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I am a 40yo female with 210 clinical hours left to complete my Master of Nursing. My speciality will be cardiac NP. I am not seeing real potential for jobs and am wondering about military nursing. I am open to all brances and of course am looking for the best compensation. Any feedback would be appreciated.

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Shelley

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I am a 40yo female with 210 clinical hours left to complete my Master of Nursing. My speciality will be cardiac NP. I am not seeing real potential for jobs and am wondering about military nursing. I am open to all brances and of course am looking for the best compensation. Any feedback would be appreciated.

Thanks,

Shelley

Compensation will be exactly the same no matter what branch you choose. You may be able to come in at a higher rank in USPHS and thus have higher pay. There is no specific speciality in any of the military branches for a Cardiac NP.

My best advice is to really look at why you want to join the military. It is never a good idea to want to come into the military soley for job security/money. Being in the military is more of way of life rather than just a job.

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Specializes in EMT, ER, Homehealth, OR.

Could not agree more with wtbcrna. Right now it sounds like more then a few nurses are joining the military since there are limited jobs oppurinties right now. The military is not like other jobs where you can leave if you want. You sign a contract and have to serve the term. But on the other hand there will be some nurses who would have not looked at the military and will now make it a career. I believe in the Army NP's are family practice or pysch. You will need to speak with a recruiter to find out what each service requires for their NP's

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Specializes in FNP cardiology, ER.

Shelley,

What is your degree going to be...FNP, ANP? I am a FNP and have done cardiology for the past 3 years. I'm looking to go back into the AF but will be doing family practice probably in a clinic. As far as the bonus/pay there are a few different options for graduate degree folks....so I have been told. The first is what the nurses are offered which I believe is $30,000 for 4 years. I'm not sure about the loan repayment stuff as I don't have any. The other is a brand new program that just started for graduate prepared medical, per my recruiter, $20,000/yr bonus after the 1st year for a 4 year commitment. This is similar to what they offer the CRNAs. Like anything you need to talk to the recruiter and see what they say.

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