Navy Reserve Nursing

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Hello to all out there in the all nurses community. As suggested by my login I am a Navy Nursing Program Manager. What that means is that I function at a HQ level - above the recruiters and below the board. I decided to get on here because I am noticing there are so many answers and discussions regarding military nursing, and they can tend to be very confusing when multiple people answer and confuse the branch, desired affiliation, and actual question. I am on here to try and help out both my recruiters and my potential peers. My goal is to try and check this at least one a week on Monday nights, and more often if I can. Ask anything you wish. What I ask in return is that you ask a specific question with as much detail as possible. My fellow recruiters do an amazing job given that I update information constantly and this changes their lives from day to day as it sometimes does yours. Give me a chance to explain what you are most confused on, but in the end it is the recruiter you will be working with and through if you choose this life as your path. Once I figure out how to blog I am going to try that also. Let me know if there is a specific topic or post you would like and I can try that too. Best wishes to all, and I hope this helps :-) Ciao, Ciao

LT, NC, USN

Specializes in Adult Critical Care.

I am, but I'm not sure that I'll be too much help. Active duty and reserves are two different pots of money.

I assume this NC1 is an enlisted person? Have you asked the chief nurse (who is probably an O-5 or O-6) at your location. That person should definitely know the answer.

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Specializes in Adult Critical Care.

Sorry, not sure if you were asking me or Navy PM who started this thread.

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Hi Guy, if you are currently O2 as a navy nurse, what rank will you get when you get hired as a mental health NP?

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Hello! Good day!

Im from the Philippines. 21 yo. I just graduated last May 2015 in University of Santo Tomas. I just passed my NCLEX last Nov 2016. Im planning to move to Nevada and work as a nurse this March 2017. But im also considering applying to the us navy as a nurse, too. In addition to that, I have second thoughts about my application in the Navy Nurse Corps. There are many questions that run thru my mind. Hope you can assist me with these:

1. Ive read that one of the requirements is that I should have graduated from a school accredited by CCNE or NLNC? As ive mentioned, I graduated from one of the universities here in the Philippines. Does it mean that Im not eligible to enter the navy nurse corps? Or are there any options? Or are there any universities here in the Philippines accredited by the two agencies?

2. I have a military id. I got this because my father is a retired us navy, deputy comptroller. Can I use this on my application or is this an edge for me in entering the navy?

3. For example I am able to enter the navy nurse corps, what does the training seem like? For example, handling of guns, swimming in deep sea waters (lol), and etc? Or is it medically-related only?

4. What if I apply online, pass all my documents, and they find out that im eligible to enter, what is the first step im tasked to do? Because Im still here in the philippines. Do I need to immediately go in the US?

Thanks for answering! More power!

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Specializes in Adult Critical Care.

1. Those accreditation bodies are American, so I doubt it. You could get a baccalaureate degree abroad and obtain an MSN or BSN online afterwards from a U.S. based school with the appropriate accreditations.

2. No, nepotism will not help you. You could use it as fodder for an application essay detailing your reasons for joining. That's about it.

3. I'm AF not Navy. AF mentality treats weapons training for non-trigger pullers as a fringe aspect to your job so I'm not the best source here; it's done as just-in-time training prior to deployments for us. You will get generally customs/courtesy, history, structure, and rules/regulations training in any branch.

4. Hopefully, you are a U.S. citizen. You can't commission otherwise. To my knowledge there is no reason you can't apply from a foreign country. You would have to renounce your foreign citizenships if applicable (i.e. you were a dual citizen).

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Just wanted to see if this thread is still active. Basically my question is about the length of the contract for an officer position as a Navy nurse in the reserve. I have heard that it is 4 reserve + 4 IRR and other places that says 6 reserve + 2IRR. If anyone has more info please let me know. Thanks

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Specializes in Adult Critical Care.

I'm not really an expert on reserve, but I think different people get different contracts. I have a 6 year active duty and 2 year IRR contract. Others I work with have a 4 year active and 4 year IRR. I don't think there is any standard. Have you asked a healthcare recruiter? They're the only ones who will know for sure.

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Specializes in EMS, ED, Trauma, CEN, CPEN, TCRN.

I agree with jfratian. The amount of "active" Reserve time might be different, but the total obligation seems to always be 8 years.

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I'm waiting on boards to meet for a Navy Reserves OR Nurse position, and the commitment I'm told is 8yrs total (three years of active drill time and then 5 inactive, but you could drill during those 5 yrs if you choose to).

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Hello NavyNurseCorpsPM1,

Thank you for your time and service. I have just graduated with my ASN and will start the BSN program in 2018. My question regards applicants with hearing aids. I was unable to enlist due to the fact that I have hearing aids. This was disappointing since my grandfather, father, and brother are Army. I have a strong desire to serve and even completed my clinicals at the local VA. With my BSN and a solid year of RN experience (I also have a year of experience as a paramedic), will I be alllowed to join any reserves with my hearing aids? Thanks :)

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Specializes in ICU.

Old thread but if anyone has updates on current conditions with the Navy Reserves:

- Likelihood of landing chosen base location or at least w/in the same state? (Washington has a quite few bases!)

- Are there critical care RN openings currently in reserves? Flight vs Hospital positions?

Waiting to hear back from health professions recruiter. 

Noticed I actually posted in this thread 5 years ago - still interested in doing this!

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