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Well hopefully they have something she said they did when we talked over the phone but I know not to believe anything until I see it in writing. The Navy recruiter is across the street so I hope to hit both the same day! (and with the Navy I will have coastal assignments... LOL). I do know that they take CNS's and I have a Masters in that as well I just have not set for the boards yet...

Thanks... hmmmm yeah I will not go in as just an RN... I make too much to and too much experience to take a step backwards... what I find interesting is they utilize PAs in TMC and well that would be a great place for an ANP... anyways I go next week to talk to the recruiter... I am also looking Navy too. And if I can't make the wedding I have already talked to my friend and well I am not putting my career on hold for a wedding...

Thanks for the info... I am hoping to go up to Raleigh next week... I am just ready to get this process started... If I could get in for the Oct COT class I would but know I do not have enough time to get in... I have also considered Army and Navy but AF has always been known to have the better bases and treatment of their people, I have been on enough Army and AF bases to know this...

So I would have to do all of my MSN over again or would they give me credit for my gen ed requirements that the NP and CRNA programs share... I actually was accepted into a CRNA School and started with my ANP and FNP counterparts, my husband lost it after my 1st semester and I was TOLD to drop out... I ended up transferring to the dual program and well within 2 yrs of graduation we separated and I am looking to do something more and see where I can get my career to take me...

when i spoke with the recruiter last week she said they had slots available for me, she is just 3 hrs away and i have to get up to see her. i am hoping to go up this week... and when i looked into it before they took anps then too. from how she talked it seemed as if they utilize us in the acnp and whnp spots because i am trained in all of those areas i just don't have pediatric experience and don't see patients under the age of 13. i actually have a dual masters degree as a clinical nurse specialist and have a post master certificate as a nursing educator. i am hoping to go back and get my post masters certification as a crna or possibly my dnp or maybe bridge to fnp... but no sense in me doing most of that stuff in the civilian sector as it won't mean more money (unless i went crna) fnps actually make less than i do on average b/c i tend to do more hospitalist and specialty work. oh and we are listed to receive board cert pay for non mds so they do have us...just not sure how i would be utilized... in civilian sector as an np i have done vascular, trauma surgery service, urology and internal med... i hopped around a little for new experiences and to climb the ladder and have been very aggressive with this i also teach nursing school part-time... have done a lot in my few years in practice and would be an asset to the af and hope they will need me...

I was hoping to get into the Jan 2011 COT class as I have a wedding during the March one and I don't want to wait til May... I am just ready for a change and I have wanted to do this for years but let other tell me what career path I should follow...I know when I looked into it after my BSN there was only like 6 bases they put you after their Nurse Transition Program... how does it work after COT for NPs with experience? (I have not sat down with the recruiter yet and I have so many questions) Do you know where you are going after COT yet?

I am an ANP with about 3.5 years NP practice under my belt (8 years total RN and NP). I have toyed with the idea of going in to the AF since I was 17 but choose college and marriage over going enlisted... On completion of both of my degrees the thought of joining as an officer popped up but was quickly pushed back down by my husband. That being said I am now 31, divorced, and BORED! I grew up with a dad in Special Forces so I know a little bit about the military but I was hoping to hear from other NP's that are in or have been in what their experience was like. The fear of the unknown is really the only thing holding be back... I am so use to dicatating my own schedule, salary, vacation, CME's etc, so I am not sure how I will handle being "owned" by the AF. But at 31 I am about maxed out on my salary as a NP and really don't have much more room for upward growth, and I feel like in the AF I will continue to grow my clinical skills and get the chance to advance as an officer... I just dont know what to do... I know it will be a big cut in my salary but if I make a career out of it I know the end result will be worth the monetary sacrafice now... Any insight out there??