Accelerated BSN/NCP or ANCP hopeful

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Hello all! I'm currently in my junior year of undergrad working towards an Exercise Science degree. I've decided to go for an accelerated BSN program after I graduate. I've always had a dream of working in military healthcare and I got shadowing experience in at Walter Reed this past summer and I loved it. I've done a lot of research into both the Navy's and Army's nurse candidate programs (if I had my pick I'd love to go Navy), and I was wondering if anyone here has gone through an accelerated program and the NCP or ANCP and had any comments on it or pointers? When should I start talking to a recruiter? I know I'll have to wait until next year once I (hopefully!) get an acceptance letter from a BSN program to start my application, but is it ever really too early to start talking to a recruiter? I'll be applying to schools in the fall of my senior year. Also I'm from New Jersey, does anyone have any good contacts in the tri-state area they could pass along? Thanks!!

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Specializes in EMS, ED, Trauma, CEN, CPEN, TCRN.

The Army is requiring 2 years of RN experience for direct commissions right now. Of course, that may change by the time you finish school, but the military is cutting numbers. It's very competitive. Not sure that ANCP is in play right now.

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Specializes in Adult Critical Care.

Just so you go in with your eyes open, the vast majority of military MTFs aren't anything like Walter Reed. Military healthcare is pretty outpatient-focused. Bases that even have a hospital often have

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The Army doesn't used ACNPs and FNPs aren't used in a large capacity.

Unless you do ROTC, your chance of getting into the Army as a new (less than 2 years) nurse is next to 0

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Specializes in EMS, ED, Trauma, CEN, CPEN, TCRN.
The Army doesn't used ACNPs and FNPs aren't used in a large capacity.

The OP asked about ANCP, not being an ACNP. :) Hooray for alphabet soup! Lol

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Thank you all for the info! I know I've got a long way to go and things might not work out exactly the way I hope, but I'm hopeful someday it'll happen. Does anyone have any numbers on how many nurses the army, navy, or air force has taken in through direct commissioning in the recent years or anywhere I could find that info? Thanks again!

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