Air Force Nursing Boards 2011

laneyg · Mar 11, 2011

Hear anything yet from your recruiter laneyg?

Nothing yet. I'll be sure to post a new thread when I hear anything!

8Irng · Mar 15, 2011

. I I have the same question as murze. I have experience but it's in home health. Does this count? What kind of job can we get in the air force? I'm not able to talk to a recruiter till fall...so just wondering.

laneyg · Mar 15, 2011

. I I have the same question as murze. I have experience but it's in home health. Does this count? What kind of job can we get in the air force? I'm not able to talk to a recruiter till fall...so just wondering.

Is your degree a Bachelors degree? I don't believe being a home health nurse would hurt your chances or better your chances of being accepted but it's best to get information from a recruiter about that. I'm not a nurse in the Air Force (yet) either so I don't know if there are hospitals that do home health. My guess would be no and that if home health is needed it's from an outside organization. Are you only wanting to do home health or would you be willing to do medsurg/ob?

8Irng · Apr 22, 2011

Thank you laneyg for responding and I apologize I have not made it on here in a while. I will be getting my BSN next year and I'm looking for any job in the air force. I love all areas of nursing and have wanted to join the military since I graduated with my LPN many years ago. My question was more towards if I join am I going to be treated like a "new grad" and have to go through the nurse transition program.....just because my experience is not in a hospital? or will I be considered fully qualified?

laneyg · Apr 22, 2011

That is a great question! I unfortunately do not have the answer for you. I could see that you might not have to go through NTP because you do have some experience. However, it is not RN experience it is LPN experience so it's quite possible they might not let that count as experience. This is a great question to ask a recruiter!

IowaRNBSN · Apr 22, 2011

Thank you laneyg for responding and I apologize I have not made it on here in a while. I will be getting my BSN next year and I'm looking for any job in the air force. I love all areas of nursing and have wanted to join the military since I graduated with my LPN many years ago. My question was more towards if I join am I going to be treated like a "new grad" and have to go through the nurse transition program.....just because my experience is not in a hospital? or will I be considered fully qualified?

Only experience as an Registered Nurse in a hospital will make a person fully qualified. OF the experience, you currently only need to have 6 months of nursing experience, though it may be changing to 1 year of hospital experience. If you do not meet this, you will be not be fully qualified and may be considered for the non-qualified board, which selects people for the Nurse Transition Program (NTP). NTP graduates are placed in clinical nurse setting (medical-surgical setting or OB) for around 2 years, then they may elect to go to other departments, such as the ICU, ED, Clinic, ect.

I hope this answers your questions,

IowaRNBSN

8Irng · Apr 22, 2011

Thank you so much! I will be working as a RN while finishing my BSN but still in home health (no jobs in the hospitals out here), so I guess I get to go through my third "new grad" program. I hear the waiting list for the NTP is longer than the fully qualified is that true?

IowaRNBSN · Apr 22, 2011

Thank you so much! I will be working as a RN while finishing my BSN but still in home health (no jobs in the hospitals out here), so I guess I get to go through my third "new grad" program. I hear the waiting list for the NTP is longer than the fully qualified is that true?

It could be, the last NTP boards was this month. I have no word on when the next NTP boards will be. Fully qualified packets are due June 28 and boards will be in July.

IowaRNBSN

fitRNpic · Apr 30, 2011

Only experience as an Registered Nurse in a hospital will make a person fully qualified. OF the experience, you currently only need to have 6 months of nursing experience, though it may be changing to 1 year of hospital experience. If you do not meet this, you will be not be fully qualified and may be considered for the non-qualified board, which selects people for the Nurse Transition Program (NTP). NTP graduates are placed in clinical nurse setting (medical-surgical setting or OB) for around 2 years, then they may elect to go to other departments, such as the ICU, ED, Clinic, ect.
I hope this answers your questions,
IowaRNBSN

Any experience as a nurse counts. It does not have to be all hospital experience or all experience as an RN. LPN experience counts. It's just that the military does not accept LPNs, so they must get their RN in order to apply. I am considered a fully qualified nurse. I have been a nurse for 4 years and have spent a majority of it in Post NICU Pediatric Home Health. I originally wanted to apply for OB NTP and was told that I could not apply to NTP because it is only for those that have just graduated nursing school or had graduated within the last 6 months before applying. Even though I have absolutely no OB experience, I can not apply to NTP because I have been a nurse for more than 6 months. However, I also can not apply to OB because I do not have 6 months OB experience. So, if you don't have 6 months or more experience in a specific specialty, they would submit your application for Clinical Nursing. This just means that you are not specialized and can basically be placed into any nursing position. I have been trying to get into the Air Force since 2008/2009 and have had to jump through a lot of hoops and went through quite a few recruiters. My application was submitted last September and like many others, I did not get accepted due to lack of open positions.

IowaRNBSN · Apr 30, 2011

Any experience as a nurse counts. It does not have to be all hospital experience or all experience as an RN. LPN experience counts. It's just that the military does not accept LPNs, so they must get their RN in order to apply. I am considered a fully qualified nurse. I have been a nurse for 4 years and have spent a majority of it in Post NICU Pediatric Home Health. I originally wanted to apply for OB NTP and was told that I could not apply to NTP because it is only for those that have just graduated nursing school or had graduated within the last 6 months before applying. Even though I have absolutely no OB experience, I can not apply to NTP because I have been a nurse for more than 6 months. However, I also can not apply to OB because I do not have 6 months OB experience. So, if you don't have 6 months or more experience in a specific specialty, they would submit your application for Clinical Nursing. This just means that you are not specialized and can basically be placed into any nursing position. I have been trying to get into the Air Force since 2008/2009 and have had to jump through a lot of hoops and went through quite a few recruiters. My application was submitted last September and like many others, I did not get accepted due to lack of open positions.

I was led to believe by my recruiter that only RN experience and hospital experience counts. I will check again.

8Irng · Apr 30, 2011

I would really appreciate it! The recruiter out here is never available. I must of tried 5 times. I need to know if I should be looking for a new job or not. I would just like to add that I would take any position in the air force as a nurse including the clinic. I love being a nurse and have always wanted to be in the air force.

IowaRNBSN · Apr 30, 2011

I would really appreciate it! The recruiter out here is never available. I must of tried 5 times. I need to know if I should be looking for a new job or not. I would just like to add that I would take any position in the air force as a nurse including the clinic. I love being a nurse and have always wanted to be in the air force.

Whats you location, and where is your recruiter based?