Day in the life of an army nurse

[mstrawn2]

Hi, I am a nursing ROTC student and I am wondering about life after graduation and commission. I know that I will be at a major army hospital for a year before being assigned but I am wondering more about a typical day in the life. Where will I live? How long is a shift? What is the uniform (THere are pictures online of nurses on the floor in ACUs but that doesn't seem very practical) What is the community like? Any information in general about army nursing is welcome as well.

Thank you

Maria

[keegs13]

Carolinapooh, I want to do PA straight away, but I read in numerous places that you need a lot of experience, so i was thinking that with my BSN i would get the experience and then go to PA. After a lot of responses here, i am second guessing that because it seems like back tracking? The only issue is that i wanted to do the 4 year ROTC scholarship, and I am so confused on how many years/ where to even start to get a PA degree.

Just_Cause: It says on the army ipap website that i need to "hold at least a bachelor’s degree and be a graduate of a training program accredited by the Accreditation Review Commission on Education for the Physician Assistant". do you know if the program would be incorporated in my time during my bachelor's degree?

I am very lost in finding out what to do and how many years it takes to be a PA. I am not sure what sort of experience i need to attend the PA school or even if i can do that in the Army, outside of my college?

[just_cause, BSN, RN]

keegs,

Are you currently in a BSN and ROTC scholarship at this time? What is your current status?

Give me a better snap shot of your current situation (year, accepted to BSN? have you done standard PA preq-reqs as well?), limitations (ie if you did not do ROTC could you obtain BSN?),

[keegs13]

I am not quite there yet, just trying to figure out what to do, i am a senior in high school and will attend college in fall of 2011 but as of now i am trying to figure out if i need to apply to medical school (PA) or just the nursing program (BSN) all the while, doing ROTC.