Posted on Nov 21, 2018
Any Army Nurses in the Reserves and Active duty?
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I am doing a branch brief on the ANC and wanted to know what are some branch talent priorities of this branch?
day of life as an army nurse? Progression throughout the career? Daily duties as a army nurse?
Also the difference between a reserve nurse and active duty nurse? And the pros and cons as well.
day of life as an army nurse? Progression throughout the career? Daily duties as a army nurse?
Also the difference between a reserve nurse and active duty nurse? And the pros and cons as well.
Posted in these groups: Staff Nurse
66H: Medical-Surgical Nurse
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Army Medical Department Basic Officer Leader Course (AMEDDBOLC)
66H: Medical-Surgical Nurse ROTC Army Medical Department Basic Officer Leader Course (AMEDDBOLC)
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MSG Frank Kapaun
LTC Donell Kelly way too many “battle axes” and bitter old man hating hags in the ANC.
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LTC Donell Kelly
MSG Frank Kapaun - Couldn’t agree more. Unfortunately, same applies in civilian sector. By the way, one of the most mean-spirited SOB’s I’ve ever been around was a male RN, AF full bird, who also happened to be an ordained minister. He retired out of LRMC, off to be a minister somewhere, & all I could think of is God help his congregation!
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LTC Donell Kelly
LTC Donell Kelly - PS MSG Kapaun, some of those hags & battleaxes look like angels when your view is looking up at them while they do their best to save your life. Just like some of those senior NCO’s barking orders/instructions if you’re taking real or training fire look like pretty heroes, for saving your & your patient’s lives.
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LTC Paul Labrador
Yes and no. Yes, I've seen this behavior with some leadership I've served under. But I've also seen the opposite as well, with leaders who look out for and develop their subordinates.
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1. ANC favors "go to war" skillsets. ER, ICU, OR, CRNA, Med-Surg are your core skill sets you need for a CSH.
2. Unless you're a direct accession with prior clinical experience, you are going to start as a vanilla 66H MedSurg nurse. You will have opportunities to specialize later. If you commit to more time, the Army may also pay for advanced schooling.
3. Typical day for TDA side ANC officer is working your shift in the hospital. Army training is interspersed between shifts. Unless you're PROFIS you won't go to the field much. mTOE side nurses split time between clinical work in the local MTF and Army training. As a line nurse you will go to the field.
4. Career progression usually follows this generic path:
- 2LT - staff nurse
-1LT - staff nurse/specialization
- CPT - staff nurse/CNOIC/special assignments and duties
- MAJ - CNOIC/grad school/advanced practice
- LTC - section chief/advanced practice/advanced leadership/program chief/command staff
- COL - chief nurse/command/senior leadership and staff roles
2. Unless you're a direct accession with prior clinical experience, you are going to start as a vanilla 66H MedSurg nurse. You will have opportunities to specialize later. If you commit to more time, the Army may also pay for advanced schooling.
3. Typical day for TDA side ANC officer is working your shift in the hospital. Army training is interspersed between shifts. Unless you're PROFIS you won't go to the field much. mTOE side nurses split time between clinical work in the local MTF and Army training. As a line nurse you will go to the field.
4. Career progression usually follows this generic path:
- 2LT - staff nurse
-1LT - staff nurse/specialization
- CPT - staff nurse/CNOIC/special assignments and duties
- MAJ - CNOIC/grad school/advanced practice
- LTC - section chief/advanced practice/advanced leadership/program chief/command staff
- COL - chief nurse/command/senior leadership and staff roles
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1LT (Join to see)
Thank you sir! can you explain to me a little more about PROFIS? How do you like your job as a ANC officer?
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LTC Paul Labrador
1LT (Join to see) I liked it while I was active. I retired 2 years ago.
PROFIS = professional filler system. mTOE medical units are only partially filled with officer staff when in garrison. They only draw their full compliment of staff when they deploy. PROFIS are those fillers. If you are PROFIS you are normally assigned to a TDA, but when the mTOE you are assigned to goes out the door, you will be pulled to go with
PROFIS = professional filler system. mTOE medical units are only partially filled with officer staff when in garrison. They only draw their full compliment of staff when they deploy. PROFIS are those fillers. If you are PROFIS you are normally assigned to a TDA, but when the mTOE you are assigned to goes out the door, you will be pulled to go with
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LTC Jason Mackay
1LT (Join to see) - all those Brigade Support Battalions have a C Co Medical. They have a 40 patient hold capacity and the full MTOE compliment of medical staff, like nurses, doctors, and PAs among others. Forward Surgical Teams are a little different and more cohesive and less of a pick up team.
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CPT (Join to see)
Speaking as a USAR RN for 11 yeara now, I'd concur emphatically with LTC Labrador's points#1 & 2. He’s spot on with the assessment. Best of luck Cadet.
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I was an RN in the Reserves and now active duty CRNA (anesthetist). Enjoyed my time in Reserves, monthly drills and two week annual training (places like Germany, Bolivia, Hawaii, South Dakota, San Francisco area). Active duty paid my way through anesthesia school, daily life doing surgical and obstetric anesthesia. Can be assigned field unit duties, FTXs, and deploy to austere environment. Regular nurses can be in slots that don’t do direct patient care of they like leadership, management, more FORSCOM related stuff.
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1LT (Join to see)
Is there oppurtunities for AGR for nurses in the reserves? As of right now, I am kind of leaning towards the reserves and working at VA while doing drills once a month and 2 weeks out of the summer. Can nurses volunteer for deployment outside of their unit?
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MAJ (Join to see)
Maybe some full time RN slots for NG but I don’t think Reseves have them. You can volunteer for deployments active duty or reserves but depends on slots available and how many people want to go. 1LT (Join to see)
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