Navy Nurse Corp Officer Canidate School

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Hello all!

I am looking into joining the Navy as a nurse. I have two routes I can take.

1. Accepted into a BSN and apply while completing my BSN.

2. Wait until I complete my BSN then apply.

Background: My boyfriend is active duty Navy and brought the officer program to my attention. I have been a CNA on a telemetry unit for a year and some months now and plan to transfer down to ICU sometime within the next month. I want to join the nursing corp because I really would love to travel and aid other countries with humanitarian aid. I applied to an ADN program and find out August 1st if I am accepted. If I take the BSN route I would need to complete a chemistry class with a lab and I am ready to apply having completed all of the prereqs aside from that.

Any advice would be awesome and greatly appreciated!

If you happen to know someone in the Navy Nursing Corp and they would be willing to chat that would also be appreciated!

Thank you so much!

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Specializes in Med-Surg/Tele/ER/Urgent Care.

Newly commissioned Navy nurses attend ODS Officer Developmental School in Newport Rhode Island for 5 weeks along with doctors, lawyers,, pharmacists,dietitians etc. OCS is for people not yet commissioned but does not apply to nurses and staff corps. You need a BSN.

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10 hours ago, PollywogNP said:

Newly commissioned Navy nurses attend ODS Officer Developmental School in Newport Rhode Island for 5 weeks along with doctors, lawyers,, pharmacists,dietitians etc. OCS is for people not yet commissioned but does not apply to nurses and staff corps. You need a BSN.

Hey there, I am aware of the schooling and what’s required. I just am not sure if there’s different routes or if they want me going straight for my BSN.

thank you

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Specializes in Med-Surg/Tele/ER/Urgent Care.

You need to talk to the medical nurse recruiter about the following:

1. Navy nurse candidate program you must be enrolled in a BSN program they pay monthly stipend is up to 24 months.

2. ROTC if they have any at your university.

3. Direct commission discussed in another thread you read.

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