Re: new Army Nurse going Landstuhl, Germany Originally Posted by Renee4christ 
I'll be going in as a direct commission and guessing that I'll be going to OBLC in August since I heard they are not offering the July class next year. What made you decide to go with Germany and what were your other choices? My 3 picks are Madigan, Ft Gordon, GA, and Fort Bragg (I'm thinking about throwing Hawaii in there). I would love to go to Germany, but I don't think I'm brave enough yet! I'm sure you will have a blast though and get to travel a lot. Are you planning on doing any of the speciality courses after your first year?
Yes, they've stopped the july class since there were so many heat exhaustions according to my friend who is currently in obc. i even heard one person had a heart attack b/c of the high temp! can you believe it??!! anyways, I picked Germany b/c i wanted to travel and live in europe. i've been to france a few years back and had a blast and i would love to continue traveling around europe while i'm stationed in germany. plus, i know landstuhl is where all the injured soldiers from iraq and afghanistan go and i want to take care of them since i'm interested in ER and ICU. my top choices were 1. germany, 2. hawaii, and 3. ft. lewis. I've been to madigan while i was there for some cadet training during rotc and although we were only allowed to go to one part of the hospital, it was very nice. and washington is a beautiful state. it has mt. rainier and its so beautiful. it just rains a lot in washington. I've also been to Womack army medical center in ft. bragg for 3 weeks for the nursing summer training program as a cadet last year. the hospital is nice too. i worked in the med/surg floor and did one day in the OR and another day in the ER. def. learned a lot. it is a huge base and is getting bigger. the area, fayetteville, is not exactly the nicest place. kinda dangerous but i did have a good time there tho. it is also very hot! and humid! I would like to do some of the specialty courses, but a LTC in ft. bragg she told me last yr that those who get hawaii or germany cannot do any of the courses while we are there. but who knows, it can always change.
and collected:: I am going to take my Nclex on 09-09-09
congratulations on getting your first choice!
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