HPSP 2016

fnpete · Jun 21, 2016

I'm currently in HPSP, in my 3rd semester working on my FNP/DNP. It's great to be able to go to school full-time and yet get a paycheck. I graduate in 2018.

mocapoca · Jun 26, 2016

I'm currently in HPSP, in my 3rd semester working on my FNP/DNP. It's great to be able to go to school full-time and yet get a paycheck. I graduate in 2018.

I envy you! I am stuck on getting my medical documents together. I am really hoping to be selected. How did you find the process? Does your program run through the summer? If so, have you found it difficult to request a paper tour for your ADT?

gypsy26 · Jul 1, 2016

I was accepted to a DNP program for Fall 2016 and I will hopefully be in the July 2016 boards for the AF HPSP. I wish there was more information but even my recruiter is unable to answer some of my questions. I'll graduate in May 2019.

jfratian, DNP, RN, CRNA · Jul 1, 2016

Have your recruiter reach out to some of his/her contacts. A lot of regions have a nurse recruiter who actually has been a nurse in the Air Force; recruiting is a temporary special assignment for them. Your recruiter definitely works closely with Chief nurses at local bases to conduct interviews; that chief nurse will be able to answer all of your questions.

gypsy26 · Jul 2, 2016

Thank you! She said she is going to work on it.

allenaa2016 · Jul 14, 2016

I am hoping to have my packet sent for the August board! I start Nurse Anesthesia school this August so I am hoping all goes well. I have been at this process for 1 year!!! Ive had some trouble with recruiters

BUT for those who are currently receiving the scholarship... what does the scholarship cover? Just tuition, tuition and fees, or does it cover the entire amount on the account page???

Hope to hear back from someone, the last time I checked- everything was outdated.

allenaa2016 · Jul 14, 2016

Are you able to tell me all that is covered? Like full tuition and fees, or EVERYthing on the account page? My school requires us to have parking, so I am wondering if that will be paid for as well (should I be selected)

lasarazen · Jul 14, 2016

There should be a regulation that your recruiter should be able to refer you to to answer these questions very specifically. HPSP exists in other branches, and Ive seen the Army's and Navy's regs that spell out what is and is not covered by HPSP. Briefly searching for a similar AF reg, I came across this, although you may have to read closer as it is also talking about folks coming in via med school , so it may not apply in your case exactly. But perhaps you can find something useful here. http://static.e-publishing.af.mil/production/1/af_sg/publication/afi41-117/afi41-117.pdf

audqyee · Sep 2, 2016

Hi all! Just got accepted for the AF HPSP yesterday. From what my recruiter told me, they only accepted 4 slots overall for the DNP FNP program. I didn't get in on my first try last year. I'm slated to graduate May 2018.

In any case. What the HPSP essentially does is pay the school directly for all your tuition and fees and your books. You will also get some stipend per month, roughly between $1-2k. You will be commissioned as an O1 (2nd LT) but then get promoted to O3 (Captain) upon graduation. The payback is 1:1 for the years with the minimum of 3 years. So what I'm getting is 2 years of scholarship with 3 yrs of service.

I can also answer some questions too!

If anybody else was accepted, I was wondering if you can share your timeline so I can compare mine to yours.

ariocwhite · Sep 5, 2016

Still waiting on results for the board. My recruiter is out of state on leave, so I am stuck with waiting. Any idea why only four when they quoted a need for ten? I am not sure I want to pay for my first year of classes and still repay three years. Seems like a scam to me. They can intentionally select us later to pay for less. Bum deal really. Well, congrats anyways. They should be forced to pay for your first year though!

carolinapooh, BSN, RN · Sep 7, 2016

Still waiting on results for the board. My recruiter is out of state on leave, so I am stuck with waiting. Any idea why only four when they quoted a need for ten? I am not sure I want to pay for my first year of classes and still repay three years. Seems like a scam to me. They can intentionally select us later to pay for less. Bum deal really. Well, congrats anyways. They should be forced to pay for your first year though!

It's not a scam. It's the way it's always worked. You owe them time for what they pay for.

They're paying you more than you're paying them. Captain pay for three years, plus BAH and BAS, plus two years of an average of $1500 a month, plus all your school bills, plus TRICARE costs....the USAF actually comes out short at the end of the day all for the assurance of a body for three short years. You are then guaranteed a job at graduation and you leave in three years with a DD214 and three years' experience, plus the post-9/11 GI bill and veteran's benefits.

The military is actually getting the short end of the stick on that deal. It's certainly not a scam. No other organization is going to pay you like that in exchange for three short years of your time.

I came back on active duty as a direct commission and gave them six years in exchange for six years of pay, free medical and dental, cheap life insurance, BAH/BAS/salary, and $60K in bonuses and loan repayment. I'm now debt free and make more than my civilian counterparts (I do have 15 years active duty so paywise I'm the exception). I don't do overtime and I don't have to worry if I get sick as sick time is time served (they get too sick and they could lose their job...welcome to America). If I get pregnant I get 12 weeks maternity leave and draw full pay, benefits, and accrue leave at the same time....no employer would give me any of this.

All in exchange for the guarantee of a body for six years. And I'm here until retirement anyway, so they'll get 'paid back', but still.