NYnur2010

Congratulations to all of you! I'm currently a senior in a BSN program in Rochester,NY. It can get really intense, feel free to contact me if you have any issues/ subjects that you need help with. Good luck to you all!

:yeah:congratulations on getting your first choice!

well i asked the air force recruiter if i could join having a hx of asthma and he barely let me finish my sentence before he pretty much dismissed me...he said "Oh no, sorry asthma is a BIG NO GO. thank you for considering the Air Force, good luck with your nursing classes" and went on to answer another nursing student's question. needless to say, my dreams were crushed... then i thought about all this stuff people were saying here about waivers and that is why i wanted asked about medical pre-screen docs instead of asthma... i wanted to see what would qualify for a waiver and what requirements have to be met. looking at the docs really have helped me out!

Thank you both for your responses. I have gone over the AR 40-501 and have come across some information of interest to me in section 3-27 #4 where it talks about chronic asthma. I do not know what a permanent P-2 profile is. Can someone explain that to me?

Hi everyone! I have a question about the army/navy/air force... I have heard that when you go into the armed forces as an enlisted recruit you have to go to MEPS where they ask you all about your medical history and i have seen that form(DD FORM 2807-2). Do people who are trying to become military nurses also go to MEPS? If not, do they use the same form when getting a medical history from someone who is trying to become anofficer as a nurse? I also wanted to know what that form looks like... What is the medical exam like? Do they look for anything specific in the physical and medical pre-screen? Thank you all in advance for your replies!

Hi AFfamof5, http://www.airforce.com/pdf/nursePDF.pdf That PDF has the most information that I could find about USAF nursing. I'm not found of their new website format because they cut out alot more information that they had up about nursing. But at least they kept that one up! Anyway, in the PDF it says "A few high-need professions may also recieve sign-on bonuses". The air force health professions recuiter is coming to my school at the end of the month. Ill post more then and I will keep your questions in mind. Hope that helps!

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For all out there who are in pursuit of or are currently active duty nurses with one of the US govt/military branches: how did you know which branch was right for you? I just want to know what factors or influences helped you all decide which was the best fit.... Thanks!

just noticed i wrote 18 months on the previous post here w/ regards to the deployment time on a us navy Air craft carrier, definetely meant to write 8 months so sorry for any misunderstanding!

First off, try to download and print yourself a copy of the Air Force nursing brochure found as a link (on the right hand corner) here : http://www.airforce.com/careers/subcatg.php?catg_id=3&sub_catg_id=2 Then I would also recommend you take a good look at: http://www.navy.com/healthcareopportunities/nursecorps/ those are the best sites to get alot of the basic info your looking for. I've answered your questions assuming your looking into active duty as I know nothing about reservists. 1. What is the minimum number of years you are required to commit to any of the branches if you enlist yourself in the program or is it for life.....every so number of years...(even after reading other threads...I am still confused)? Minimum # of years you give to the Navy is 3 im not so sure about the AF. When your time is up you can sign a new contract to continue your duty or leave at that point. My uncle (a former naval Lt. Commander) left after 16 years. As a commissioned officer he had to give the Navy a 12month advance notice that he wanted to end his service. 2. And what is this about deployment? Which branch (navy or air force) is more likely to be deployed? And if are you deployed....for a approximately how long each time? Ive heard the USAF has shorter deployments rarely going beyond 6 months. For the Navy there are more possiblities you can be deployed on land or on a vessel. Like if you were deployed on an Air Craft carrier it can be up to 18 months. If you are deployed at a land base in Iraq to care for Marines it would be closer to 6 months. 3. And from what I've read....navy nurses are more likely to enter the "combat zone" vs. Air force nursing??? All I know about this that can support what you are saying is that Navy Nurse Corps serves Navy and Marines so maybe they are theortically more likely. 4. As navy or air force nurse...do you have to go through physical training camps? Yes, COT (4 weeks) for AF and ODS for Navy. Navy has a swimming requirement unlike the AF. 5. Any disadvantages or advantages of one over another? Personally, I'm still stuck between both branches. When you do more research you will start to get more of an idea of what branch best suits you. 6. A big concern of mine....and rather silly question to ask.....As a female....is it safe to be working in these type of conditions......I mean....seeing how these branches are mostly male dominated??? Do female navy/air force nurses deal/come across a lot of sexual remarks/abuse? In all the people in the armed forces that I've spoken to about this issue I've yet to hear a horror story about sexual abuse. I definitely dont think its a silly question at all. Its very important to know you'll be working a safe environment. I hoped that helped some! Keep doing research! IM me on AIM if you want to follow up with more questions.

I can't PM can you IM me? Thanks!!

hi everyone! i am currently a junior in a bsn program in upstate ny and 20 years old. i want to join the armed forces but still debating which branch to get into. i have an uncle who is recently retired from the navy and said the safest branches for nurses are the usaf and navy nurse corps. i feel like they both offer great benefits but at the same time they both have big downfalls for me. the navy has plenty of bases all over the world. usaf has fewer international bases. usaf has shorter deployments, ehhh the list of pros and cons can go on and on... however, in all my research i have not been able to get a couple of my biggest questions answered which are: *do navy nurses have to go thru ocs? is it ocs with any additional training? is it a special ocs for the navy nurse corps or something different? *does anyone have experience with the air force's cot and/or ntp program? what was that like? is cot for a nurse really only 4 weeks? any answers or comments are much appreciated! -jeanie