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    May join Navy Nurse Corp, concerned about vaccines.

    carolinapooh replied to belletree's topic in Government, Military

    I was an Air Force cop and have a deployment vaccine record literally longer than my arm. The only one I had an immediate reaction to was yellow fever - it gave me a fever (ha ha) with a pretty quick...
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    May join Navy Nurse Corp, concerned about vaccines.

    carolinapooh replied to belletree's topic in Government, Military

    No. Getting the vaccines you need as an officer is nothing like the "cattle call" that was Basic, where we all lined up in our tee shirts and our underwear and got gunned in the arm. At COT it was...
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    Can they make you work full time and not pay you benefits?

    carolinapooh replied to jxRN's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, I found the COBRA thing too. And I think the other thing is Federal law as well (providing same options to
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    Can they make you work full time and not pay you benefits?

    carolinapooh replied to jxRN's topic in General Nursing

    COOL - I do think that should be the law if the business is over a certain
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    Quirky Habits?

    carolinapooh replied to dorisc1981's topic in General Nursing

    Weird habits...quirks....okay. I don't like my food to touch. I have very distinct rules about food. Things that will run into each other that are not meant to run into each other require either a...
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    Dog on the floor, what do you think?

    carolinapooh replied to mappers's topic in General Nursing

    Hate to say it, but....oh.....my......God..... There's a line out there, and I think this one crossed it. I get love of pets and all that, but a parrot? On a plane? Huge liability for the airline and...
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    Can they make you work full time and not pay you benefits?

    carolinapooh replied to jxRN's topic in General Nursing

    I found this - but it's saying there is no law requiring health insurance: http://www.dir.ca.gov/dlse/Benefits.pdf On insurance.ca.gov, I copied this from a document that seems to say UNIONS are...
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    The 1st check as an rn....yay!!! Or nay!!

    carolinapooh replied to Serrano2886's topic in First Year After Licensure

    It's posts like this that help keep some of the lousy pay in perspective - you gave me a new appreciation for the small salary I made as a civilian and I honestly thank you for it.
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    The 1st check as an rn....yay!!! Or nay!!

    carolinapooh replied to Serrano2886's topic in First Year After Licensure

    Now that quote I'm familiar with. I actually wouldn't have minded that schedule and had I not come back in the Air Force I would have pushed for it. Not a bad gig if you don't have kids and I would...
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    Are you buying individual malpractice insurance?

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

    My homeowner rider is my personal liability insurance (just to clarify, because I'm one who mentioned that and I see now I didn't make myself clear). My professional insurance is separate. I don't...
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    Waste of Time Complaint against me

    carolinapooh replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    And I'd be sure there was a rebuttal from me filed right next to
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    Waste of Time Complaint against me

    carolinapooh replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    Canoehead, you know I love you, and I'm only addressing this out of concern, but ARE YOU OKAY???
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    Waste of Time Complaint against me

    carolinapooh replied to abbaking's topic in General Nursing

    obviously someone has the suction tubing wrapped too tight around their own head - canoehead, let go of the tubing - i said let go of the tubing before your head falls off!!! someone call security!!!...
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    security clearance interview

    carolinapooh replied to pattyrn376's topic in Government, Military

    Your credit record shows for ten years. You're entitled by Federal law to one free copy of your report every year from each of the three credit bureaus. Go pull it and you'll see exactly what they're...
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    military nurse

    carolinapooh replied to jessica09's topic in Government, Military

    All active duty Air Force medical officers go to Commissioned Officer Training at Maxwell for 5 weeks (mine was October 19 through November 20 - that's five weeks). To be commissioned as an AF nursing...
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    military nurse

    carolinapooh replied to jessica09's topic in Government, Military

    All of the active duty officer trainings are no shorter than 4.5 - 5 weeks (I'm active duty AF and ours is the 4.5-5, depending on how you squint at the calendar). The Army is (I think) 6 and the Navy...
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    waiting, Air Force Nurse Corps

    carolinapooh replied to Wac44's topic in Government, Military

    You can have civilian clothes in your room - you actually have a good-sized walk in (yes, I said walk-in) closet to yourself, and you're not inspected. You just can't wear civilian clothes on the...
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    Hello my name is.......and I am OBESE

    carolinapooh replied to madwife2002's topic in General Nursing

    Okay - there are obese people and then there are those that you HAVE to stop and think - DID YOU NOT SEE THIS COMING??? Fifty pounds - maybe even a hundred pounds - overweight, okay, I get that. I...
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    waiting, Air Force Nurse Corps

    carolinapooh replied to Wac44's topic in Government, Military

    You're right - the first day IS like the first day at school. And never mind the yelling - it's tame, very very tame compared to what you will see the line officer trainees (the BOT students) go...
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    "practice what you preach"..am I only one who gets this?

    carolinapooh replied to Shanlee79's topic in General Nursing

    We should get together. I'm the onc RN! You can tell them they don't need intubation and I can tell them it's probably not cancerous. :eek: See, and my husband NEVER takes my advice on anything - and...
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    "practice what you preach"..am I only one who gets this?

    carolinapooh replied to Shanlee79's topic in General Nursing

    i'm recovering from what suspiciously feels like the flu - never mind the two flu shots i've had. but i laughed so hard when i read that it sent me into a coughing fit. actually, i just hacked up...
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    Can you get your RN after a noncredit LPN program?

    carolinapooh replied to honeycakes55's topic in LPN to RN

    Best bet - call the university directly and ask them. Then post here what you were told since there may be someone else with that same
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    can anyone recommend any good study guide books?

    carolinapooh replied to headliner1889's topic in General Students

    I was going to recommend the Saunders book - it's very comprehensive - there's also a set of flash cards in a yellow box that I found very useful. You can pull a stack of them and take them everywhere...
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    Nudity?

    carolinapooh replied to tlp514's topic in General Students

    I think - I THINK - that the "singlets" might be the half-gowns made of paper - the ones that look like a jacket that the docs give you for gyn exams - my NP gives me one of them and then I have a...
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    Nudity?

    carolinapooh replied to tlp514's topic in General Students

    There's an interesting point. Just curious - are the folks who are uncomfortable in underwear in a professional setting equally uncomfortable at the pool or beach? And this isn't pointed - I'm...