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Welcome to the Army Nurse Corps (ANC)! I can tell you exactly what you will be doing as a newly assigned RN. I am a Major on Active Duty and am the OIC of the medical floor at William Beaumont Army Medical Center at Ft Bliss, TX. I am currently at IL...

The Army is going to be very similar to the Navy. You give 3 choices for assignment and you will most likely get one of them. You have to be reasonable as well. If you are a new nurse and new to the military you will not go to a small clinic or base ...

You will do fine as a NG at the VA. Most likely you will be on a Med/Surg floor to start. When I graduated (about 2.5 yrs ago) I looked into the VA as well. there was no issue of being a new grad. If the VA is where you want to be you may as well jum...

Well, it only took over a year but all of my waivers have come through and I have orders in hand to report for active duty next month. Will be going to Yuma Proving Ground. I am really looking forward to the career change and the opportunities the Ar...

Gen, It is an option and one I gladly take. OBLC would not benefit me. I looked at the COI and it is all stuff I have done before. I have been to the field many times over my 10 years as an officer and didn't get to sleep in hooches (slept in, on or ...

That is a true statement. BSN required for active duty. You can have an ADN and be in the Army Reserve. There are threads about this on this site. Think about going reserve and continue to work on your BSN then transfer to active duty.

Actually, for "E" pay you need 4 years and a day of enlisted active duty. Otherwise you fall in the regular pay catagory.

The age limit is 46 for Army and retirement at 60 (at least on my contract it is stated such). I am still in the process of entering the ANC (have been waiting 9 months for a waiver). I am 49 but have 4yrs AD under my belt. You can apply for an age w...

I am in the process of applying to the Army Nurse Corps (been accepted by ANC and now awaiting the waiver process). I was talking with a friend who joined last year and she indicates that promotion from CPT to MAJ is now taking about 10 years. Can an...

The ATRRS course catalog does not list a course for Oct. Aug is the last one for 2007. Unless it hasn't been updated and they added it.

I am able to apply because of waivers and Army needs. They need nurses and I have the skill set they need, BSN and breathing! . It only took filling out an application, getting a physical and getting ANC Board approval. It also helped that 16 years...

I am kinda in the same boat. I will have 2yrs ER experience by the time I go active in Aug. I was wondering if the Army's CRNA programs accept ER experience (civilian) for the critical care requirement? Trying to plan my career if at all possible.

I am in the process of going active (but still awaiting 1 more waiver) and have a slot in the Aug OBLC. I am considering my long term goals as well (I am prior service, 1LT AR ARNG). By the time I go in I will have 2 years ER experience at level II c...

You won't be patrolling the streets of Baghdad. That is not a nurse function. You may be at a hospital in Iraq and have to treat the troops who do go outside the wire. Will you be out of danger in the hospital. No. But I have not heard of medical fac...

I am not a recruiter but am going through the process of going active. One of the things you will have to do is complete a physical at MEPPS. I would think that if you meet height/weight standards at that time then a waiver would not be necessary. If...

First, make sure you are talking to an AMEDD Recruiter. Secondly, I do believe they just upped the age. Remember, virtually everything is waiverable. The Army also gives back age if you have prior active service. I am in the process of going active d...

Actually, the military is pretty cut and dry. Lots of regulations and such. Pay is VERY cut and dry. It is the same across all branches. You can go to Military Pay Tables to see the current rates for all ranks. With regards to nursing it would be be...

Like they all said, check with a Health Care recruiter. I believe the max age is 46 for Nurse Corps. I am trying to get in and I am 48 but have 4yrs active duty. And I already retired from the NG. My recruiter ran it up her chain and they seemed posi...

I am trying to go Army. Looked into working for the Army as a civilian too. Unless I misread it you are only on a temporary contract. Plus the pay didn't seem that good compared to where I am (and I am not in a high paying state, probably lower 1/3)....

Hey everyone! I am in a unique (or at least all the recruiters think so) situation and am looking to see if anyone else has this experience. I retired from the ARNG as an O-2E in 2001 (didn't have degree to continue but now have 2 BS degrees; the imp...

Just wanted to get some feedback on an idea. I am a new grad that changed careers from the business world. When I decided to go into nursing I was thinking about what I wanted to do since there are so many opportunities available to nurses. One idea ...

"Can't we all just get along?" I am new to nursing and really enjoy the work. New grad to the ER. In my short experience I have found the Floor and ICU nurses to be varied. Most are great and if you just talk to them bumps are smoothed out. Then ther...

I just graduated in May 2005. What a long strage trip it's been. This was a career change for me. Came from the corporate world with 20 years experience. I did a paper in school on the nurse instructor shortage. This is where a main bottleneck is to ...

I just started with St Joe's. They are very NG friendly. Their orientation is very comprehensive. I will be in the ED and it is 5 months long. Do training with the ICU folks as well. The orinetation is what swayed me to go with them vs some of the ot...

My wife and I gave Gray's Anatomy a shot. Folks on this board got real excited about how nurses we portrayed. It is entertainment. And to us it isn't very good and we now watch Crossing Jordan at that time slot. Our main reason is there is no plot an...