Corpsman route to ADN and RN

[kendiwa]

Hi guys, a little background about myself...

I enlisted in the US Navy as a Hospital Corpsman (HM) and have a bachelor's degree in Sociology. I decided to enlist because my GPA and overall package for officer candidate school wasn't competitive enough, and I didn't want to wait a year and some change to see whether or not I would get accepted. I saw that going into the Corpsman route enlisted would give me insight and experience into the medical field through the government's dime...

After a doing bit of research on this board and on the internet, I wanted to confirm that you can challenge the LVN boards (for California) either during or after military service to get a LVN License but not the actual ADN degree?

Also, is it good for employability just to get the LVN accreditation and not the ADN? Or is it good to ADN and then transfer over to RN program through the GI bill once I get out?

Any advice career advice can help,

Thanks!

[sallyrnrrt, ADN, RN]

Well the " government'so dime" comes from us hard working tax paying nurses, and other tax payers

. There no "free lunch"

[elkpark]

After a doing bit of research on this board and on the internet, I wanted to confirm that you can challenge the LVN boards (for California) either during or after military service to get a LVN License but not the actual ADN degree?

Also, is it good for employability just to get the LVN accreditation and not the ADN? Or is it good to ADN and then transfer over to RN program through the GI bill once I get out?

Any advice career advice can help,

Thanks!

Welcome to allnurses! :balloons:

I'm a little confused by your post (or maybe it's that you're a little confused). LVN licensure and ADN degrees have nothing to do with each other. ADN degrees lead to RN licensure. If you meet the CA BVNPT specific requirements for applying for LVN licensure as a member of the military (Application for Vocational Nurse Licensure by Examination - Board of Vocational Nursing & Psychiatric Technicians, option #4), you can qualify to sit the NCLEX-PN. If you pass the NCLEX, you get an LVN license. You don't get any kind of degree, and, often, the licenses CA grants through alternative routes are not able to be endorsed to other states (I don't know if that applies in this case, but that is something to look into further). If you wanted to pursue RN licensure, you could apply to ADN programs.

Again, ADN programs are RN programs, so you wouldn't get one first and then "transfer over" to an RN program later.

Best wishes.