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    Greetings

    carolinapooh replied to ZoeGuzman's topic in Government, Military

    To be an RN in the military, you need a BSN. You talked to an enlisted recruiter; you need to speak with a health professions
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    June 2013 BOLC Army Reserve Component

    carolinapooh replied to beepeadoo's topic in Government, Military

    I take my pup to Eisenhower all the time. Great beginner trails for a big boy like him. Have you all ever been out to Government Canyon State Natural Area, off of Culebra outside 1604? It's on the...
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    Gay with partner thinking of Navy Nurse

    carolinapooh replied to txtri02's topic in Government, Military

    Exactly. Most of us don't seem to care, we're told not to care, and we have better things to worry about. I wouldn't say they're all 'open', but we're instructed (as professionals) that you don't...
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    Pt for enlisted = met, what difference for officer?

    carolinapooh replied to heydelilah's topic in Government, Military

    Are your requirements broken down by age? Ours are. I'm picking your brain so we can get some information on the board for the curious and those having recruiter problems. :) The USAF breaks down the...
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    Associate Degree In Nursing, but I want to Serve

    carolinapooh replied to Katherine.Dye's topic in Government, Military

    You have to look at the mission of each service first, and then determine which interests you. The Navy runs sea warfare; the Army runs ground warfare; we (USAF) run air warfare. Remember that you...
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    Pt for enlisted = met, what difference for officer?

    carolinapooh replied to heydelilah's topic in Government, Military

    The Basic Training standards for the USAF are not the same as COT requirements (I can only speak for USAF here). We were required to meet the current PT standards according to the USAF. The BMT...
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    Air Force Nursing 2013

    carolinapooh replied to JillyRN's topic in Government, Military

    Please note that the Air University site will have no information regarding alternate status or anything specific of that nature; it will have general information
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    FY 2014 Air Force Nursing

    carolinapooh replied to SG219's topic in Government, Military

    AH - disregard my crappy pay experience!! I just looked over AU's site. It looks as though my well-placed letter to the AETC IG had some sort of an effect (as well as the ones of those I pushed to...
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    FY 2014 Air Force Nursing

    carolinapooh replied to SG219's topic in Government, Military

    The best advice I can give you (and I'm also prior enlisted) is to not 'sit back' and wait for your recruiter to call you. Call them - being bugged by you within reason is part of their job. Broken...
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    Religion in the work place

    carolinapooh replied to Blufea's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    If they're asking at work, they need to be careful, lest anything they do thereafter be deemed harassment based on religious preference. And because of that, I'll go out on a limb and say I believe...
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    Religion in the work place

    carolinapooh replied to Blufea's topic in Spirituality, Religion

    Which makes them neither devout nor very Christian as far as I'm concerned..."judge not lest ye be judged" and all that - and yes, that's a slight misquote, but it seems to get forgotten a lot in the...
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    People really believe this????

    carolinapooh replied to meanmaryjean's topic in General Nursing

    Thanks. :) Why does an NP with a DNP calling herself (and rightfully so) or referring to herself as 'Doctor' immediately spawn comments that make it sound as though she's (a) bragging; (b) making...
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    You know you are going to have an interesting day when you get report that . . .

    carolinapooh replied to anon456's topic in Patient, Colleague Relations

    You do realize I was in YOUR court on that one, right? Someone had said you were wrong, and I was questioning them, not you. You misunderstood what I was saying - but it doesn't
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    FY 2014 Air Force Nursing

    carolinapooh replied to SG219's topic in Government, Military

    I'll jump in here and empathize with the confusion. Some of it is (stereo!)typical recruiter nightmares and shell games (sometimes, sometimes they'll tell you anything if they think it will make you...
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    Navy Nurse Candidate Program Summer 2013

    carolinapooh replied to zgray's topic in Government, Military

    You are actually entitled to Tricare (the member only) once you're sworn in as a Reserve member and you're waiting to go active duty commissioned (or you're in DEP as an enlisted member). I know this...
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    June 2013 BOLC Army Reserve Component

    carolinapooh replied to beepeadoo's topic in Government, Military

    SAMMC...San Antonio Military Medical Center. :) And yep - this weather is ridiculous. How'd ya like the scorcher we had
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    Best Navy Hospital for Critical Care

    carolinapooh replied to Jp307925's topic in Government, Military

    My guess would be Army or USAF, based solely on where the hospitals are. Especially since San Antonio, since the close of WHMC as an inpatient facility, now has only TWO Level 1 trauma centers, and...
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    Best Navy Hospital for Critical Care

    carolinapooh replied to Jp307925's topic in Government, Military

    Civilian traumas, by law, go to the nearest appropriate level trauma center OR the center with the most appropriate care (ie, burns or whatnot). WHMC, when it existed, was a Level 1 and the only Level...
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    What nurses don't hear often enough

    carolinapooh replied to Wheels28's topic in Nurses Rock

    PS: Go get a hospital administration degree. :yes:Stir the storm. Get an MBA and go shake up Kaiser Permanente or United HealthCare or Caremark or some other big conglomerate. Make some noise. As...
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    What nurses don't hear often enough

    carolinapooh replied to Wheels28's topic in Nurses Rock

    I do what I do for all my patients, even the ungrateful, but everyone likes a 'thanks for doing it' once in a while. Thank you for seeing us for what we really are, and for appreciating it
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    Reporting meds to the Police when a patient dies....HIPAA?

    carolinapooh replied to tewdles's topic in HIPAA Challenges

    Exactly. It's theft of personal property - whether the pt is dead or not. You wouldn't swipe an iPod off the dining room table that belonged to that person and you certainly shouldn't touch drugs that...
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    Engagement/Wedding Bands

    carolinapooh replied to ~Melissa~'s topic in General Nursing

    My shoes stay at work. I don't even bring them home. And if I decide to dump them, I dump them at work. I know not everyone can leave their shoes at work, though. When I was a civilian, one of the...
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    Engagement/Wedding Bands

    carolinapooh replied to ~Melissa~'s topic in General Nursing

    That is exactly what was happening to me. Pitting = damage to the
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    Jumping the Nursing Ship to Follow My Dreams

    carolinapooh replied to GeriRN2010's topic in General Nursing

    How about CAM (complementary and alternative medicine)? There are nurses who do
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    Cheap online MSN / FNP programs

    carolinapooh replied to RNbrent's topic in Student Nurse Practitioner

    I'll go out on a limb here and say that I don't think that's exactly what the person meant when they said that. It has to be a combination of both factors. I too subscribe to the belief that if it's...