What is a nice duty station for ICU nurse?

[PK_ICU RN]

Hello,

What is a nice duty station for an ICU nurse? I'm hoping for a nice transition from civilian to military, if possible. Any suggestions?

Thank you

[jeckrn, BSN, RN]

The question is what do you consider nice? There are many different duty locations for all the services. If you are expecting a high level ICU to work in they are limited in the military, most are lower level ICU's.

[jfratian, DNP, RN, CRNA]

I have no idea what branch of the service you are looking at. I can only speak for the Air Force.

Yes, your lower acuity ICUs are at places JBER (AK), Eglin (FL), Langley (VA), Nellis (NV), Lakenheath (England).

Your level 1 trauma center is SAMMC (TX).

Travis (CA) and Walter Reed (DC) are somewhere in between.

I think Travis has a decent acuity, is in a good area, and avoids the bureaucracy of tri-service locations like SAMMC and Walter Reed.

[PK_ICU RN]

Thank you. This helps a lot. I was inquiring on bases in the AF. What is CSTARS? How is it different from other clinics?

[jfratian, DNP, RN, CRNA]

CSTARS is like a one-week or so pre-deployment training at a civilian trauma center. It's not an assignment.