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    Questions about the Air Force

    carolinapooh replied to DrCOVID's topic in Government, Military

    I know - I remember the shape I was in when I graduated from the AF police academy right after BMT and it makes me feel physically ill...won't discuss what I weighed and could run like the wind...!!...
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    Questions about the Air Force

    carolinapooh replied to DrCOVID's topic in Government, Military

    I would assume (and AF RNs correct me if I'm wrong) that nurses are covered by the Feres Doctrine (commonly pronounced the "Ferris Doctrine"), by which members of the Armed Forces cannot sue military...
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    Questions about the Air Force

    carolinapooh replied to DrCOVID's topic in Government, Military

    I believe you have to do everything else (MEPS, paperwork, personal statement) first. The Chief Nurse interview is part of the application process, and from what I've been told, a huge part of it....
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    Any AF January COT hopefuls out there?

    carolinapooh replied to NurseJessi's topic in Government, Military

    :chuckle:chuckle:chuckle:chuckle:chuckle :smokin::smokin: This is
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    Nursing schools with SANE policies

    carolinapooh replied to carolanivey's topic in General Nursing

    You can't get clearance to take the NCLEX without verification of completion of a degree/diploma. Otherwise you'd be taking a licensure exam without being able to apply for a license and before you'd...
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    My Father Died Today

    carolinapooh replied to SuesquatchRN's topic in General Nursing

    Sue - I am so sorry to hear about your dad. I lost mine in 2005 and know how awful the whole experience is. Please know I'll be thinking about you. Hugs hugs hugs your
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    Nursing school and the military

    carolinapooh replied to mebamy's topic in Government, Military

    I can assure you they're wrong. Sounds like a trap...LOL.... These people are RECRUITERS - they LOVE it when folks call them up, it's how they get credit for doing their job. Generating leads is...
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    Questions about the Air Force

    carolinapooh replied to DrCOVID's topic in Government, Military

    I can honestly say that except in cases of deployment I've never seen ANY AF member work six twelves a week. When I was a cop and deployed, we worked three 12's, had a day off, and then worked 3 more...
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    How to do a Commissioning Ceremony?

    carolinapooh replied to Spencer2002's topic in Government, Military

    I love it - the tie-dyed wearing guy behind the counter - oh, the irony of it all...
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    My orders came today!!

    carolinapooh replied to carolinapooh's topic in Government, Military

    It's coming along; I'm not making as much progress as I'd like to but I can do enough to go down there and pass the PFT the first time I take it, which has been my primary goal. Then I want to kick...
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    How to do a Commissioning Ceremony?

    carolinapooh replied to Spencer2002's topic in Government, Military

    At rush hour. Better yet - ONBOARD LIFE FLIGHT (or your hospital's
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    Nursing school and the military

    carolinapooh replied to mebamy's topic in Government, Military

    There may be opportunities through Air Force ROTC for commissioning as an RN, which an enlisted accessions recruiter would not know about. You need to talk to Health Professions Accessions Recruiters,...
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    How to do a Commissioning Ceremony?

    carolinapooh replied to Spencer2002's topic in Government, Military

    My recruiter has sworn people in in the parking lot of a Brugger's - and yes, that did happen, and I think that's pretty sad, really. I was actually in her office one day when the folks there were...
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    Questions on going from civilian to nurse-Army, Navy, Air Force

    carolinapooh replied to mebamy's topic in Government, Military

    You need to talk to Health Profession Accessions recruiters, who can give you accurate information on programs that already exist to put you through nursing school and THEN give you a commission,...
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    Nurse performs tracheotomy

    carolinapooh replied to ProgressiveThinking's topic in General Nursing

    Not trying to contribute to a hijack, but for the person in the article to say that this decision to go forward with the suit won't have an affect on people choosing to render assistance at the scene...
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    Second Week and I am Very frightened

    carolinapooh replied to us2uk4u's topic in First Year After Licensure

    First - don't panic. You can't know everything, regardless of what your professor says. I've completed school and been doing this just shy of two years and I can assure you I don't know everything...
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    Air Force Nursing Bonus, Student Loan Repayment

    carolinapooh replied to missmiss's topic in Government, Military

    I was told there was no loan repayment either - and then I got an email from someone down at AFPC direct to me (she used the email on my resume) telling me how to apply for the loans AS SOON AS I GET...
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    HELP Please! Lost Home - Need FT job

    carolinapooh replied to EmilyLucille523's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    We just hired THREE new grads on my floor at Duke, and I think I'm being replaced with a new grad (I'm going into the Air Force in October). The jobs are here - you'll just have to work for
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    Can't Get Hospital Volunteer Opportunies in Raleigh area

    carolinapooh replied to rubypie's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    Submitting an application online won't do much other than put an "x" in a proverbial box - you need to call these hospitals back to show them you're serious. Call Duke, call Rex, call whatever...
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    Making yourself marketable for higher pay

    carolinapooh replied to unique8503's topic in North Carolina Nursing

    I wouldn't recommend PRN as a new grad, and chances are good you wouldn't get hired for that as a new grad anyway. You need a set period of orientation (whatever the facility in question requires)...
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    No Nicotine!

    carolinapooh replied to Brikkz's topic in General Students

    Yeah, we're supposed to be as well - AEB all the people standing on the sidewalk in scrubs or with IV poles (!!!) smoking it up next to the "smoke free campus" signs right on the main drag. I mean,...
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    No Nicotine!

    carolinapooh replied to Brikkz's topic in General Students

    The Cleveland Clinic DOES have a strict no-smoking policy and doesn't hire smokers (read it in an article about their employee health plan in I think PREVENTION), but I'd say that their test can tell...
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    Questions about MEPS ANCP program

    carolinapooh replied to shae26's topic in Government, Military

    I don't know about the hernia; what is waiverable/disqualifying/not important varies from service to service, and I'm Air Force, so I'm not the right source for that information. What I can tell you...
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    PFT tips I've picked up

    carolinapooh replied to carolinapooh's topic in Government, Military

    For the AF PT - pushups and situps are in ONE minute - Air Force folks keep this in mind. No, it doesn't make any sense to me
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    Job market prefers BSN , turns away ADN

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

    I had a feeling you were only venting...sometimes we all need to do that. But I admire your reply nonetheless, and your willingness to not be offended by all the stuff flying around on the thread......