Hello there,
I've been away from this forum for some bit of time. My last two quarters were pretty full and busy and well...are over!!
:):houra:
Now I am waiting for NCLEX and taking a summer advanced pharm class to stay studying.
Also I have my PCS orders for the Army, just need my NCLEX results for the official orders.
Have an apartment waiting in TX for me and my three cats then will drive down there for training.
TA DA!!
Thanks for listening.
Gen
Hey, Gen! Was wondering how you were doing. I bet you're glad schools over....for now. :p
Good luck on boards and all. Keep us posted on when the big day will be. Also, when ya move and all. Keep in touch as often as you can.
'Cat'
[QUOTE=cougarnurse;44945]Hey, Gen! Was wondering how you were doing. I bet you're glad schools over....for now. :p Good luck on boards and all. Keep us posted on when the big day will be. Also, when ya move and all. Keep in touch as often as you can. 'Cat'[QUOTE]
Hi Cat,
Thank you. :)
I was unable to respond to you initially because the prompt was taking me to the travel nurse forum rather than ultimate nurse forum and when I logged in it said, "thanks for logging in Gennaver" then it booted me right off and wouldn't allow me to post!
Obviously I figured it out, went back and logged in to the ultimate nurse forum. :)
Nice to read you.
Gen
NavyJim58 wrote:good luck Army :luck:
Hiya,
Thank you NavyJim. :)
Working on the pt now and the packing and uniform purchase. However it is stalled and waiting until July 17th when I take NCLEX. So, I gotta study too!
Gen
Hello! Congratulations on passing the NCLEX! I am graduating in December and I plan on being a direct commission into the ANC after passing NCLEX. Any advice you can give me would be appreciated on the whole process of becoming a new nurse in the ANC. Especially about AMEDD training. Thank You!:houra:
syudent1010@aol.com wrote:Hello! Congratulations on passing the NCLEX! I am graduating in December and I plan on being a direct commission into the ANC after passing NCLEX. Any advice you can give me would be appreciated on the whole process of becoming a new nurse in the ANC. Especially about AMEDD training. Thank You!:houra:
Hello,
Firstly you are allowed to commission in as a senior student with six months or less till graduation, (also can sign for various cash bonuses, payable upon OBLC graduation, and health professions loan repayment program for 30K direct to your lender).
Secondly, I suggest contacting a health/nurse recruiter now because it can take from one to several months to apply and process your packet. :) You will commission now but on Inactive ready reserve status until you arrive at OBLC then you re-commission in on Active Duty. This is how they used to do it and have brought it back.
I say no reason to wait until graduation. If for any reason you do not pass, (knocking on wood for me too) then they give you three months to re-take and I think they allow two re-takes. However hopefully one time is the charm. :)
Gen
Thank you for the information. I have talked to an ANC recruiter and I have already started on the AMEDD paperwork. He never mentioned anything about the fact that I can join as a senior nursing student. He also told me that I couldn't do anything until I got licensed by the state. I was told the first thing I could do was to get licensed and then go to AMEDD training. I plan on doing my preceptorship at one of the army posts that is close to me in the fall, so hopefully I can get some more information on what steps I can take that will make the process easier for me. Thank you again for the information. Good Luck.:luck:
Gennaver wrote:Hello there,
I've been away from this forum for some bit of time. My last two quarters were pretty full and busy and well...are over!!
:):houra:
Now I am waiting for NCLEX and taking a summer advanced pharm class to stay studying.
Also I have my PCS orders for the Army, just need my NCLEX results for the official orders.
Have an apartment waiting in TX for me and my three cats then will drive down there for training.
TA DA!!
Thanks for listening.
Gen
Hello Gen,
Congrats! Very cool things are going well for you! Glad you dropped in to give us an update. Remember, if you ever have any questions regards to the Army Nurse Corps I'd be more than happy to comply. Plus, I was with 5501st USAH [USAR] at FSH before going over to the Active Component [active duty]. I'm very familiar with FSH & BAMC.
I, too, have been VERY busy that past 3 months. I'm deployed to Iraq for 15 months. We have been mortared several times and had one Mass Cal with six fatalities and over 50 wounded. I was promoted to Captain last May. Wow, a huge jump in pay, which is tax free [for the most part] while OCONUS.
Anyway, enough about me. Again, very glad to hear the good news. Keep up the good work & I'm sure you will do fine on the NCLEX. I have an exam coming up, too. I will be taking the CCRN exam this September in Baghdad. I sure hope I get to travel via helicopter, rather than convoy to Baghdad. LOL, should be I nervous about passing the CCRN exam, or about mortars, rockets, IEDs, etc? I think I'll just focus on the exam and not worry about the other stuff. I worked over 17 hours during the Mass Cal I was really not scared upon the initial attack D/T too busy thinking about the what is my next safest action. Oops, there I go again being selfish talking about ME.
Keep in touch,
Cary James Barrett, CPT AN
TF 31 Medical Bucca
31st Combat Support Hospital
APO AE 09375
syudent1010@aol.com wrote:Hello! Congratulations on passing the NCLEX! I am graduating in December and I plan on being a direct commission into the ANC after passing NCLEX. Any advice you can give me would be appreciated on the whole process of becoming a new nurse in the ANC. Especially about AMEDD training. Thank You!:houra:
Outstanding! We need more Soldier nurses, ASAP!!!
