jfratian

jfratian DNP, RN, CRNA

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

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  1. Dual military Navy/AF Spouse conceivable with kids?

    jfratian replied to Chadmasters's topic in Government, Military

    It depends on your job. Inpatient jobs have a night shift, but maybe you both work a 730 to 430 clinic. They often require that med-surg new grads start on day shift. Plus, you generally rotate...

  2. Dual military Navy/AF Spouse conceivable with kids?

    jfratian replied to Chadmasters's topic in Government, Military

    For the AF, there is no identifier for Peds, family med (clinics), or med-surg; they are all one big happy 'clinical nurse' identifier. That means AFPC and/or the chief nurse at your gaining base can...

  3. Joining the AF as a Nurse

    jfratian replied to Juninho22's topic in Government, Military

    You can request an extension, but the military does't grant it unless they are desperate for people in your specialty. Although, it is getting easier to extend since it saves the government money....

  4. Dual military Navy/AF Spouse conceivable with kids?

    jfratian replied to Chadmasters's topic in Government, Military

    The new grad nurse training is similar to what you would get at a major university medical center or large hospital system. It's not just on-the-job training with an experienced nurse at the bedside...

  5. Dual military Navy/AF Spouse conceivable with kids?

    jfratian replied to Chadmasters's topic in Government, Military

    I'm not really sure why you are considering Navy if you know the Air Guard and are considering transferring to the Air Force later anyway. It's not like you're very likely to ever see ship duty as a...

  6. Joining the AF as a Nurse

    jfratian replied to Juninho22's topic in Government, Military

    Also, AFPC (Air Force Personnel Center) assigns direct accessions to their first duty station upon selection. I knew my first base before I signed anything. You just need to make your recruiter look...

  7. Joining the AF as a Nurse

    jfratian replied to Juninho22's topic in Government, Military

    You're definitely smart joining after you get the 1 year of full-time experience needed to get the ICU identifier. If you tried to get in as a new grad, you'd go through 3 months of a newbie nurse...

  8. Air Force FY2016

    jfratian replied to morgan_porgan's topic in Government, Military

    It's totally situation dependent and changes with the times. In the early days of Iraq and Afghanistan, nurses pretty much deployed every time they hit their deployment band (often 6 months or more...

  9. Air Force FY2016

    jfratian replied to morgan_porgan's topic in Government, Military

    The military doesn't work like the civilian sector. When we cut, we actually shape the force. We have to have a certain number of people at each rank. If we stopped letting new people in, we would...

  10. Nurse Attorney -- which branch has more opportunities?

    jfratian replied to Birthday_Girl's topic in Government, Military

    If you are willing to take cases that are non-medical, I'm sure nothing will stop you from joining as an attorney. Your expertise would make you extremely competitive. My base in the Air Force has a...

  11. Reserves question

    jfratian replied to peterjmartin10's topic in Government, Military

    It's going to depend on what type of nurse you are and what type of unit you are assigned to. You would need to ask that question of the unit that you are interested in

  12. A Day in The Life of a Naval Operating Room/ Circulating RN

    jfratian replied to SurgRN86's topic in Government, Military

    I'm AF but, since no one answered, I will. First of all, nurses commission not enlist. Your work schedule, on call schedule, and work environment varies widely depending on where you are stationed....

  13. Becoming an Army Nurse

    jfratian replied to joepro7's topic in Government, Military

    Well, you have a couple of strikes against you. First, you don't have much experience. The Army wants several years right now. Also, it sounds like you want to stay close to home in NC (I can't...

  14. Can I serve in the Air Force and get my BSN?

    jfratian replied to Jqfoster's topic in Government, Military

    Certainly it isn't impossible, but I hope you didn't plan on commissioning the second you get that BSN. You still will have to complete your enlistment before applying to a direct commissioning...

  15. Can I serve in the Air Force and get my BSN?

    jfratian replied to Jqfoster's topic in Government, Military

    The answer is 'possibly' if you are patient enough (at least 5-6 years down the road). There is a very competitive program called the Nurse Enlisted Commissioning Program (NECP) that sends enlisted...

  16. Air Force Nurse/Age/Demand

    jfratian replied to roscoenurse's topic in Government, Military

    They only let reserve/air guard nurses direct commission right into flight nursing. You'll have to do your time in another specialty and apply for flight nursing school later if you want active

  17. Military

    jfratian replied to lselvio's topic in Government, Military

    It sounds to me like money is the only thing driving this change. That's not an ideal reason to join the military, especially when military budgets are strained. Why not move to an area with a higher...

  18. Answering Navy Nurse Recruiting Questions

    jfratian replied to LewisGarza's topic in Government, Military

    The Navy might differ a bit from the AF, but you stay home doing whatever civilian job you were doing before selection until it's time to leave for basic officer training (ODS in your case). Shortly...

  19. Air Force Nurse/Age/Demand

    jfratian replied to roscoenurse's topic in Government, Military

    From the manning numbers I just saw last month, OR and flight have the largest need at ~75% manned. Most other specialties are above 90%. That's not to say that there is money in the budget to...

  20. Air Force Nurse/Age/Demand

    jfratian replied to roscoenurse's topic in Government, Military

    United States Navy Nurse Corps - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Not exactly a solid source, but a google search will confirm. I'm AF, so I don't know much about the Navy. It seems like they have...

  21. Any FNP/ ACNP Navy Nurses?

    jfratian replied to murzern's topic in Government, Military

    He works 730-1630 M-F. He essentially serves as a rounding

  22. Air Force Nurse/Age/Demand

    jfratian replied to roscoenurse's topic in Government, Military

    The Navy also has flight nursing

  23. Any FNP/ ACNP Navy Nurses?

    jfratian replied to murzern's topic in Government, Military

    The AF utilizes active duty acute care NPs. I currently work with one. There just aren't very many

  24. Air Force Nurse/Age/Demand

    jfratian replied to roscoenurse's topic in Government, Military

    I'll tell you that you definitely don't want to ask your local healthcare recruiter that question. They won't go through all the work to submit a package for you if they think there's any chance that...

  25. Army Nurse Corps Loan Repayment

    jfratian replied to fg69401's topic in Government, Military

    So you would potentially leave money on the table because of branch specific stigma? That doesn't sound smart to me. I would hear what the Navy recruiter has to say. Nurses generally never see ship...