Uncle Rico

We do not issue taxi vouchers and i'm thrilled about it. I see young adults in the ED wearing more expensive clothing than I can afford asking for taxi vouchers and meals . The patients are allowed to use their armbands to take the city bus.

Have you talked to a recruiter? Joining the U.S. Navy Nursing Corp isn't as easy as your decision to join. The Navy has very few billets available for nurses and majority of those billets are currently occupied. Most college students begin corresponding with a recruiter in their sophomore year in attempt to garner a billet. The Nursing Corp is currently overmanned even in Specialty areas like ED, ICU, and OR. As for being active duty and working part time in a civilian hospital it is possible but not likely. Remember you are in the military 24hrs a day which means you could be recalled at anytime; you also have General military training, organized PT, and meetings which you are required to attend during your days off.

Please tell me you aren't a nurse educator or in a leadership position..........

There's no residency program but new grads have a 12wk orientation. Most of the experienced nurses seem to be helpful and the environment is somewhat supportive.

I work 11a-11p and its not for everyone. I love the hours (avoid traffic) but hate the shift. The zone i'm assigned to normally doesn't open until i arrive and I'm normally bombarded with patients once i clock in.

Providence is a "Catholic" community hospital located in the northeast section of D.C., it's one of the oldest hospitals in the region. Providence doesn't pay as well as other facilities (i.e. WHC, GWC, etc.) but parking is free. As it's one of the oldest facilities some of the amenities and instruments are quite dated. It's about a 5-7min walk from the Brookland Metro station or a 5 min bus ride from Fort Totten. The staff is very diverse with many dialect or accents to become familiar with. It's also understaffed (because of pay) which kind of forces them to hire more new grads than any other facility in the area. PM me if you have any additional questions

Stat and mandatory 4hr repeat after the initial order at my facility, even if the Physician doesn't order.

Honestly i have no idea, some new grads find employment within days of graduating while others are unemployed years after acquiring their License. I'm not overly familiar with the nursing job market in Colorado but the Colorado nursing board would be a great place to start. https://allnurses.com/colorado-nursing/

As a former Navy Nurse and a current military spouse your best option is to seek employment off base and gain some meaningful experience. Unless you're at large Military Treatment Facility (MTF) like Walter Reed (Bethesda) your patient acuity levels at MTF's are normally low while higher acuity patients are normally transferred to higher level care facilities because most MTF's can't support severe illnesses like MI and CVA. MTF's and VA hospitals tend to avoid new grads because the military personnel could be deployed with a moments notice and the government depends upon seasoned medical staff to provide sustained quality medical care. Also contact the MTF human resources office about employment information and options; the MTF's in my area assign contracts to several agencies for experienced nurses.

Joining the military isn't as easy as your decision to join. As a military veteran i would suggest that you contact a recruiter to see which branch has open slots for nurses near your graduation date. I know that the Navy prefers nurses with experience in specialized fields prior to being commissioned. Honestly the military is very similar to the civilian job market, each branch advertises that they're hiring but not many nurses are being recruited.

Short answer is no. Unlike the Enlisted ranks the Officer slots have become very competitive which has forced the military to be more selective about the Nursing corp and graduates of for-profit schools will likely be overlooked. The field has become so selective that most branches require RN's to have experience in their perspective field prior to appointment unless they were prior enlisted or ROTC.

I had a similar issue but the D.C. BON issued me a temp license so i could start working while my application was being processed.

Several of my colleagues attended Radians/Medtech, I don't know much about the school other than it's a For-profit school that accepts anyone.

Other schools to possibly consider would be Towson State (MD), catholic U, Trinity, JMU, or Howard U. Also several of the local community colleges have good nursing programs (i.e. PG, Howard, and Anne Arundel)

Getting hired at a military treatment facility (MTF) can be easy yet difficult. I would say about say about 95% of the civilian jobs are contracted through agencies so you can stop by HR and they will probably tell you to visit USAjobs.gov or provided you with a list of companies the hospital has contracts with. As for programs like residencies at an MTF i would say they don't exist for civilians but do exist for military personnel, but as a civilian you would receive a brief orientation. No, you do not have to join the military or nurse corps to get a job at an MTF.