504 medic replied to sbush86's topic in Government
Command will issue you a reallllllly tiny gun to shoot enemy viruses. The troops will consist of some medical personnel to train local providers so they can increase their standard of care. Some logistical unit personnel to equip the trainers and pr...
504 medic replied to Zii2013's topic in Government
While Deployments are rapidly dwindling, there are plenty of Mobilization missions...some stateside, some overseas, and some in really remote locations. Those humanitarian missions are not without risk or excitement, but if you want to serve, and rec...
504 medic replied to 504 medic's topic in Government
Thanks. 99% of PA programs require a bachelors for entry, so a GRE makes sense. IPAP just requires enough college credit to meet the prereqs...so you're effectively applying to U of Nebraska as a freshman, with their SAT entrance requirements. I'm pr...
I found this site a few months ago while doing comparison research on NPs v. PAs. I've been quite impressed with the helpfulness and level of discourse here. I continued to post while I awaited the Board results: now that I know I'll begin IPAP next ...
Since National Guard/Air Guard units are state oriented, they can have higher age cutoffs than the federally based Reserves/AD. It varies state to state, job to job...they won't take a 50 y/o fuel handler, but they will take a 50 y/o cardiac surgeon ...
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504 medic replied to Navykids's topic in Government
The join after the fact option includes gaining experience for a few years in the civilian world as a nurse before they will consider her application to become a military nurse. That means fighting with every other newly minted nurse for a job upon g...
Google "Army Service Uniform"...the blues can be worn with a bow tie for formal occasions. There are also Mess Uniforms which are really fancy, but unless you are in an active unit, holding lots of dining outs...and you have a bunch of rank, you'll n...
504 medic replied to RunBabyRN's topic in Government
I've wanted Congress to receive standard civil service salary and benefits for years. They'd sooner turn their families over to somali pirates than lose a dime of their platinum parachute. And we reward them every year at the polls for their behavior...
504 medic replied to RunBabyRN's topic in Government
Speaking of "entitlement".... I blew my top last week when GOP Senator Jeff Sessions referred to Veteran's Healthcare as an Entitlement...as in they couldn't afford it. If you can afford to ask 900,000 (the tally as of 2012, when the VA stopped relea...
504 medic replied to RunBabyRN's topic in Government
Correct me if I'm wrong, but the bonuses people like me are upset about, went to civilians: middle and upper management, the very people who actively deceived the government, and the nation, about how well care was being dispensed. Those individuals ...
504 medic replied to Music in My Heart's topic in Emergency
If you're in a hospital environment, where you can replace the RBCs immediately, no worries...but if not: take the patient down to the ground, stick you knee deep in their inguinal/axillary region, put ALL your weight on it, occlude their artery, and...
504 medic replied to frankie134's topic in Government
You won't be considered unless you have at least 2 years of experience...ideally that experience will be in the specialty you'll want to pursue in the military. Max age is 42, as of now. That number was lower before the increased recruiting needs for...
504 medic replied to Ms.Frank's topic in Pre-Nursing
Medicine is a life of learning. While it can take a while with A&P to really start to get it, as the other posters mentioned, take an objective look at what you want to be doing, because it doesn't get any easier from here. In a nursing school en...
Make sure you take an AHA (American Heart Association) class, others are typically accepted, and take "BLS for Healthcare Professionals", which anyone can take, regardless of their job...the generic CPR class probably won't be accepted either. It's a...
We would occasionally be on NATO bases the size of postage stamps, and their GOD VOICE, apart from the normal garbling, had 6 different messages, depending on the threat, and all announcements were in Ukroatitalenglish...so the accents made them pret...
504 medic replied to 7237dallas's topic in Pre-Nursing
Making your own cards will allow you to revisit them later and trigger memories associated with lecture/studying to create them. It adds a tactile level that reading someone else's material does not. Hard work is the only way to do it. If knowledge w...
504 medic replied to mozer92's topic in Pre-Nursing
The above suggestions are good ones: detailed notes, teaching mindset, use study groups/A&P Lab time. Beyond not falling behind, read a chapter ahead, so when that system rolls around, and you read it a second time to nail it down, it will make m...