HOOAH,
Cary James Barrett, CPT AN
TF 31 Medical Bucca
31st Combat Support Hospital
APO AE 09375
MagRedC5 wrote:... Again, very glad to hear the good news. Keep up the good work & I'm sure you will do fine on the NCLEX. I have an exam coming up, too. I will be taking the CCRN exam this September in Baghdad. I sure hope I get to travel via helicopter, rather than convoy to Baghdad. LOL, should be I nervous about passing the CCRN exam, or about mortars, rockets, IEDs, etc? I think I'll just focus on the exam and not worry about the other stuff. I worked over 17 hours during the Mass Cal I was really not scared upon the initial attack D/T too busy thinking about the what is my next safest action. Oops, there I go again being selfish talking about ME.
Keep in touch,
Cary James Barrett, CPT AN
TF 31 Medical Bucca
31st Combat Support Hospital
APO AE 09375
Cary!!
It is more than good to read you, (never enough about 'you', keep it coming when you can.
You have been so helpful to me while I was going through my application process, very helpful and encouraging. :)
Is that a postal addy you listed, CPT? Congrats on that and well wishes to your Mrs. too.
I've got my apartment waiting at Alamos Heights for me. I am very nervous about NCLEX suddenly.
The other day myself and three other nurses went with our recruiter to Indianapolos to get our uniforms and some gear for OBLC. It feels pretty soon now. On the way back we were talking about people's reactions to the news that we 'went Army'. Three of us already have told people, in response to the question of "what if they send you to Iraq?" That we would volunteer to go. This is not flippant talk, maybe it is deployment envy, even though it is a humongous big deal, but, I believe we were all serious.
Next on the way home from dropping the other three nurses off and heading back to the home office, where my car was, my recruiter saw a soldier in his ACUs waiting at a bustop so we gave him a lift to the terminal. He just got his orders for his third tour. He said that he was actually glad to go this time.
Hooah, and feel welcomed to share, on forum or pm, you are very helpful.
Gen-soon to be newbie RN!, ex lab tech, ex-cna, ex-med assist....ready!
I also have had many people, even my own family, respond to me by asking if I am scared that I could go to Iraq. Even though I have only ROTC experience, not active duty or reserve, I am not really scared. I feel like you and your friends, if I go I go. I want to become a nurse in the ANC because I want to help our men and women that are fighting for beliefs that we hold as americans. MagRedC5 talked about the reality of conditions over there, but just like him I would hope that even though part of me might be a little concerned, I would do what I have been trained to do, To save those I can and know that those I couldn't save at least had people that truly care about them working on them. I loved your story about picking up the soldier and giving him a ride to where he needed to go. that is one of the many things I love about the army mind set, we are a big family and most people try to help one another. Sorry about the long response, but I had to respond! Hooah!
Gennaver wrote:Cary!!
It is more than good to read you, (never enough about 'you', keep it coming when you can.
You have been so helpful to me while I was going through my application process, very helpful and encouraging. :)
Is that a postal addy you listed, CPT? Congrats on that and well wishes to your Mrs. too.
I've got my apartment waiting at Alamos Heights for me. I am very nervous about NCLEX suddenly.
The other day myself and three other nurses went with our recruiter to Indianapolos to get our uniforms and some gear for OBLC. It feels pretty soon now. On the way back we were talking about people's reactions to the news that we 'went Army'. Three of us already have told people, in response to the question of "what if they send you to Iraq?" That we would volunteer to go. This is not flippant talk, maybe it is deployment envy, even though it is a humongous big deal, but, I believe we were all serious.
Next on the way home from dropping the other three nurses off and heading back to the home office, where my car was, my recruiter saw a soldier in his ACUs waiting at a bustop so we gave him a lift to the terminal. He just got his orders for his third tour. He said that he was actually glad to go this time.
Hooah, and feel welcomed to share, on forum or pm, you are very helpful.
Gen-soon to be newbie RN!, ex lab tech, ex-cna, ex-med assist....ready!
Yes, that is my current address while deployed to Iraq. ;) I was promoted to Captain back in May, DOR 5-01-07.
BTW, the question should not be... "what if they send you to Iraq?", rather ... "when will they send you to Iraq?". That is the reality of the SURGE right NOW. My original orders stated 374 days, or until mission completed. Well, soon after arriving in Iraq we were ALL told we were being extended an additional three months. So, my deployment is now for 15 months. Plus, there is a little place of very special interest [IRAN] that is getting to be a hotbed, and I ain't talking about sleeping in a jacuzzi, either!
I don't mean to scare anybody, just giving out a dose of reality.
- Army Strong
MagRedC5 wrote:Yes, that is my current address while deployed to Iraq. ;) I was promoted to Captain back in May, DOR 5-01-07.
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I don't mean to scare anybody, just giving out a dose of reality.
- Army Strong
Good to read you,
Glad to know its okay to shoot some words of hello to you over there.
I figure that anyone who commissions in as an Active Duty nurse when nurses are being sent on their fourth or more year long deployment should pretty much anticipate being sent. Since I've got the three kitty cats I have found a "noble foster" who will be a foster parent to them if/when I am deployed or sent to trainings. I would be surprised if I was 'not' send with a unit.
On another note, I've been posting in the NCLEX thread lately, I tested yesterday and am waiting my quick results. They will not be up until tomorrow morning. Agh.
Glad to read you again.
Gen
