carolinapooh BSN, RN

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    I know searching stinks, so if you have a COT question for 10-04....

    carolinapooh replied to carolinapooh's topic in Government, Military

    They won't reimburse you for someone else driving your car. They will only reimburse the member for driving their own car - unless your spouse/dependent is the one driving the car. If I came across...
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    Confused about AF Nursing Program

    carolinapooh replied to AFFam's topic in Government, Military

    Welcome to the Air Force! I'm currently an officer stationed at Lackland AFB in San Antonio, Texas. I'm an RN on the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit at Wilford Hall Medical Center, the Air Force's largest...
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    Air Force Nursing Bonus, Student Loan Repayment

    carolinapooh replied to missmiss's topic in Government, Military

    Someone at AFPC, when they were entering your information somewhere, typed in the wrong
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    I know searching stinks, so if you have a COT question for 10-04....

    carolinapooh replied to carolinapooh's topic in Government, Military

    No, you don't. You only get reimbursed from COT to Lackland, since that's all they're expecting you to do. The AF looks at it as though they're already paying to get you from home to COT once. You...
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    I know searching stinks, so if you have a COT question for 10-04....

    carolinapooh replied to carolinapooh's topic in Government, Military

    I'm not sure how you'll be able to fly under your own expense if the Air Force is going to reimburse you. If you fly to COT, they have to buy the ticket, or they can refuse to pay you for it. Having...
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    Air Force Nursing Bonus, Student Loan Repayment

    carolinapooh replied to missmiss's topic in Government, Military

    If the student loan repayment goes away (and this may have changed, but the last I heard it hadn't), then the bonus becomes $25K and a four year commitment. If you turn down the bonus, you owe three...
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    tricare questions

    carolinapooh replied to midinphx's topic in Government, Military

    I was hoping you mistyped! Stepchildren are still considered dependents. Took a long time for CHAMPUS/Tricare/the Feds to figure out that not every military family is dad/mom/2.3 kids, but they've...
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    Admissions Right Before Shift Change???***

    carolinapooh replied to wife&mommyRN's topic in First Year After Licensure

    All I can say is - welcome to nursing.
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    Attractive Students Being Hired First

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

    But they've done studies with BABIES and found the same thing (not that the babies would hire these people, LOL, but that they responded differently to "attractive" and most noticeably symmetrical...
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    Attractive Students Being Hired First

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

    I know you folks need jobs, but I for one would be glad I wasn't hired there. That doc is a
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    tricare questions

    carolinapooh replied to midinphx's topic in Government, Military

    Stupidity. Forgetting I can do it. Not thinking about it until my eyes are running. :eek: Good point. I'll be doing that
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    NTP bases??

    carolinapooh replied to MarywoodMurse's topic in Government, Military

    That's true - you do hear stuff like that all the time. (Who'd you p*ss off at AFPC to get sent TDY to Sheppard?
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    New NP in the military

    carolinapooh replied to starla76's topic in Government, Military

    We'll go together. We'll make it an allnurses invasion.
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    tricare questions

    carolinapooh replied to midinphx's topic in Government, Military

    Tricare all the way....it's free and you can't beat the system, regardless of what anyone says... If he becomes covered by Tricare, he cannot have insurance with any other provider. You will have to...
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    tricare questions

    carolinapooh replied to midinphx's topic in Government, Military

    Why are your kids not on Tricare Prime? Tricare Prime IS free for dependents if the sponsor is active duty. My husband is enrolled in Tricare Prime and we pay nothing, he goes to Wilford Hall and...
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    New NP in the military

    carolinapooh replied to starla76's topic in Government, Military

    That's a heck of a place to drive for UPS!! (But what a gorgeous drive, I'm sure!) Hey, man, what can Brown do for YOU?? (Maybe pay for your trip to Alaska...?? LOL! You could mail yourself at a...
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    Things you would love to say to your fellow nursing students!

    carolinapooh replied to Faeriewand's topic in General Students

    You can bet my RN license if I'd heard it, they'd have gotten well told off, and in no uncertain terms. Not talking to them at all enables the problem - the exact same issue we're having in schools...
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    Complicated situation, is this possible?

    carolinapooh replied to Vanillanut's topic in Government, Military

    To be an officer, yes - I only read she just wants to work in an American facility and live in the United States. I missed the whole thing about possibly joining the Navy. Yes - to do that, you have...
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    Nursing Journal Article - HELP!!

    carolinapooh replied to julbug75's topic in Nursing Student Assistance

    I'm not trying to be critical, but in ONE Google search (a simple one - I typed in "diabetes education") I found the titles of three journals on diabetes. One of them is actually CALLED The Diabetes...
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    Alright to have your husband start an IV on your patient?

    carolinapooh replied to Nurse Joey's topic in General Nursing

    Better question: HOW DOES THAT HAPPEN????
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    Alright to have your husband start an IV on your patient?

    carolinapooh replied to Nurse Joey's topic in General Nursing

    I think clinical pharmacists with PharmD's can start IVs - someone correct me if I'm wrong. I know my dad used to have his blood drawn by a clinical pharmacist when his Coumadin levels would get...
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    nurses hide from high-needs pt

    carolinapooh replied to CeilingCat's topic in General Nursing

    If the PICC's not a power one, then she may have had a PIV put in for contrast. Or it could be that she only has a SL PICC and she needed blood or a second ABX or more fluids or even electrolytes,...
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    tricare questions

    carolinapooh replied to midinphx's topic in Government, Military

    Well, for the member, all that stuff's still free, regardless of where you are. I think it stinks that they took dental away from kids and replaced it with that crap United Concordia. That plan is an...
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    tricare questions

    carolinapooh replied to midinphx's topic in Government, Military

    The Tricare dental insurance is a joke. Don't bother - get dental elsewhere. You'll get better coverage for the same amount of money. We didn't do very good research before we contracted with United...
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    AF bases that offer NTP

    carolinapooh replied to bds165's topic in Government, Military

    YAY FOR YOU!!!! I'm very happy for you! I love hearing when the military makes things go someone's way - I love it when senior officers and NCOs make things happen for other officers or airmen!...