Rio Salado offers both online, with a microbiology lab. Pricey if you're not from Arizona but classes start frequently, take about 8 or 9 weeks, and are completely
Combination of all of it. There are four deployments, about to be a fifth; couldn't PCS together because my job required me to stay at a particular unit (not nursing), multiple training events at...
Yes. My husband is a PA and I am RN both active duty. So far AMEDD has been supportive, but we aren't in the situation you are talking about. He's with a battalion and I'm at a hospital. You most...
I would suggest a dog walker to let the pooch out during the day. Your dog will likely be home alone a lot if you start on a med/surg floor which most all new grad nurses do. Many of the hospitals...
Officer and enlisted cannot have a personal relationships such as RN 1980 described under regulation AR 600-20 and the UCMJ, Article 134. However, the enforcement of either the regualtion or UCMJ is...
SGT B I did not do the ECP but I did all my courses for nursing school while with the Army in Germany. I went through Rio Salado Community College in Phoenix, AZ and did everything -- A&P I &...
One option I am aware of, besides having a unit that supports your educational efforts, is being accepted for a direct commission before the deployment occurs. According to the Army PPG , 2-8g(1) "An...
I could be incorrect. It wouldn't be the first time the Army has surprised me, especially when interpreting regulations! I was going off AR 601-141 which states the loan must be made concurrently...
You may also want to look into the ADHPLRP if the waiver becomes an impossibility. It pays for school and reasonable living expenses while in school on the back end for 3 years of service, but no...
My husband and I are Army dual military, so I know of what I speak. If you are married when you join, you can enroll in the Army Married Couples Program. The medical recruiter should be able to help...