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    Burned out and hate nursing

    carolinapooh replied to RN1023's topic in Health, Stress Management

    You can also work for a Clinical Research Organization or a pharmaceutical company as a Clinical Research Associate, maintain your RN license, in many cases make much better money for less hours,...
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    Who Can Answer this Scenario?

    carolinapooh replied to angieedoll's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm no ED RN, but that to me qualifies as a change in status, and I think the exam should go forward. She's not coherent, she's answering inappropriately, she's gone from calm to combative, her gaze...
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    Navy NCP and 41 at graduation...

    carolinapooh replied to HeatherMax's topic in Government, Military

    I came back in at 36(!!) to the USAF with six years' prior enlisted time. Your prior service counts toward retirement, regardless of how long it is - so if you have 4 years' prior, you need 16 to...
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    Student RN who wants to join military...help!

    carolinapooh replied to eyesopen_mouthshut's topic in Government, Military

    First - I would expect a recruiter to be biased toward their own service - that's their job! You need a BSN to enter as an officer - I think the Army was the last service allowing ADNs in, and that...
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    Current Nursing Student Considering The Military

    carolinapooh replied to RayJordan's topic in Government, Military

    The Army is the only branch that has LPNs anymore; we - USAF - don't use them
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    Thinking about joining the military as a nurse

    carolinapooh replied to mikealty's topic in Government, Military

    No - Lunah is correct. My answer was more to correct misinformation regarding the role of pararescuemen - PJs - in the
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    BMT nursing questions

    carolinapooh replied to danceyrun's topic in Oncology

    You don't use a pump for infusing stem cells or live marrow - they're pushed with a syringe. I did do one to gravity once because the syringe method, with all the stopcock tubing and flushes, wasn't...
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    Oncology Nursing Vent

    carolinapooh replied to bonnielilgirl's topic in Oncology

    I've been in oncology for almost seven years now, and I've loved every minute of it. And yes, it's tough - and when people tell me that with that look, my answer is usually, "Yep, it's tough - it's...
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    I am the only nurse getting high blood glucose numbers

    carolinapooh replied to ricksy's topic in Geriatric, LTC

    ....what the patient may be sneaking just before your shift....oh, it
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    Enjoying my day off. Are you?

    carolinapooh replied to Brian's topic in Nurses Rock

    OMG that laundry thing is so true....I'll open up my hamper on a day off and go, "WHERE DID ALL THESE CLOTHES COME FROM - I wear a uniform to work every day!!" So the cartoon really made me
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    New to Navy, ODS, Portsmouth-need any help?

    carolinapooh replied to Sw88tpea's topic in Government, Military

    GHENT! So nice to hear there's obviously been some gentrification there! I am a Navy brat and my mom grew up in Norview (back before it was the disaster is it now, believe me); my parents actually met...
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    Health Care Admin in Military

    carolinapooh replied to BabyRN21's topic in Government, Military

    They're called 'MSC' officers - part of the Medical Service Corps - in the Air Force. They are the medical administration branch of the medical corps. When MSCs deploy, regardless of the branch of...
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    New to Navy, ODS, Portsmouth-need any help?

    carolinapooh replied to Sw88tpea's topic in Government, Military

    As the daughter of a late US Naval Corpsman who now rests in Arlington National Cemetery amongst his brothers (and sisters!), also please remember that YOU can learn a lot from the experienced...
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    Thinking about joining the military as a nurse

    carolinapooh replied to mikealty's topic in Government, Military

    USAF PJs are not nurses. Some PJs are officers, all RNs are officers, but PJs who are officers are not nurses - they are our most highly trained paramedics and combat medics. They are also not LPNs...
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    Navy Nurse being stationed on other branches' bases?

    carolinapooh replied to chaplngrillsgt's topic in Government, Military

    Not to be pedantic, but as I said, it depends. It's not common, but it's becoming less uncommon. Not overnight, but it's happening. Tripler Army Medical Center in Honolulu has Army and Navy...
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    How hard to pay off 50k debt on a nurses salary?

    carolinapooh replied to BOSS man's topic in General Nursing

    I'm only guessing, but I wonder if you're heading to my alma mater. Hint: it's the opposite of what my screen name suggests! 50K is a bunch of money, so yes - you need a budget, and you need to figure...
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    Night Shift and workouts?

    carolinapooh replied to scrubsandasmile's topic in Health, Stress Management

    I'm active duty military and I work 6p-6a. I usually get up and go run before I go to work - it helps shake off that weird feeling you get sometimes from sleeping in the middle of the day, and then I...
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    What Is The Shift You Will Never Forget?

    carolinapooh replied to bsartor's topic in General Nursing

    There was the night I was 007. I'm still a legend on that unit and I've not been on that floor in four years. The first death was expected. The patient had terminal cancer and was a favorite of...
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    Is Nursing as Stressful as Nursing School?

    carolinapooh replied to imjustme123's topic in General Nursing

    Stressful for no money? Firefighters, teachers, enlisted military (we officers do just fine, no matter what some say - in many ways I am ridiculously overpaid)....I'm sure there are more... And yes, I...
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    Ever have the spike come out from a hanging bag of blood?

    carolinapooh replied to Billy_Ruben's topic in General Nursing

    OMG - I feel so bad for you! This never happened to me - but what happened to me was infinitely worse. I spiked a bag of blood and somehow the spike ripped through the side of the little tube that...
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    Air Force Nursing 2013

    carolinapooh replied to JillyRN's topic in Government, Military

    Speaking from the inside, yes, I think you'd have an easier time going to grad school here. The budgets aren't going to get bigger, and the longer you wait (if the military is where you want to be),...
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    Occ Health Nurse in D.C

    carolinapooh replied to RNMOM1's topic in Government, Military

    Federal jobs are posted on usajobs.gov. Insofar as I know, GS RNs don't even have a security clearance, so I can't imagine that a nurse would have a Top Secret one...I worked with nukes as an enlisted...
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    Confused about AF reserve nursing jobs

    carolinapooh replied to bbothwell's topic in Government, Military

    According to what I've been told, Flight RNs can get the job without critical care experience. Basically you are a floor clinical RN who happens to work in an aircraft on air-evac missions. Critical...
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    Navy Nurse being stationed on other branches' bases?

    carolinapooh replied to chaplngrillsgt's topic in Government, Military

    A dual services couple's ability to be stationed at the same facility will depend on if the other service is authorized slots at that
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    Current Nursing Student Considering The Military

    carolinapooh replied to RayJordan's topic in Government, Military

    Just had to comment on the duck walk - I've had the rather dubious honor of doing that twice (once for my enlistment and then once for my commission)...lovely both times...ick...LOL... Congrats on...