quickly as possible, then you need to take out loans and finish a BSN first. The AF will currently (although this may change) pick up the tab for $40,000 in...

  14. AF Nurse Corp

    jfratian replied to dream031224's topic in Government, Military

    The enlisted experience should help you not hurt you. However, you don't have the 4 years and 1 day needed to get the prior enlisted pay code. Almost half of my coworkers are prior enlisted AF,...

  15. Family Nurse Practitioner in Army Reserve

    jfratian replied to Unakadh's topic in Government, Military

    It depends on whether or not you have an MSN or DNP and whether or not your RN experience was full-time or part time. If I had to guess, I would say O-2 if some of your experience is part-time and/or...

  16. Military LVN?

    jfratian replied to bradycardic's topic in Government, Military

    The downside if you already have an LVN license in the Air Force, is that you will enter as an E3 (vs. perhaps an E4 in the Army). Also, without an AFSC locking you into the LVN role, you won't be...

  17. Military LVN?

    jfratian replied to bradycardic's topic in Government, Military

    All branches utilize LVN skill sets to some degree. However, they may not have a separate career field for LVNs or LPNs. For example, the Air Force 4N career field acts like an EMT-B/CNA II role when...

  18. ER vs. ICU in Military

    jfratian replied to joepro7's topic in Government, Military

    If you're ER, ICU, or any inpatient unit, you're likely to work 14 12-hour shifts every month (3-4 per week). Every local commander can alter that as needed, because # of shifts per person per month...

  19. Air Force Nurse Pay

    jfratian replied to UTstudent's topic in Government, Military

    Generally speaking, an MSN gives you an extra 2 years of time in grade credit. I'm not entirely sure if your degree will count, but it might. If those 5 years were all full-time, then I would say...

  20. Air Force Nurse Pay

    jfratian replied to UTstudent's topic in Government, Military

    I haven't heard of any changes to the ISP for the upcoming fiscal year (which starts Oct 1). Last I heard, the AF still offers it to just about any nurse with any credential (med-surg, critical care,...

  21. PMHNPs in military - what was your experience like?

    jfratian replied to jlld789's topic in Government, Military

    Those are the requirements for getting into the nurse corps. That doesn't mean you'll be an NP. Also, that website is woefully outdated. It hasn't changed since I first started looking at military...

  22. Air Force FY 2015

    jfratian replied to morgan_porgan's topic in Government, Military

    The closest you can get is probably Travis (CA) or Nellis (NV) as a new

  23. Air Force FY 2015

    jfratian replied to morgan_porgan's topic in Government, Military

    The chances of being stationed at the AF Academy clinic in Colorado for your first assignment? It's zero. If you're a new grad, it's an NTP requirement that you have to be stationed at a hospital...

  24. New grad or FQ?

    jfratian replied to _zoubisoubisou_'s topic in Government, Military

    Just to clarify, certain nursing areas, such as PACU, day surgery, outpatient clinics, inpatient med-surg, and peds, aren't considered 'specialty areas' in the Air Force; any nurse can fill those...

  25. New grad or FQ?

    jfratian replied to _zoubisoubisou_'s topic in Government, Military

    I would encourage you to read some of the other military nursing threads on this site; most of these questions have already been answered numerous times. With 1 year of nursing experience, you can...