Civilian army nurse

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I've been offered a military LPN job on the army post.. does anyone know how long it will take to actually b hired and what will the pre employment requirements be.

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Specializes in EMT, ER, Homehealth, OR.

It can take a while. You will need to get fingerprinted, background check and physical.

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Specializes in Adult Critical Care.

Very long...possibly as long as 3-6 months in some cases. Though the benefits are better and the work is typically easier, it's still a bureaucratic nightmare. I would look at other jobs in the meantime. You may want to take a PRN or float pool job and scale back your hours once you are fully hired.

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Specializes in ER, Med-surg.

I interviewed for an RN position on an army post and was told that the fastest the hiring process could possibly go once the official offer was made would be three months, and that it might take as long as eight if the background check was complicated or the person in charge of my background check was slow/new/overloaded/whatever.

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Can you tell Me the details of the physical I'll b doing

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Specializes in EMS, ED, Trauma, CEN, CPEN, TCRN.
Can you tell Me the details of the physical I'll b doing

General physical exam, blood draw for titers, etc. Probably a fit test for the N95 mask.

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