Nurse corps websites

DanznRN, RN · Dec 18, 2007

DM22-

Just finished DUINS, what would you like to know? CRNA is covered under the DUINS program, so let me know what you want to know specifically about it, I also have a friend that is a CRNA in the Navy that did it through DUINS, so anything very specific I can put you in touch with him. As for "high-speed" stuff, need to elaborate some for me to answer. There are tons of opportunities out there, a lot depends on how long you want to be away from home, if you know what I mean. As for Nurse Corps websites, the only one that would have the info you're looking for is the actual Navy Nurse Corps website. However, it is on the official Navy NKO (Navy Knowledge Online) website, not sure you could sign up not being active duty yet.

LCDR Dan

dm22 · Dec 19, 2007

Sorry sir, I realize my question was a bit vague. I probably shouldn't being posting when I have had less than 4 hours of sleep :)

I was watching a video my recruiter gave me, and on it was a Naval Officer who was both a nurse and a SEAL. Do they have nurses that work for the teams? or perhaps he was a corpsman for the teams before he went through the MECP program?

A senior who is in the NCP and was prior enlisted was telling me about these forward medical platoons that work very closely with marine ground operations, the name of which escapes me. I was wondering if you knew anything about these groups.

Another thing I heard through the "grapevine": Can selected nurses attend the Army's 18Delta special forces medical training course?

DanznRN, RN · Dec 19, 2007

hours of sleep :) AHHHH, I remember those days, good times, good times.

I was watching a video my recruiter gave me, and on it was a Naval Officer who was both a nurse and a SEAL. Do they have nurses that work for the teams? That would be no. He may have been a Nurse Corps officer at one time, but they have no nurses with the teams. or perhaps he was a corpsman for the teams before he went through the MECP program? More of a likely situation. Each team has a corpsmen and they get the same training as the SEALs, but with the medical as well.

A senior who is in the NCP and was prior enlisted was telling me about these forward medical platoons that work very closely with marine ground operations, the name of which escapes me. I was wondering if you knew anything about these groups. Yes, nurses do work very closely with the Marines in a deployment situation. Navy nurses are stationed on Marine bases in Navy hospitals. The name you may be looking for is Shock Trauma Platoons, STPs. Generally, STPs are about 5 miles or so back from the front lines and handle the immediate casualties from the war. You have to keep in mind that nurses do not stand on the front lines and take part in the actual fighting. Per the Genva convention we (nurses) are prohibited from actually fighting. We do carry a sidearm for "self-defense," but you shouldn't see a nurse winging an M-16 around or a .50 cal. not going to say it doesn't happen, but it's not the norm.

Another thing I heard through the "grapevine": Can selected nurses attend the Army's 18Delta special forces medical training course? Never heard of this in all my 10+ years. The Army has enlisted people that are LPNs and they call them nurses. In the Navy a nurse is an officer and has a BSN. So if you are hearing that a nurse went to 18Delta, they are probably this. Now, we do send nurses to Texas for C-4 training where we go through a combat nursing school put on by the Army, but it's not special forces stuff.

Hope this helps and your experiences may very, this is just what I have seen/ heard in the 10+ years I've been in.

LCDR Dan