I haven't posted much but I'm currently in the process of applying for the new graduate nursing boards for the Air Force. I graduate with my bachelors of nursing in May!! I thought it would be nice to connect and see if anyone else is applying for the new graduate board selection. My recruiter told me they meet and make decisions in July. If I get it, I'll be heading to COT in October!
Currently, the recruiter has me picking out bases that I would like to be selected at for NTP. I'm also awaiting a medical exam date. If anyone has any input on great places to start out my nursing career, let me know!
Hey everyone! I just found this thread:) I was selected for Critical Care and go to COT January 11th as well! Will be stationed at Walter Reed after that! I am excited and nervous. Still waiting to complete MEPS though:/
I also signed paperwork for the accession bonus 20K and the the speciatly bonus of 80K over 4 yrs. Hopefully this is true:)
What my recruiter explained was the accession bonus was not a thing for the NTP program. It IS still alive for the specialty nurses, so ICU and the others that are not doing NTP. I even signed a legal document yesterday after swearing in, that stated the NTP was ineligible for the bonus. I'm thinking the people going to NTP who are getting a bonus somehow had it set beforehand, like their recruiters made sure the bonus was saved for them or put on this year's financial tab or something cool like that! Either that or they are not in the NTP, and were FQ. That's all I can think of, and that's awesome for those people that they still get the bonus!! No hard feelings for people who still get that All I know is to sign a legal document stating I'm ineligible for the bonus due to NTP, my recruiter would quite literally be fired if that were falsified...But congrats to you RNLynch!! Welcome aboard!!
Hello kminak! Just found out! I will be in Anchorage. I wanted overseas and I guess technically I still got it...haha but excited either way for this nurse transition program! Do you have a duty station yet?
Congrats, Marisol! I lived in Eagle River (suburb of Anchorage) for 4 years. I went to nursing school in AK and did some of my clinicals at JBER Hospital. Alaska is a beautiful place to be.
As of right now, my assignment is to San Antonio. Unfortunately it didn't go so well at MEPS this week and I'm currently in the process of applying for a Surgeon General's waiver. Hoping and praying it goes through!
You will swear in before COT, I swore in at my recruiter's office with a Captain last week. But until we start training, we're considered reserve, not active duty. As far as getting weighed, I know we do a diagnostic PT test at COT, which should include a weigh in to make sure we're in our range. I think if our weight is of concern, the recruiter checks in on you, or has you come by every so often before training. My recruiter said he wouldn't need to see me again, but told me don't get pregnant, don't get hurt, and don't gain 40 pounds!!
Has anyone gotten the green light to commission yet? Better yet has anyone heard any new updates on the scroll being approved soon for those leaving in January and March.
All I know is to sign a legal document stating I'm ineligible for the bonus due to NTP, my recruiter would quite literally be fired if that were falsified...But congrats to you RNLynch!! Welcome aboard!!
JoJo222
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I have friends who were stationed there (not RNs) who had AMAZING experiences. ENJOY!