Calling All Seasoned Navy Nurses...Help Please!

just_cause, BSN, RN · Jul 18, 2009

...unless you have personal info I'd suggest posting here so other people like yourself can learn from the responses. Also that allows others to chime in on your questions and replies that you receive - it helps moderate 'sanity' in the answers and prevents you from listening to a voice of 'one'... a community reply is enabled via the forum.

There is also a lot of questions w/ answers like this within this forum. Best of luck - lots of helpful info here -

heathernicki0206 · Jul 20, 2009

Ok so, my friend and I spoke with a Navy Recruiter (note, not Nurse recruiter...I don't think we have one here). He told us that they aren't hiring females for officers? I don't know how true that is or not. We are supposed to meet with him on Friday, but I really think he will try to persuade us in going stricly Navy-not Navy Nurse. What is the best way to get a hold of the right recruiter?

navvet · Jul 21, 2009

Ask, who is the Command Master Chief and call him/her. If he/she will not give you his/her name, then find out who the highest ranking person is in the office and talk to him/her. You can also go on the web @ www.navynursecorps.gov and get a phone number of and talk with a Navy Nurse Corps Officer recruiter. The latter would be prefered. The Navy only excepts BSN prepared Nurses at any time. If you are an RN ADN you are out of luck.

heathernicki0206 · Jul 21, 2009

Thanks for your input! Yeah that's what I was thinking. I read on the website that they will pay for your school if you go the BSN track. I wanted to know if you could go ADN to get basics out of the way and go straight into BSN, if that was a possibility for them to count that as well. I have been through a university setting before (but I quit school to persue the workforce), and it would be easier on me to do it that way...or else I would have to start from scratch.

sajoh2 · Jul 22, 2009

Ok, I just signed up with this website. I have been googling questions regarding the Navy and this thread has popped up. I just joined, so bare with me please. I can't seem to find a specific forum for the Navy or the military in general, is there one?

To give a little background, I am a female, married with 4 children. I have my ADN and have been practicing for 4 years (med/surg tele, hospice and currently surgery (pre, post and OR). I am enrolled in a BSN program, just started 2 months ago, will hopefully graduate mid year 2011. I want to join the Navy as an officer after I graduate. I finally spoke with a recruiter and the answers he didn't have, he gave me phone numbers to other people in Chicago that deal specifically with the medical program who would better answer my questions. I can be impatient at times, and would like answers sooner. I have called and left messages.

The questions that I have are as follows:

How soon after I complete OIS training will I be assigned and how long after I get there will my family be able to join me?

Do I know my 1st assignment before I even go to OIS training?

My goal is to continue my education, get my MSN as a Nurse Anesthetist. I have read somewhere that the NNAP is ranked among the top 5 Nurse Anesthetist schools in the US. I also came across an article that stated the NNAP was voluntarily closing. Does anyone know anything about that?, it also stated that they may merge with the USU????

Whatever that case may be, does anyone know how long after I complete OIS, would I be able to start to apply for graduate school?? (anesthesia school)

What is OIS really like?

We also have a small-med sized dog, do they allow dogs in base housing? What is base housing like? would I be better off living off-base? Is it hard to find housing? (I am assuming that I would be in Bethesda, Portsmouth or San Diego at least at first).

What is living on base for the spouses and children (girls 14,12,12,10)?

Are there any special resources for our youngest, she has Downs? How are the schools? on or off base?

The Air Force allows you to apply at the earliest, 1 year before your graduation date (BSN), When can I apply to the Navy? It seems to be a long process, from what I have seen posted before.

WOW, I have a lot of questions. I am very sorry, I feel I just intruded on someone else's thread, but I am not sure yet where to post these types of questions. I am not even sure if I will find this post again. Thank you to all of you in advance for taking your time to read my post, any information would be greatly appreciated. :bow: :bow:

carolinapooh, BSN, RN · Jul 22, 2009

Ok so, my friend and I spoke with a Navy Recruiter (note, not Nurse recruiter...I don't think we have one here). He told us that they aren't hiring females for officers? I don't know how true that is or not. We are supposed to meet with him on Friday, but I really think he will try to persuade us in going stricly Navy-not Navy Nurse. What is the best way to get a hold of the right recruiter?

More junk from recruiters. My guess is you talked to an ENLISTED recruiter. Go on http://www.navy.com and sign up to receive information from a health professions recruiter - they exist, I've talked to them before I decided to 'stick with the evil I know' and go straight back to the Air Force. And believe me, they'll call you quick - the new fiscal year is about to start on 01 October and they're probably itching to meet their new numbers.