I recently got discharged from the navy and know that in california you can challenge the nclex as a Navy Corpsman. And I've been looking everywhere and i can't find anywhere, if you can do the same in the state of NY . I was wondering if anyone out there would know, and if you can point me in the right direction of finding out. Any and all help will be appreciated.
Also, it was asked before... So i'll just post a bit of my experiance. I have vast experiance in the medical field. I hated the idea of being a desk corpsman so i just jumped in on patient care. I had 9 months of experiance on a med surge ward, and another 1 and a half years working in the ER and ICU. (since icu would'nt have their own corpsman, when they had icu patients they would call an er corpsman to come up) Then 3 more years of being an EMS Corpsman riding ambulances at a fire station, then 1 more year line corpsman duty in iraq with a CAAT plattoon. (we hunted enemy tanks) and then worked in ER's in california for 7 more months. Overall I would have to say i've been in the med field practicing patient care well over 7 years. (leaving out other positions to save time) I'm not trying to brag, but i feel that I'm more than competant to challenge the boards. Because in going through nursing class's, I feel would be a waste of time and money. I'm sure there are always new pointers I can pick up, but would rather just take the test and start working immediatly. I've still been looking online for possible locations to find the answer to my question with no luck. Anyone else out there with possible suggestions :stone ????? Thank you in advance.
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