Title: Navy Nurse Corps Overview
1Office of the Navy Nurse Corps
- Navy Nurse Corps Overview
- 2010 Navy Nurse Corps Club Symposium
- CAPT Pamela Giza, NC, USN
- Deputy Director, Navy Nurse Corps
- 19 NOV 2010
2Around the NC world in 45 mins
- The NC at a glance (bodies)
- Oh, the places youll go! (billets)
- Getting started
- Dont forget to have a balanced life!
3Nurse Corps Community
Current Status
Gaps reflect Missed Recruiting Goal in FY 04
FY05
Statistics Inventory 2860 OPA
3,006 Manning 91.8 NOPPS data as of 5 Oct
2010
279 under end strength Majority of new accessions
are gained JUN through SEP
HPLRP
RN ISP/ DUINS/ War College
Years of Commissioned Service
4Oh, the places youll go!
- Naval Station Zamboanga, RP
5The CONUS MTFs
- The Medical Centers
- Bethesda, San Diego and Portsmouth
- The Teachers
- Bremerton, Lejuene, Jacksonville, Pendleton, and
Pensacola - The Hospitals
- Beaufort, Great Lakes, Lemoore, Oak Harbor and
Twenty Nine Palms - The Clinics
- Annapolis, Charleston, Cherry Point, Corpus
Christie, Hawaii, New England, Patuxent River
and Quantico
6The OCONUS MTFs and Other
- The Orient (60 of overseas billets!)
- Guam, Okinawa, Yokosuka
- Europe
- Guantanomo Bay (GTMO), Naples, Rota, Sigonella
- Other
- USNS Mercy T-AH 19
- USNS Comfort T-AH 20
- Deployments (Operational/Humanitarian)
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7Deployment and Humanitarian
- This is, sadly, a reality
- Dont worry, you WILL be ready!
- It WILL change you forever
- Learn and grow from every experience
8Deployment/Humanitarian Missions
9Getting Started
- Anticipate assignment to a bedded facility.
- Hone your Medical Surgical skills!
- Dont be in a rush to get off the wards and on to
bigger, better things.
10 11Retention Tools
- RN ISP
- DUINS
- HPLRP
- Navy Nurse Transition Program
- Mentoring and Work Environment
12That was the big Nurse Corps picture
13The Six Cs to Success
- Clinical
- Command / Community
- Commissioned Officer
- Communication
- Contribution
- Care
14Clinical
- Be a clinical expert maintain those clinical
skills and seek certification - Share your experiences with your subordinates
- Constantly teach and mentor
- Keep your subordinates focused on clinical
excellence and relevance - Walk the Talk!
- This defines you as a nurse!
15Command / Community
- Every nurse is a recruiter
- Every nurse is a retention officer
- Be positive attitude is everything!
- Value differences in people learn from them
- Develop the same in your subordinates / peers
- This defines you as part of the command /
community!
16Commissioned Officer
- Wear your uniform correctly and with pride and
hold others accountable to the same - Extend the proper military courtesies
- Even out of uniform you represent the Navy
- Maintain your physical readiness and fitness
- Honor, Courage, Commitment, Integrity
- Exemplify this for and expect this of your
subordinates - This defines you as a military officer!
17Communication
- Communication is vertical - up and down the chain
of command - Communication is horizontal - your peers and
comrades - Collaborate and Cooperate
- Share information / knowledge
- LISTEN!!!
- Set the communication example and standard
- This defines you as a team player!
18Contribution
- Set personal and professional goals
- Demonstrate initiative - volunteer
- Always finish the job / task
- Attention to detail
- Improve your workspace and your command
- Mentor your subordinates to set goals and provide
detailed, quality work/products. - This defines you as a professional!
19CARE
- Your patients patient and family centered care
- Your subordinates mentor and assist
- Your peers comrade and friend
- Your boss communicate and support
- Yourself maintain a balanced life
- This defines you as a leader!
20Performance Success
- Clinical Professional Expertise 33.
- Command Command Climate / EO 34.
- Commissioned OfficerMilitary Bearing 35.
- Communication Teamwork 36.
- Contribution Mission Accomplishment and
- Initiative 37.
- Care Leadership 38.
21Pams Pearls of Wisdom
- Along your journey
- Seek a balance in your life.
- Recognize that all work is honorable.
- If it was easy, then everyone could do it.
- If you dont value what you do, then no one else
will.
22Questions?Juneau-BUMED Pet Therapist