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Hello all, been wanting to start my nurse candidate package for a while. Im curious to know the ends and outs of it so I can prepare myself for it. Competition is fierce ! Currently in the reserve, prior ad, current gpa 3.6 starting jr yr in jan. Any tips on what will make me a strong candidate. anything will help. I really am serious about this and will take all things into consideration.:):up:

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I might sound like a recruiter now (because I am until I ship out to BOLC) but ROTC is a lot more reliable way to get into active duty Army Nursing. Prior AD will give you extra points, especially if you were a prior NCO. At my current school they have an SAL criterion (Scholar (GPA), Athlete (runner, etc.), Leader (NCO, etc.)) for ROTC scholarships.

I personally went without a scholarship (because I am older than I'd like to admit) but this is my 2nd career and I don't want to leave anything for chance.

Looking forward to a half-marathon next weekend :)

Rusty

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I personally went without a scholarship (because I am older than I'd like to admit) but this is my 2nd career and I don't want to leave anything for chance.

Haha... the Army is my 4th career. Age is but a number! :D Thanks for providing helpful information, welcome to allnurses, and have fun at BOLC!!

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Hello all, been wanting to start my nurse candidate package for a while. Im curious to know the ends and outs of it so I can prepare myself for it. Competition is fierce ! Currently in the reserve, prior ad, current gpa 3.6 starting jr yr in jan. Any tips on what will make me a strong candidate. anything will help. I really am serious about this and will take all things into consideration.:):up:

Are you wanting Army or Navy NCP?

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Thank you for your interest in the Nurse Candidate Program (NCP)! The Nurse

Candidate Program is designed for full time students at a brick and mortar

school (on-line curriculums do not qualify) within 24 months of completing

their BSN degree. It offers a $10,000 entry bonus that is paid in two

$5,000 installments, one at the start of the program and the second 6 months

later. In addition, you receive $1,000 per month given as $500 twice per

month. There are no other financial incentives for this program. It does

not cover tuition, fees, books or equipment. The maximum participation in

the program is 24 months. While in the program, you are officially in an

Individual Ready Reserve (IRR) status. You do not drill, and cannot be

deployed. For up to 12 months of benefit, you are obligated to the Navy to

serve 4 years on active duty and 4 in the Individual Ready Reserve. For 13

– 24 months of benefit, you are obligated to the Navy to serve 5 years on

active duty and 3 years in the IRR. Once you graduate and pass your NCLEX

examination, you are commissioned and attend Officer Development School in

Newport, Rhode Island for 5 weeks and from there you move on to your first

duty station. New nurses are often assigned to one of our medical centers

in Bethesda, MD; Portsmouth, VA; or San Diego, CA, but you could also be

assigned to one of our larger community hospitals. You work with an

assignments officer, which the Navy calls a "Detailer," to obtain your

assignment once on active duty. We do not often send new nurses to our

overseas hospitals.

To be eligible for the NCP, you must be a US citizen, be at least 18 years

old and able to complete 20 years of commissioned service before the age of

62 (so you must graduate from your BSN degree program and be on active duty

by the age of 42), be enrolled or accepted into a full time ( not on-line)

accredited (by NLNAC or CCNE accrediting bodies) BSN program, be within 24

months of completing your BSN, have a GPA of 3.0 or better on a 4.0 scale,

be a full time student in 2 semesters or three quarters a year, and must

pass the physical requirements (female standards available at:

http://www.navy-prt.com/femalestandard/femalestandard.html); male standards:

http://www.navy-prt.com/malestandard/malestandard.html). Here is the site

for NLNAC accreditation: http://www.nlnac.org/Forms/directory_search.htm .

Here is the site for CCNE:

http://www.aacn.nche.edu/CCNE/reports/rptAccreditedPrograms_New.asp?sort=sta

te .

Here is the information on our Website regarding the Nurse Candidate

Program:

http://www.med.navy.mil/sites/navmedmpte/accessions/Pages/NurseCandidateProg

ram_Prospective.aspx

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