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Can anyone give their opinion about military nursing school and also tell me where I can find info about a military nursing school? Last thing, if are enrolled into the military and you want to go to a military nursing school, does the military pay for your schooling? thanks

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Specializes in CT stepdown, hospice, psych, ortho.

As far as I know, there is no such thing. However, please read further. Once you are in the military or are a VA employee you can apply to go through the army's CRNA program which is based out of Texas and then you get sent to GA for some clinicals as well.

You are probably referring to ROTC. My sister in law did ROTC and had her schooling paid for and then she went straight into the Navy as a commissioned officer. She applied while still in high school and got accepted (depending on where you live there is a very, very, very competitive process for these programs). During school you are in the military program and do physical training and military classes on top of your regular classes. My husband and brother in law also did ROTC in different fields and joined as officers. I'm hoping my children do it as well when it is time for college.

There are military colleges such as VMA and other I know there is one here in GA near the Fort Benning base but as far as I know (and I know many,many military being a wife) there is no join and then get sent to school. I would be extremely skeptical of any recruiter that told you there was a way to do it. Enlisted is very different training from an officer. BTW they may tell you that you can join and become a corpsman. They can start IVs and give meds and do treatments however only some states allow you to become a nurse based on this training. In fact, I don't know anyone that has done it. Maybe someone else can chime in on this. My best advice would be to google college ROTC and see if you can find some information.

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Specializes in Anesthesia.

There is no such thing as a military RN undergraduate nursing school. The military has two military run graduate nursing programs. One is in San Antonio and only offers a nurse anesthesia program, and then the one in Maryland that offers several graduate nursing programs and a PhD nursing.

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Specializes in US Army.

The US Army has a LPN/LVN program, the job title/MOS is 68WM6. This course is about a year long, and you have to pass the NCLEX-PN (any state) to obtain this MOS.

The Army also have a program called the "Army Enlisted Commissioning Program".

GoArmy.com Requirements

This program is open to any Soldier, regardless of current military job, but they need to have all necessary pre-reqs. completed for their school of choice.

If selected for AECP, the enlisted soldier will attend school for a fully funded 24 month program -with pay- in order to complete the BSN. Then the soldier will obtain their commission and transition over to the officer corps as a 2LT.

I have gone through both of those programs, best deal ever!!!

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A member of the military attends a military nursing school as a paid member of the military assigned to that duty station. There are no school costs for the student.

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Specializes in Anesthesia.
A member of the military attends a military nursing school as a paid member of the military assigned to that duty station. There are no school costs for the student.

You still don't goto a military nursing school for your RN it is a civilian RN school that the military foots the bill for.

The Army LVN program to my understanding is something you can't go directly into. You have to have been a 68W for at least 12mo before applying.

The downside to joining as an enlisted member and then trying to get accepted into one of these nursing programs is it could take years to get in between enlisted training and deployments. There is also the chance for whatever reason you never get accepted. There are no guarantees.

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Specializes in US Army.

I was a combat medic for 5 years before I went to the LPN program, then a LPN for 3 years before I went to school for my BSN. My journey to BSN completion via the Army took 10 years. Guess you can say I took the scenic route :)

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Specializes in CT stepdown, hospice, psych, ortho.

well I've learned something today! Thanks for the information. I'll have to rub it in my husband's face a little too ;) he and i were just having this discussion a couple of weeks ago because I was asking about the resident physicians at the naval hospital and if they were going to school while in military or if they joined after graduation.

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Specializes in Anesthesia.
well I've learned something today! Thanks for the information. I'll have to rub it in my husband's face a little too ;) he and i were just having this discussion a couple of weeks ago because I was asking about the resident physicians at the naval hospital and if they were going to school while in military or if they joined after graduation.

There are several ways to have the military pay for medical school/residency, but if they were working at the naval hospital as a resident(not a medical student) then they are probably active duty. Some residents and medical students will do rotations through the military hospitals, but in general most of them are on active duty.

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