Government Nurse

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Hi All! I'm a new military spouse, and a fairly new nurse (2 years experience). In a few weeks we are moving to our first duty station, so I'm trying to gather as much information as possible, but everything I'm finding is so confusing.

I would rarher work on a base just to remain close. We will be stationed at Fort Carson, CO.. but will be staying 20 minutes north at the USAFA.

I've been looking at jobs on USAjobs.gov. There are several nursing positions on there but this is where I am confused. So one of them I found says clinical nurse med/Surg gs11. I wasn't sure what this meant so I googled. Google says this is typically a nurse practioner position. HOWEVER when I read the requirements it says all you need is an RN degree from an accredited nursing program. The starting salary for this position is also 80k+ which makes me even more skeptical because it's more than double my salary now.

Then there's other positions that say clinical nurse, and list the same requirements, but salary starts at 32k+ and is a gs5 position.

Im so confused! I've tried asking other military spouses but there are very few nurses on the fb pages. If anyone could provide some insight it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!!!