Nursing while serving active duty in the Navy?

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Hello, I was planning on attending Henry Ford College nursing program while going active duty in the Navy. I haven't been accepted into the Navy yet, and I haven't done my HESI yet either, but I was wondering if it's possible to do that while being in active duty and possibly be out of town to another state or country? I really need some advice and tips

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Specializes in Cardiology.

That will be incredibly difficult to do. Why not go to college for nursing on the Navy's dime? There are a few programs out there.

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3 minutes ago, OUxPhys said:

That will be incredibly difficult to do. Why not go to college for nursing on the Navy's dime? There are a few programs out there.

I'm sorry, what exactly is the Navy's dime? I'm still kind of new at this, sorry.

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Specializes in Cardiology.

It means having the Navy pay for it and then upon graduation you serve in the Navy as a RN.

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That's what I was saying. I was planning on taking the HESI, passing it and applying to the program while going active duty in the Navy. I was wondering if that was easy or not and if I'm deployed on a ship, how will that work out?

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Specializes in Cardiology.

You’ll have to forgive me but what is HESI? When you say active duty are you referring to enlisting? Which program are you intending to apply to?

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It's okay! HESI is the entrance exam to join the nursing program. I mean enlisting, because right now I'm about to take the asvab and do boot camp, then afterwards it's A-School for the job I picked and I might be deployed

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Specializes in Cardiology.

The Navy has a program you can apply to that will pay you and pay your schooling to become a nurse without having to enlist. If you plan on enlisting it will be very hard to do nursing school while enlisted.

I would look at NROTC or the Nurse Candidate Program.

https://www.navy.com/careers/nursing

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Specializes in NICU.
43 minutes ago, OUxPhys said:

I would look at NROTC or the Nurse Candidate Program.

This is a far better route. Get your nursing degree and get paid by the Navy, then go active duty as an RN.

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