bsn rn w/ 1 yr med-surg experience to icu military nursing

[ryanf]

Hi,

I graduated with a BSN in May '09. I have been working in med-surg/oncology floor for a year now. Nurse to pt ration can be as much as 1:6. I should be chemo-certified by the end of this year. I am also starting a part-time seasonal job for Mollen Immunizations. Anyways I'm interested in joining the military (any branch but preferably in the Air Force) ONLY if I get to work in an ICU. If I do join, I would like to go straight to ICU and skip med-surg or step-down. I am not really sure how the process works in the military. Any thoughts/advice???

Thanks in advance.

[Cursed Irishman]

That's a very unlikely condition you are attempting to impose upon the military; which frankly, you have nothing to offer they can't get elsewhere. Even if you joined as an experienced ICU nurse, the military will put you where you are most needed; even a post partum unit.

[wtbcrna, MSN, DNP, CRNA]

You are not going to get to go straight to ICU in the AF or Navy. There is a formal ICU transition course (12months) in the AF for med-surg/46N3 nurses, but you have to have been in for at least 2 years before you can apply.

The military is not short on nurses right now, and it is very competitive to get in.