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It actually is possible to go straight to school without serving time as an army nurse first. It is called direct acession (sp?). You go directly to school in San Antonio or one other place for 2 1/2 years then serve 4 1/2 years afterwards. The time you are in school you are an active duty officer. To qualify for this you must have a year of critical care experience as a civilian and do not have to take the army critical care course. If you go in as a nurse first there is not a guaranteed time they will allow you to enter CRNA school. It is all on the army website.

Hey, great to hear an interest in nursing! I'm currently an LPN here in Georgia and I start nursing school at Kennesaw State University in August to obtain my BSN. I love KSU and though I haven't started the nursing part yet, I've heard great things about it. I've also heard great things about NGCSU. Yes, if you go for the BSN you have to take approximately 2 years of pre-reqs, but to apply to the program at KSU you only have to have 7 of the 12 required pre-reqs completed before applying and then be able to complete the rest before the nursing sequence begins. They have a great web site for more info. The most important advice for a freshman wanting to get into their program is to take your pre-req classes very seriously because those are the grades they use to select their students. I had all 7 A's and I hear it's hard to get in with less than that. Don't get discouraged though, you have 12 pre-reqs to get those 7 A's from. Good luck! :)

I start the BSN program at Kennesaw State University in Georgia in August and I can't wait! Congrats to everyone else! :roll

I was accepted to the KSU program a few weeks ago and I'm really excited. I've talked to students in the program right now and they seem very pleased. I will say that it is getting very hard to get in. I'm an LPN and they say they completely disregard any experience and go strictly on the best 7 grades of the 12 prerequisits they require. I had 7 A's and I hear you can't get in with less than that now that there are so many applying. I would definately try though because I believe that signifies what a great program they have. I'll write more when I start. Good luck!

This is my first post, so here goes. I've lived in Big Spring and Lubbock both and I think you are in for a treat in Lubbock. Anywhere is better than Big Spring, TX. I also did my LVN clinicals at Covenant and I liked it. I also worked at Covenant after graduation and I was very proud and happy to work there. I do agree that it depends on each persons experience and I never worked at UMC. I hear they have a great NICU internship. FYI: South Plains College out there also has a great RN program. Good Luck!:)