carolinapooh BSN, RN

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    oblc and army residency program: advice please

    carolinapooh replied to nebnurse's topic in Government, Military

    I had my career counseling meeting with our Chief RN today and she sounds exactly like that. Got me all excited about Air Force nursing and professional military education and all that good stuff....
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    ICU nurse interested in going Army

    carolinapooh replied to Cardiothoracic's topic in Government, Military

    Uhm, Athena, you like, rock and
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    ARMY Critical Care Nursing full?????

    carolinapooh replied to ICU24's topic in Government, Military

    Oh, give me a break already...statements like "the Army treats its RNs like crap" or whatever it was that person said hardly qualify as descriptions of first-hand experiences. That's nothing more than...
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    Military NPs

    carolinapooh replied to DrCOVID's topic in Government, Military

    You're military - you don't need a licensing endorsement. Your commander does not assign you - your chief RN assigns you, and you won't meet them until you get to your base and are already assigned...
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    Air Force Loan Repayment

    carolinapooh replied to mt_nurse's topic in Government, Military

    Don't give up - this is what happened to me, and I'm getting the loan repayment now. It's possible you may get it. What's happened is they've essentially promised all their money for this fiscal...
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    OBLC March/ I got my orders!!!!!!!

    carolinapooh replied to hopeful_army_NP's topic in Government, Military

    That is one hundred percent correct. You already signed papers saying you'd take the bonus. And you don't sign anything - your acceptance of the money automatically changes your terms. I know because...
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    Military NPs

    carolinapooh replied to DrCOVID's topic in Government, Military

    Two years as an RN in an ED will give you better assessment skills than my two years in even what I'm doing - oncology - because those ED RNs see EVERYTHING. Those departments are not all the same -...
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    Pay at COT

    carolinapooh replied to jmaverick101's topic in Government, Military

    That's a judgement call on your part. I'd find out how much they're going to pay you for a DITY (do it yourself) move and then determine if the amount is worth your trouble. Sometimes you can make...
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    ICU nurse interested in going Army

    carolinapooh replied to Cardiothoracic's topic in Government, Military

    Please do not form your opinions based on the post immediately before mine. (!!!) Please keep your enthusiasm intact and keep working towards your goal. My guess is they would NEED a good CTICU RN in...
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    ADN RN wanting NP, ARMY ?? NAVY ??

    carolinapooh replied to tmcwharton RN's topic in Government, Military

    I don't know a whole lot about the Army - I've learned a lot off this board. I'm currently an RN in the Air Force and am prior enlisted Air Force. What jeckrn said is completely correct. When I was...
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    ADN RN wanting NP, ARMY ?? NAVY ??

    carolinapooh replied to tmcwharton RN's topic in Government, Military

    Thank you.
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    Thinking about VA nursing

    carolinapooh replied to luv2shopp85's topic in Government, Military

    I did two clinical rotations at the VA when I was in school. What I saw were people who for the most part were extremely appreciative of everything you did for them - remember, these folks are prior...
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    ARMY Critical Care Nursing full?????

    carolinapooh replied to ICU24's topic in Government, Military

    I'm sorry you're having a terrible experience - if I were you I'd get orders out of wherever you are as soon as possible. But I'd daresay if it were that bad for everyone we'd hear about it from...
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    oblc and army residency program: advice please

    carolinapooh replied to nebnurse's topic in Government, Military

    This is exactly how the Air Force is as well, so it sounds like a DOD policy and not a DA/DAF policy. While our TLF at Lackland was nice for what it was, we were living completely underfoot - and it...
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    Nursing in the Military

    carolinapooh replied to SL2014's topic in Government, Military

    Just wanted to add that your question and your opinions have stirred up some very strong emotions in people - and I think you're really taking them in stride. (We're all entitled to snap now and...
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    Nursing in the Military

    carolinapooh replied to SL2014's topic in Government, Military

    Well, I wouldn't say you can't have an opinion - you just shouldn't air it to the extent that Joe Citizen can. Politics stinks and has for the length of its existence - as far back as the Romans and...
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    Military NPs

    carolinapooh replied to DrCOVID's topic in Government, Military

    Acute care requires the experience because of the nature of the job. At Duke and here at Wilford Hall, the ACNPs are used as rounding physicians - like residents, in a way - and are expected to be...
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    Question about NTP program

    carolinapooh replied to nursemel09's topic in Government, Military

    I don't know. VOQ is about forty bucks a day now (when I was in before VAQ/VOQ was twelve bucks a night!) and it's a few dollars more if you have dependents with you. TLF (the ones that are like...
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    Question about NTP program

    carolinapooh replied to nursemel09's topic in Government, Military

    A much better arrangement all around, really. I would take that as good news - although that only gives you a weekend to get from Alabama to Ohio. Doable, but really crappy on the Air Force's
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    Pay at COT

    carolinapooh replied to jmaverick101's topic in Government, Military

    You're welcome. I thought it stunk that no one was told this up front. I'm still debating about filing an IG complaint about it, because as far as I'm concerned it's
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    Pay at COT

    carolinapooh replied to jmaverick101's topic in Government, Military

    As far as I know there is a time limit on the deferment, because obviously they want to be paid back at some point. When I deferred mine it was four years. You need to talk to the lender because...
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    OBLC March/ I got my orders!!!!!!!

    carolinapooh replied to hopeful_army_NP's topic in Government, Military

    I know in the Air Force, you apply for all of those allowances once you get to your base, and you'll get a fat paycheck of back pay and allowances about a month after you get
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    oblc and army residency program: advice please

    carolinapooh replied to nebnurse's topic in Government, Military

    I'm in the Air Force, but I'm a prior service enlisted and thought I'd add my two cents worth. The only differences I saw between me and officers I was in COT (that's the AF version of OBLC) with who...
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    Air National Guard

    carolinapooh replied to soso's topic in Government, Military

    Yes, I am, and I'm regular Air Force. And as I said, I'm passing along firsthand information that was given to me by ANG and Reserve officers that were in my COT
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    Question about NTP program

    carolinapooh replied to nursemel09's topic in Government, Military

    I have just run into a few friends I went to COT with who are now here for NTP. What happened with them is they were sent to their base first (they're at Lackland for NTP but are at Eglin for their...