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    Quick Tip for ANYONE considering nursing in the military

    carolinapooh posted a topic in Government, Military

    Folks, a quick tip: To pursue commissioning opportunities as a nurse in any - and I do mean ANY - branch of the US Armed Forces, please be sure you are talking to a Health Professions Accessions...
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    Why is our salary so low?

    carolinapooh replied to AAC.271's topic in Nurse Practitioners, NP

    This doesn't explain the proliferation of direct entry MSNs - and it also doesn't allow that a huge chunk of an MD's knowledge isn't gained in school either. School teaches them the background and the...
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    ICU in the military

    carolinapooh replied to dfdgsag's topic in Government, Military

    Services have loan repayment and a lot of it didn't go away with budget cuts - it's their most valuable recruitment tool. Ask health professions recruiters what's currently on offer with each service....
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    ADN problems now what? ARMY

    carolinapooh replied to HardStick69's topic in Government, Military

    A few years ago the Army was taking ADNs. They aren't anymore. To commission as an RN in the Army, Navy, and Air Force, you need a bachelor's degree in
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    Can I become an army nurse?

    carolinapooh replied to russianbear's topic in Government, Military

    None of the services are requiring two years' experience. They're all terribly short
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    Advisable volunteer organizations/opportunities

    carolinapooh replied to dingus's topic in Government, Military

    Being in the Reserves has nothing to do with volunteering and can slow your path to a commission. If you want a commission, pursue it. Don't
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    AF Reserve Flight Nurse

    carolinapooh replied to OUxPhys's topic in Government, Military

    Not true. Flight nursing does not involve emergency nursing. It's bedside in the air. You are not an ICU nurse - you're a regular floor nurse. I know plenty of people who went straight to flight...
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    Nursing in the Airforce

    carolinapooh replied to r0manticxxx's topic in Government, Military

    I'm prior Security Forces K9. (We don't have MOS's, we have AFSCs - Air Force Specialty Codes). Your friend is enlisted, who operates under a separate set of rules, in a critically manned career field...
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    airforce bases

    carolinapooh replied to pulchra's topic in Government, Military

    Your odds of getting a random administrative position as a second or even a first lieutenant are pretty much nonexistent. I'm a captain with seven years in commissioned and I have yet to get a random...
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    Air Force Reserves Flight Nurse Process

    carolinapooh replied to mrs27smith's topic in Government, Military

    It's so bizarre that the men's pants (at least at AAFES) are almost curvy and the women's pants are straight. When I bought my uniforms prior to COT I went to the base (because I had no option at the...
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    Air Force Reserves Flight Nurse Process

    carolinapooh replied to mrs27smith's topic in Government, Military

    When I PCSd to Lackland from COT in 2009 they tried to say I had 42 days to take a PT test...uh, no, and here's the paperwork to prove it. So when I read that I thought, hang on - and just looked up...
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    Should I become a nurse?

    carolinapooh replied to NoOne1233's topic in General Nursing

    Just because we're bordered by two countries doesn't mean we're an open door. I'm the wife of a legal immigrant to the US from the UK. It is not easy to get someone into the US by legal means (and...
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    Bed Bugs

    carolinapooh replied to NurseEmmy's topic in General Nursing

    And I can't eat Rice Krispies any more. I hear that sound in my head like them biting me. I know that's ridiculous but that's what I hear when I think about what those big patches of bites looked...
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    Bed Bugs

    carolinapooh replied to NurseEmmy's topic in General Nursing

    Yeah, it was gross. They didn't itch, though - they burned like wildfire. Mine were swollen and full of fluid (I had huge patches on my arms, face, and legs) so if I'd scratched I would've dug them...
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    Bed Bugs

    carolinapooh replied to NurseEmmy's topic in General Nursing

    If they're well fed they might not migrate. But they can hitch a ride home on someone's clothes and get in their car...I know someone that had a car infested with them.
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    Bed Bugs

    carolinapooh replied to NurseEmmy's topic in General Nursing

    Bombing is just a high-powered spray. Since bedbugs do not self groom (I've had a run in with them myself), bombing is ineffective. They're killed by heat and
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    Air Force Reserves Flight Nurse Process

    carolinapooh replied to mrs27smith's topic in Government, Military

    Not exactly on #1. Your PT test at COT, like the PT tests OTS, are ONE HUNDRED PERCENT VALID. They tried that on me as well when I got to Lackland, and lost. This has always been the case. AFI...
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    Air Force Reserves Flight Nurse Process

    carolinapooh replied to mrs27smith's topic in Government, Military

    Online uniform sizes are nothing like the crap they sell in AAFES. I hope they worked for
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    airforce bases

    carolinapooh replied to pulchra's topic in Government, Military

    Officers get a bit more leeway with the so-called "dream sheet" than enlisteds do (I've been both, so I've got some experience). But the needs of the Air Force will always come first. I was...
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    airforce bases

    carolinapooh replied to pulchra's topic in Government, Military

    A nurse with less than a year of experience is generally sent to one of the few larger inpatient hospitals. It's not four years of experience and never has been - at least, not since I've been on...
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    Student with Diabetes

    carolinapooh replied to Amethya's topic in School

    You say this like all avenues aren't considered. I have friends who have worked in McDonald's. They are not allowed to take food from the
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    New Rule: No work bags allowed in ER

    carolinapooh replied to DarknTwistyERRN's topic in Emergency

    What cracks me up are no phone policies that are forced upon everyone but the MDs. And yes, I've seen
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    New Rule: No work bags allowed in ER

    carolinapooh replied to DarknTwistyERRN's topic in Emergency

    I can't begin to tell you the things I'd put in that clear bag should a facility I worked in switch to such an asinine policy. I have zero shame in that department. Plus, I'd want a backpack - both...
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    Got scolded by parent today

    carolinapooh replied to Amethya's topic in School

    I did wonder about that as
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    Got scolded by parent today

    carolinapooh replied to Amethya's topic in School

    Five bucks says she'd had a temp of 101 for about twenty minutes. I've met parents that think their school-aged child will die if they take a Tylenol and the temp doesn't normalize. When I worked in a...