Navy Nurse Corp

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I am currently a junior nursing major and I am interested in joining the Navy after I graduate. Can I join the navy nurse Corp right after graduation as a new grad or do I need to have experience first? Thank you in advance!

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As a junior you should start speaking to an OFFICER recruiter as soon as possible. Hopefully that person can put you into contact with a Nurse Corps recruiter. If for some reason you don't get accepted while in nursing school, you should work in a specialty for a few years. The Navy isn't really taking new grad nurses. The ones they are accepting are ones with around 3 years of experience and a certification.

My path: Applied for the Nurse Candidate Program the summer before my junior year. Got accepted in early Feb or Jan (don't remember) of my senior year. I took my NCLEX, two months later went to ODS, and started working in the Naval Hospital.

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Specializes in Adult Critical Care.

So, are you just finishing your junior year or just about to start it? You only need to do ROTC for 2 years to commission. That could be an option for you.

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I am actually ending my junior year of college. I know it is kind of late in the ballgame to start to looking into this. I wish I would have known sooner that this is something that I wanted to do!

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Thank you for your feedback! I have looked into the Nurse Candidate Program! Was it hard to get in to? I have heart that it is competitive.

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