Welcome to the Navy Nurse Corps!

1. Welcome to the Navy Nurse Corps! LCDR Eric Palmer, NC, USN Junior Nurse Corps Assignment Officer Navy Personnel Command(901) 874-4041eric.h.palmer@navy.mil

2. What to do now? • Enjoy being in school! • Study and learn as much as possible • Begin preparing for the NCLEX • Complete your Duty Preference Sheet

3. Graduation! • ”Hip Hip” ……“Hooray”! • Prepare for the NCLEX • Report to your first duty station

4. Duties of the Detailer: Negotiate and write orders Communicate with the Specialty Leaders Counsel constituents before and after boards Nominate members to sit on boards Visit commands to speak with constituents What does a Detailer do?

5. Mission Our mission is to support the needs of the Navy & Marine Corps by providing the Fleet with the right person in the right place at the right time.

6. ASSIGNMENT PROCESS • Key components are: • Needs of the Navy • Career needs of the Officer • Personal needs of the Officer • Other considerations: • PCS rule structure • Fiscal considerations • Tour length requirements

7. ASSIGNMENT PROCESS • Talk with detailer early (9-12 mos from PRD) – long/short term goals • Be honest – lay out all cards, family, school • Have your facts correct • Detailers take notes and network constantly • Emails > 1/4 page…indicative of phone call • Military bearing will show in an email/phone call • “Hiding out” will lead to disaster • Don’t use “resignation trump card” – very difficult to reverse

8. Orders Process • Negotiate with Detailer • Detailer reviews slates, billet requirements and timing • Orders proposed by detailer • Proposed orders process through gaining & losing placement officers for validation of billet requirements, backfill plans, move timing, etc.; orders also process through other PERS codes as required (e.g., EFM) • Generally a 21-28 day process if orders “flow” through the chop chain • Order writers can provide status of orders • Orders available on BOL 1-2 days after release

9. What can I expect to be doing when I report to my first Command? Staff Nurse Inpatient Ward Rotating Shifts Collateral Duty May deploy (possibly after 18-24 mos)

10. What should I be doing as a “new” Nurse? DEVELOP AND MASTER YOUR CLINICAL SKILLS! • Assessment • Physiology • Pharmacology • Time Management • Practical Skills (listen and learn from those who have “been there and done that” i.e. RNs, Docs, Corpsmen) • CRITICAL THINKING SKILL DEVELOPMENT!

11. What if I don’t get to work in my dream job? Bloom where you are planted and branch off from there!!! Will your “dream job” be your “dream job” in 5 years?

12. Big Three: NMC San Diego NMC Portsmouth NNMC Bethesda Medium MTF’s: NH Bremerton NH Camp Pendleton NH Camp Lejeune NH Jacksonville NH Pensacola First Tour Assignments

13. Walter Reed National Military Medical CenterBethesda, MD • Joint USA/USN command • Located in Maryland in close proximity to Virginia and Washington DC • 257 Total Beds

14. Naval Medical Center San Diego • The “Pride of Navy Medicine” • Over 500,000 beneficiaries.

15. Naval Medical Center Portsmouth • Located in Portsmouth, Virginia. • Oldest continuously running hospital in the Navy • Newest MTF structure until Walter Reed construction is complete.