Originally Posted by Dino
I have read on here that the Army needs CRNA's and that qualified people can enter directly into their CRNA program due to lack of applicants qualifying for their program, any truth to this? Also, for Navy, how long would it take to be allowed to apply to a CRNA progrm there? I have a friend in Navy as a medical officer and he said the Navy didn't even have enough qualified applicants to apply for all the seats this past year in their CRNA program. I have a bachelors in biology although it's getting old and some graduate classes in the sciences, will be attending 2nd degree BSN this fall, then hopefully military. Again, I wish I had some more feedback about how military compares to civilian as a nurse. I am hoping to make this a career move into the military.
Army CRNA program application procedures:
http://www.dns.amedd.army.mil/crna/ It is on the left hand column.
Yes the Army has the only direct entry program for the military, but you still have to have met the same requirements as civilian programs ie. GRE/one year of critical care expeirence etc.
In the Navy a nurse has to basically do one tour (3yrs) before they are eligible to apply, but don't quote me on that. I am in the nurse anesthesia program at USUHS, but I am in the AF not Navy so I am just trying to remember what my Navy classmates told me.
The quickest way is to go the Army route after you met all the requirements on the civilian side.
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