JujuBSN

Do you know if the base would help me acquire part time work there? Also, Do they have places on base you can stay? or would I need hotel accommodations?

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Hey everyone! I am newly married and my husband joined the Army in the last few months. He just finished basic training and is finishing his specialized training currently. I have my BSN and 3 years Med/Surg ICU experience. I figured that finding a job at my husband's new base would be easy. Unfortunately, he has been assigned out of the country to Vilseck, Germany and the closest real Army base hospital is about 3.5 hours away in Landstuhl. I DIDN'T SEE THAT COMING AT ALL! So its not like I can just go find a job at a civilian hospital and be fine. Now I have to worry about the language barrier and just the isolation of the small town in general. From what I can tell, this town seems super small and not near any American hospitals. I know that they have a clinic at the Vilseck Army base and one nearby in Grafenwoehr but I don't know if they often have openings for nurses that are not active duty Army nurses. I have been looking at the USA jobs website but nothing nursing related has populated except in Landstuhl. Maybe they would be willing to find a position for me there eventually at the clinic? I figured I could travel nurse a few months a year and attempt to line it up with his deployments if local employment wasn't feasible but I would prefer to stay near him as much as possible. I would prefer to continue to work as a nurse since I love my job and I would love to keep contributing financially. Plus, If I dont work I may go crazy with the boredom. I hope to take online courses for FNP and then move back to the states for a few months to do the clinicals at the end of the program. Although by then, I hope we would be stateside again. Many people keep suggesting that I just don't move with him and continue to work but I really don't want to do that although I know some people do. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Also let me know how Vilseck is if you know! Thanks.