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    US Air Force COT 10-06

    carolinapooh replied to luvbug080688's topic in Government, Military

    Gerri - these are the OLD standards and do not apply as of 1 July. The correct standards are at AFPC's website: Air Force Personnel Center - AF Fitness Program Edit to add: made a quick correction...
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    Are you buying individual malpractice insurance?

    carolinapooh replied to NoblePath's topic in First Year After Licensure

    At the risk of sounding like a smart a$$, it's quite rare to just drop dead for no apparent reason but that doesn't stop me from having life insurance. It's rare for someone's home to be broken into...
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    Experienced ICU thinking about Air Force

    carolinapooh replied to bryango's topic in Government, Military

    Your years of service should be six, not 5.5. All of your inactive time counts (and I've checked this with AFPC and also know it from my own military pay record). In a month or two you'll get a huge...
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    US Air Force COT 10-06

    carolinapooh replied to luvbug080688's topic in Government, Military

    Please DON'T wear short shorts or jeans hanging off your back end. Be professional,
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    Air Force scrub uniform

    carolinapooh replied to TennBSN's topic in Government, Military

    Your hair has to be within regulations per
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    COT 10-04 nurse to 10-05

    carolinapooh replied to midinphx's topic in Government, Military

    Exactly the ones I was going to recommend. They're sort of like generic Under Armour but they're not as
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    BSN vs. ADN costs

    carolinapooh replied to creativetype2007's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    That seemed awfully cheap to me - so you'll forgive me for checking. GMU states their tuition rate is $356 per credit hour before all fees are accounted for (and the fees are $1339 for the fall...
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    Are there JOBS in the Army Nurse Corps?

    carolinapooh replied to justlisamarie's topic in Government, Military

    Mods - anyone there? :) Please move this to the military forum as there are a few RNs there who can really help these
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    Getting accepted to COTS or OCS

    carolinapooh replied to Jennifer22's topic in Government, Military

    I actually have several years' prior service as an enlisted AF member and only came back as a commissioned officer last year, but I'm flattered by your question. :) I'm not scheduled to deploy until...
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    Experienced ICU thinking about Air Force

    carolinapooh replied to bryango's topic in Government, Military

    Wtb is definitely the expert. I've not been able to find that stupid announcement on Kx since it was issued - I was actually looking for it
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    Getting accepted to COTS or OCS

    carolinapooh replied to Jennifer22's topic in Government, Military

    The Army course for medical officers is OBLC - Officer Basic Leadership Course. OCS is their non-medical officer commissioning program. COT is the Air Force's version - Commissioned Officer Training....
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    Starting BSN program. Navy and Air Force Reserve questions

    carolinapooh replied to tkuypers's topic in Government, Military

    I know two of them are deployed, but I'll see if I can get a hold of
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    "Did you just take a picture of me?"

    carolinapooh replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    What does them being passive-aggressive have to do with taking pictures of THEIR family member? Oh - got it. But if some family member starts turing some patient care issue into a he said/she...
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    Is nursing really THAT bad?

    carolinapooh replied to CuriousCC's topic in General Nursing

    Shannon - I think the person who said that meant that quite often on a message board, you hear those sides of the stories and not always the good stuff, not that all of us are in that
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    Unmotivated recruiter???

    carolinapooh replied to traumaowl's topic in Government, Military

    That's true now, yes, but the regulation governing the status of enlisted single parents and commissioned single parents does not take that into account. Having served as an enlisted troop and now as...
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    Starting BSN program. Navy and Air Force Reserve questions

    carolinapooh replied to tkuypers's topic in Government, Military

    I'm currently Active Duty but I have quite a few friends who are AFR, and three of them are flight
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    Experienced ICU thinking about Air Force

    carolinapooh replied to bryango's topic in Government, Military

    It may be that the CCRNs are included in the specialty incentive pay program - but that's for RNs already in the Air Force, not new
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    I am lucky...but I'm still very disappointed ::sighs::

    carolinapooh replied to Serrano2886's topic in General Nursing

    When you get to the hospital setting you'll need orientation, yes, but the benefits of having worked in a clinical setting will be obvious to both your preceptor and your hiring manager - oh, yes, and...
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    Nursing Diagnoses: Useless Statements secondary to Professional Insecurity

    carolinapooh replied to Fribblet's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    There is "a defined foundation" - it's been around for hundreds of years - it's called medicine. We do it within a different scope of practice. That doesn't mean we need ridiculous ways of stating the...
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    Nursing Diagnoses: Useless Statements secondary to Professional Insecurity

    carolinapooh replied to Fribblet's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Most of us aren't blasting care plans (although a good deal of them get pencil-whipped as well). The problem is the asinine nursing diagnoses. And I wouldn't give a timeline for that or bank on one...
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    Nursing Diagnoses: Useless Statements secondary to Professional Insecurity

    carolinapooh replied to Fribblet's topic in Nursing Professionalism

    Here's the part of the post I have a problem with: "But...maybe nursing diagnoses serve a purpose. Maybe the physicians do need to see that in order to realize that we are colleagues and peers, not...
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    "Did you just take a picture of me?"

    carolinapooh replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    Key word - "family members". IMO, that has nothing to do with
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    "Did you just take a picture of me?"

    carolinapooh replied to Tait's topic in General Nursing

    Then you're sued for destroying private
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    Navy Nurse Candidate Program

    carolinapooh replied to rockytopRN2b's topic in Government, Military

    Hey - I've always got a lot to learn....I can't believe that even with all the folks I know who are in the Reserves, and with all the digging I've done, I've never found that nor heard about it. IMHO,...
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    Starting BSN program. Navy and Air Force Reserve questions

    carolinapooh replied to tkuypers's topic in Government, Military

    Air Force Reserves is actually where most of our flight RNs are, so if that's the route you want, my guess is that's your best