Army Nurse Corps FY2013

[AjaxAndronicus]

Hey everybody, I'm starting a thread here for those applying to the Army Nurse Corps in FY2013. I figure this might be a good place to get to know other future nurse corps officers and a place for the veterans of the ANC to pass on some advice.

Share your story and hopefully we will meet down in San Antonio this Winter/spring of 2013

Ill start with my story,

I am a 28 y/o critical care nurse with 2 years experience in a level 2 trauma center in Virignia. I passed MEPS at Ft. Eustis and have submitted security packet, letters of reference and letter of intent.

I am applying to the October review board for Active Duty Army Nurse Corps for the 66H8A(critical care) and 66T(trauma) programs( I am not sure if they are still running this one, but you don't get what you don't ask for).

I am happily married with a baby on the way, my wife is 100% behind a move the Army and I feel blessed to have her love and support.

The road to the Army has been a long one with a degree in Biology, stint as a drug rep and return for an accelerated BSN.

I love being a nurse and love working in critical care. I hope to serve my country in uniform treating service members & their families at home and in forward deployed units.

I want to be an critical care nurse and officer in the U.S. Army and I hope that I will get to meet all of you in uniform at BOLC, at MEDDAC, CSH or FST in CONUS or OCONUS.

Here's to all us achieving our dreams of becoming Army Nurses!

HOOOOOOAH!

[baxter13]

@Ajax

Congrats, Got my Northeastern acceptance email too! Hope to see you next year once we both get selected by the board!

[AjaxAndronicus]

@Ajax

Congrats, Got my Northeastern acceptance email too! Hope to see you next year once we both get selected by the board!

Congrats Baxter! Most definitely! Board, Bolc, phase 1 &2 = CPT, DNP, CRNA

[jeckrn, BSN, RN]

I just got some info on FY14 accession for 66H and it will be very tight. There will be considerable less then last years number of around 40. Did not find out about other nursing AOC's.

[dccubano]

So this may have been covered somewhere on this 90+ page thread, but I was interested in finding out how hard it is to go to school for an advanced degree while being a nurse in the corps. I don't think I am interested in doing any special or subsidized program. I would like to use my GI bill so I don't have to extend my enlistment commitment. Thanks

[Lunah, MSN, RN]

So this may have been covered somewhere on this 90+ page thread but I was interested in finding out how hard it is to go to school for an advanced degree while being a nurse in the corps. I don't think I am interested in doing any special or subsidized program. I would like to use my GI bill so I don't have to extend my enlistment commitment. Thanks[/quote']

Depends on how busy you are. I worked a lot and had several collateral duties, and I still managed to use tuition assistance (TA) to fund the majority of my MSN. I have one class and a capstone remaining. You incur a two-year active duty service obligation (ADSO) after your last TA-funded class ends, so you can figure out the timing and use TA as long as you can rather than dipping into your GI bill. I am at the point where my ADSO would go past my contracted time, so I will probably pay my last bit out of pocket since I am undecided about staying in.

[dccubano]

Thanks, Lunah. I am kind of bumbed about the change from MSN to Doctorate for nurse practitioners. I don't think I will be able to use TA for schooling.

[RayRN87]

I know this discussion board is a few years old but seems like there's a wealth of knowledge in here - can anyone whos had experience with army reservist fill me in on how long it takes to get the ISP/special pay? My recruiter says after I'm processed but does that mean after phase 2 of BOLC or as soon as I commission?

Il probbaly ask him tomorrow but just thought I'd chime in here before that, also how far did y'all have to drive for drills? Just wanted to know if it was common for people to drive 3hrs+ cause I will going to fort Sam from Houston since my recruiter said there's no openings in my city - thanks!