68WM6/ US Army

[victorsuchil]

I am a 68W/ combat medic serving out my 15 months in Iraq, I was offered to reenlist for the 68WM6 program in FT Sam Houston, TX. Does N E 1 know if the program transfers to civilian side, and if it does, how do I get my RN from there?

[SPC S]

I am a reservist in the Army and graduated the M6 course in February of 2010 at Walter Reed in D.C. The training I got is absolutely amazing and very advanced for an LPN status. If you are offered the opportunity to go I strongly recommend it. It is an extremely challenging course though, so if you do go, get ready for long hours and a lot of studying. I am currently trying to reach my RN now because of pay and job availability. I do warn you that most states are phasing out the LPN and going with only RN's in hospitals and M6's are very short handed for the Army, so possible deployment to fill slots is very popular. But its a great program, a year of nondeployable status and active duty pay. If learning as much as possible for medical care, this program does not hurt at all. I warn again, it is very hard. We started with 78 soldiers and graduated 36. 2 test failures of 74% and below you are gone and/or fail 2 clinical rotations. If you have any questions please feel free to ask anything. Ill help as much as I can without giving the BS of what someone who never did it might think could happen in and after the program. HOOAH!

[spocktavian]

I just got back from Iraq in July, I reenlisted for the 68WM6 program while deployed. I've been a 68W for 4 years and I leave for training in OCT. Spent alot of free time studying pharmacology, human anatomy, ect.. I was wondering if there were any nurseing books I could purchase that would aid me with getting some base knowledge about LPN school or any advice on what to or what not to do to succeed. I have human anatomy physiology flashcards and a NCLEX-PN book and a pharmacology book. Any additional information about the living conditions, PT, or anything that would help would be much appriciated.

[dreanne17]

Get a Medical-Surgical Nursing book and start reading; you'll learn different type of diseases and nursing intervention in this book. If you want to succeed on any nursing program...study, study, study! read about 2-4 hours per day. The books that might help you are Maternal-Newborn, Psychiatric Mental Health Nursing, Pharmacology for Nursing. Keep reading the NCLEX-PN. Good luck!