[gj_chriso]

I will soon be going to nursing school and am interested in a military career after. I have one concern that may narrow down my choices.

As a Navy nurse, how likely is it to be stationed or deployed on a ship? I am prone to getting a bit quesy while on the water, even on big stable cruise ships. Should I eliminate the Navy as one of my considerations?

I appreciate any feedback on this subject. Thanks!

[Time4Change]

If you can get on a Carrier then you wont even know your at sea!! For real they are like floating cities. I was on board a Destroyer for 6 years and I got so used to being rocked to sleep by the ocean that I got a water bed when I got out! I don't know if your talking about a Corpsman position or like a civilian nurse or even going into the Officer path. But on my ship we only had corpsman (I wasnt a corpsman I was in Electronics). On bigger ships there were mini hospital type things with doctors and nurses. Lots of shore duty opportunities for corpsman though. Hope this helps at all.

[DanznRN]

Gj-

I wouldn't eliminate it. There are only 12 permanent shipboard duty stations for nurses and those are all carriers, not to mention you have to apply/ volunteer to get on them. Anyway, there is a possibility that you could deploy on a ship, but you're on and off frequently doing stuff, so I think you'd survive. Definitely not a reason to rule it out

LCDR Dan

[gj_chriso]

Thanks for your replies. After doing some research and seeing what kind of missions the hospital ships go on, I think I would have to find a way to overcome. What a great experience that would be!