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Is the ASVAB important to take after receiving and passing the NCLEX-RN? Speaking of RN, someone told me I could go into the Navy as an RN.... I thought I had to get my BSN. Is it true? I'm hoping cause my goal to become a Navy nurse kinda got pushed back a few years and I wanna go in within three years...For anyone who has taken the ASVAB, how is it? Would taking that help getting into the OIS? What's an example of a question that is on the test? Looking at this stuff on military.com makes me think back to the SATs... oy!
Hello,
ASVAB is for enlistment, or for pre-NCLEX student nurse candidates, (and only those applying for the student stipend and bonuses).
From what I know the only branch which will take an associate degree RN is the Army Reserves and you would still be encouraged to go for your BSN.
I took the ASVAB, (initially applied for the student nurse program). I found out 30 minutes prior that I'd be taking it. No studying, no advanced clue what it was...it was fine. Even though I tend to fly through tests because I read quickly and *am* always self-motivated to go quickly, I took the test in about 40 minutes and got a comp score of 88 and all my line scores were over 105 or higher.
If you've made it into nursing school, THROUGH nursing school and NCLEX...ASVAB will be a walk in the park for you. It is merely a vocational aptitude and not an intelligence test of any sort.
Gen-but, it is for enlisted, (officers have different tests and medical officers do not generally take ASVAB anyhow).
ASVAB stands for Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery, which is a multiple choice test used to figure out what qualifications you have/what you will do in the miltary if you are enlisting.
OIS is Officer Indoctrination School, which I always think of as the officer's boot camp. But, now that I think of it, I could be wrong.
Thanks!
Hi,
Wait, am I mixing you up with another allnurses member? I thought I read that you went to OBC and did well enough to score better than some twentysomethings while you were over forty?
Gen-now I think I mixed you up since you've never heard of asvab...oops, yet, if it is you I am ALL ears about a 40+ woman in OBLC, since I'm headed there
NavyCheerGirl
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Is the ASVAB important to take after receiving and passing the NCLEX-RN? Speaking of RN, someone told me I could go into the Navy as an RN.... I thought I had to get my BSN. Is it true? I'm hoping cause my goal to become a Navy nurse kinda got pushed back a few years and I wanna go in within three years...
For anyone who has taken the ASVAB, how is it? Would taking that help getting into the OIS? What's an example of a question that is on the test? Looking at this stuff on military.com makes me think back to the SATs... oy!