How can a navy nurse work w/t the marine and take care of others around the world?

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im planning on working as a navy nurse when im older and what i would like to do as a navy nurse is take care of soldiers like the marines and go around the world to take care of little kids in poor countries like the kids in [color=#daa520]sub-saharan africa or [color=#daa520]colombia and help people that have been a victim of a disaster like the people in hati who are suffering from the earthquake these are the stuff i want do while in the navy as a nurse but im not sure which type of navy nurses do these things or how i can get the chance to do these things as a navy nurse so my question is how i can get the chance to do these things and can a navy crna do these stuff as well (i also want to become a crna in the navy) please and thank you!!!!

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Specializes in EMT, ER, Homehealth, OR.

As far as serving with the Marines it is not to hard as a Navy nurse. You just need to be assigned to a Marine base or a Marine unit. As far as the other areas it might happen and it might not it all depends on if the military is being sent to that area. If you want to help the others your best bet would be to join the Peace Corps etc.

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Specializes in Critical Care.

Hello everyone! I am looking for advice concerning becoming a crna in the navy. Can anyone please give me some more direction on the process?!? I am 22 years old, single, have one year of PICU experience, PALS certification, ACLS certification, undergrad GPA was 3.56, member of sigma theta tau honor society, completed one semester of grad school so far, was an All-American soccer player, and have been professionally recommended to join the critical care navy nurse corps. I am just currently waiting on my letter of acceptance. Here are some of the questions I have at the moment....1. What is the minimum time I will have to serve before I apply for the navy's crna program?(I know for sure that I want to be a crna)2. What can I do currently to better my chances of gettin in once I can apply? 3. How hard is it to get in to the navy crna program compared with civilian programs? Please share your stories and any advice u can give me... Thank u !!!!

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As a current nurse in the Navy Nurse Corps I can give you a little information. Your experience will help you a great deal if you join because you don't have to do as much orientation and can just start work faster....which means you can work your way up to leadership positions more quickly as well. As far as going to CRNA school you would have to wait until your first tour was up, so about 3-4 years depending on your committment when you sign. In the Navy you have to go to USUHS in Bethesda, MD and then do clinicals at the one of the "Big Three" Naval Medical Centers - Bethesda, Jacksonville or San Diego. It's a great program, and competitve, but the good news is that it's all military so you're not competing with civilian RNs. Acceptance rates are the same as civilian programs....because there are less applicants, but also less spots.

As far as the "critical care" Navy Nurse Corps, there is no such thing. But I'm assuming you mean you know you'll be able to work as a critical care nurse in the Navy, which is great. Congrats to you.

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