Army Nursing

[kendra2kendra]

Hi,

I would like to know if the Army Reserve has an LPN training course and if so how do you go about enlisting and what scores are needed and would you be non deployable. I spoke with a recruiter here in the altanta area and she told me that the lpn program no longer exists, but there's a post on the internet that states otherwise.

[psalm, RN]

I don't trust recruiters!! Go to the military website for the info you want...the search engine should be a good place to start, dependig on what branch of service. I would check into all of them.

Since LPN school is quite a committment on your part and a financial committment on the military's part for training you, I would be surprized if you didn't have to commit to regular army status instead of reserve.

Psalm

Proud U.S. Army Veteran

[psalm, RN]

...hello, I checked a bit after my last post and the army website says nothing. But I did a search and at least in 2005 the 91W was medic training and then 91WM6 is the LPN training, 58 weeks. Ask your recruiter specifically about these AIT courses and you may get more info. Good luck.

Psalm

Proud U.S. Army Veteran

[Jessi_w]

i was regular army, as for reserve you would go through the same training as regular army. basic training then ait which would be "medic" school which i think is now 68w (it used to be 91w... alot of info online still uses 91w) (mos job code) but you would need to get an identifier, which is m6 to be an lpn. so you would be a 68w m6. it a lil different in the army though....some of your training can't be used in civilian world but having the experience is awesome!!! some of the things i've done i would never get to do out here. m6 school is a lil longer than most jobs 91w is 17 weeks training and m6 is an additional 52 weeks along with 9 weeks of basic training of course.

here some info:

the mission of the united states army practical nurse course is to educate and prepare highly trained battlefield medics in the ranks of private through specialist. the 91wm6 (practical nurse) coupled with health care specialist (91w) training, possess the skill set to provide first line trauma care far forward on the battlefield, perform as members of forward surgical teams, and function in expanded and support roles in combat support hospitals and fixed medical facilities. the 300-m6 course is approved by the board of nurse examiners for the state of texas and upon successful completion, soldiers qualify to take the national council licensure examination for practical nurses (nclex-pn). the soldier must obtain and maintain licensure as a vocational nurse/practical nurse for award of the asi m6.

the branch also serves as the proponent for the 300-m3 dialysis specialist course which is conducted at walter reed army medical center in washington, dc.

the m6 asi is a prerequisit for m3 training.

vision statement:

the vision of the u. s. army practical nurse course is to educate and train the 91wm6 for future success, performance, leadership, and most importantly for the survivability of combat forces engaged in battle.

if a recruiter said it does not exist... they are lying.... when i went in i just went for a 91w, i did a lil research and knew what i wanted, after you pass the asvab ( you need a score of st = 95 on the asvab, what that means

general science (gs);

arithmetic reasoning (ar);

word knowledge (wk);

paragraph comprehension (pc);

numerical operations (no);

coding speed (cs);

auto and shop information (as);

mathematics knowledge (mk);

mechanical comprehension (mc);

electronics information (ei);

and sum of word knowledge and paragraph comprehension (ve).

st= gs+ve+mk+mc...buy an asvab prep book!)

i may have confused you ..... but here's what you need to know, recruiters will try to put you in a job just because they need to fill slots, stick to what you want and never take no for an answer. take the asvab... your score determines what jobs you qualify for, the higher you score the more jobs you can look at .... and you will get that lpn. after you qualify for 91w or 68w whatever they call it (health care specialist if the recruiter looks at you funny:uhoh3:) you must ask for the m6 identifier! after all this you will go to meps (military entrance processing station) have a physical and fill out paper work and then get started on your contract, which is where they will ask what job do you want if they don't, tell them health care specialist with m6...remember the m6! if they tell you no... say ok then i'm not signing up! (it's like buying a car you want the best deal so you are gonna work that sales person, they should get you what you want) i was a medic, thats what i wanted and i told them the same thing...i got what i wanted. m6 = lpn

google 91wm6 you will get a ton of info...as for deploying it all depends on the unit...of course regular army would put you at a higher risk of deployment .... i'm not sure how reserve componets work but regular army you could get a hospital on post (you may never deploy!) you could end up in a csh = combat support hospital where you would most definatly deploy...i was part of a ground ambulance unit and they just got back from their deployment. not trying to convince you or anything but do you know that in the regular army you get alot more benifits? also fyi recruiters know hardly anything about anything lol i have a friend who wanted to know the same things you want to know, i told him what i knew...he got so fustrated with the recruiters but went with some knowledge, stuck to his guns and is now just finishing up basic and going to 91w school in about a week. i hope this can help you... let me know

[psalm, RN]

Wow!, Mrs. Waggy says it all!! Thank you for the info, if I weren't so old and not already an RN I would have enlisted again, lol!!

[Jessi_w]

you're welcome! LOL... hey I loved my job!!!! hopefully after I finish LPN school I can get a job at Winn Hospital and do it on the civillian side.