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The United States Public Health Service, A Wonderful Career!!!
Please celebrate with us as we highlight and honor nurses who have achieved successful professional careers with the US Public Health Service.
This Term's Honoree is:
CDR James LaVelle Dickens
Commander James LaVelle Dickens serves in the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services Regional Office, Office of the Secretary, Region VI Dallas, TX.
CDR Dickens is a Doctoral Candidate at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Lubbock, Texas. The focus of his doctoral research involves low birth weight and very low birth weight infants in District’s 7 & 8 of Kabul, Afghanistan.
In 2008, he was selected to participate as a clinical team member for the Afghanistan Health Initiative (AHI) in Kabul, Afghanistan. The mission of the AHI is to improve quality of care, and maternal and infant mortality rates at the Rabia Balkhi Womens’ Hospital. CDR Dickens deployed to Afghanistan multiple times, and was responsible for training of over one hundred nurses and lay midwives in the clinical standards of practice of the operating theater. CDR Dickens a Fellow of the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners.
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Once on continuous active duty, an officer is required to have periodic complete physical examinations. Currently, these examinations are required every 5 years during an officer’s career. In addition, an examination/history may be necessary for long-term training, assimilation, and the promotion process. When an officer applies for long-term training, he/she must have a current physical on file and must also fill out and send in a “Report of Medical History”. For assimilation, an officer may not apply if a current physical has not been recorded. In addition, if an officer does not have a current physical exam in place at the time of being assimilated, the effective date of assimilation will be postponed until such time the information is updated and current (CCPM23.3.7.D.3). During a year when an officer is being considered for Permanent Promotion, the 5-year physical must be current and the “Report of Medical History” is required to be updated within the one year time period prior to the effective date of the promotion (CCPM43.4.1.J.4). In all cases, DD Form 2807-1 “Report of Medical History” must be filled out and turned into the Medical Affairs Branch (MAB) along with a “Disclosure Statement” to comply with these requirements. Finally, a complete physical exam is recommended for separation or retirement. Officers are encouraged to take this physical exam in order to identify and/or clarify any health problems that may exist at the time of separation or retirement. Currently, regulations allow this exam to be waived if requested in writing to OCCO (CCPM.CC29.3.5.D.3.b). |