challenge the LPN board for Military Medical personnel

i am not sure. but i am sure the board is the best source of info.

here call them:

alabama board of nursing*

rsa plaza, ste. 250

770 washington ave.

montgomery, al 36104

mailing address:

po box 303900

montgomery, al 36130-3900

phone: (800) 656-5318

fax: (334) 242-4360

website: www.abn.state.al.us/

email: [email protected]

We had a retired Navy corpsman in our class. Iowa, at least doesn't allow you to challenge. He was very frustrated as his experience & knowledge was pretty extensive. However, he struggled with basic CNA kind of patient care. He dropped out during 3rd term, thinking he could get into a RN program. Today he started back in LPN training.

Dixie

Good luck to you, John. If you are anywhere as well trained as David was, and you do have to go to school like the rest of us, you will have no problem whatsoever with the classes. You may be bored though, as David was.

;)Dixie

john, in ca, being a medic in the military is one of the criteria for being able to sit for the boards. so check out your state. i certainly hope this is the case for you. and above all

thank you for your service!!!!!:kiss

my son is a sailor and i miss him dearly....

I am sure I have read somewhere on Allnurses that only 2 states allow this and license can not be endorsed. Have you tried the search facilities?

I hope someone can tell me otherwise, but I could not find any American Flag smiley's. Must be an oversight

I think your military needs to rethink a few things when it comes to training.

In Canada, our medics have to rotate through a PN programme during their career in order to obtain a license. Then they are sent off to the OR Tech or Ortho Tech programmes (PN license is a requirement of admission to these post-grad courses and the military doesn't have training programmes for it). There were some medics in the semester behind me. They were defintely well skilled, and trained in others that we weren't but they admitted they didn't have the patient care skills we did and none of them objected to being there with us.

I think your military needs to rethink a few things when it comes to training.

In Canada, our medics have to rotate through a PN programme during their career in order to obtain a license. Then they are sent off to the OR Tech or Ortho Tech programmes (PN license is a requirement of admission to these post-grad courses and the military doesn't have training programmes for it). There were some medics in the semester behind me. They were defintely well skilled, and trained in others that we weren't but they admitted they didn't have the patient care skills we did and none of them objected to being there with us.

The poster was asking a question. How you do it in Canada and your opinion of the US Military isn't very helpful.

Forgive me for posting a reply on the worldwideweb. I had thought the idea of the forum was to exchange ideas and observations.

In the Canadian, UK, Australia/NZ forums there are posters from other countries. I guess I should stay in the little old Canadian side of the board.

Several of my friends are Canadian Medics and have or are serving in Afghanistan as part of an international force.

Forgive me for passing on some of their views and the Canadian population.

Forgive me for posting a reply on the worldwideweb. I had thought the idea of the forum was to exchange ideas and observations.

In the Canadian, UK, Australia/NZ forums there are posters from other countries. I guess I should stay in the little old Canadian side of the board.

Several of my friends are Canadian Medics and have or are serving in Afghanistan as part of an international force.

Forgive me for passing on some of their views and the Canadian population.

You missed the point. I in no way shape or form said you couldn't post in this forum or share ideas and information. But it would be more helpful if those ideas and information helped the original poster answer his question. I'm sure to people, other than the original poster, your information is interesting, so please carry on if you must.