Corpsman to nurse

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I just got out of navy 9 months ago and I was curious if any other corpsmen have gone onto become Nurses??? Did the experience you gained as a corpsman help you in school??

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Corpsman,

I actually have a friend that was a corpsman for 5 or 6 years, got accepted to the MECP and has been a nurse in the Navy for lke 2 years now. I think it did help her alot. I have another friend who is a corpsman in the Navy and she is going to school at the same time for her RN in VA. (I used to be in the Navy, too, but I was an FC)

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i was in the Navy too, as an IT I got out to go to nursing school and hopefully back in! I thought as a HM you could challenge the LVN test and then just go LVN to BSN! or ASN whatever you like. In my first week of MA trng at the VA I have met a HM and a medic who challenged the LVN board!

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There is a great military forum here. I would check it out for information. I can't help you out too much, I was in the Marine Corps for four and now I am slowing working my way to nursing school. Thanks for your service Doc!

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Hi, my daughter is active duty Navy, teaches at Corps School, she is taking on line RN through Excelsior. I think that only certain states, one for sure is California, will allow HMs to to challenge the LPN.

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Thanks for all the advice! I was told you could only challenge the LVN in a few states but I will look into it further. Thanks Agian!

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