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The NTP boards opened today for Air Force Nurse new grad candidates and I just wanted to say good luck to everyone involved. I'm in it myself so I was just starting this thread where I can update anything that I find out about my application and ever...

I'm not positive why you get stuck in OB for so long. I have a couple of theories though. One might be that a large majority of people going into the Air Force most likely choose med/surg wanting to do some critical care and emergency care kind of th...

Congratulations superman and needsajob! That is very exciting! I haven't heard anything yet and I'm afraid this is a bad thing =( ...but I'm very excited for those of you who have been accepted!

To be brief you should focus on GPA, physical fitness, and leadership. Get involved with something where you can have a leadership position such as a student organization. The interview is like a normal job interview and you are expected to know info...

I have heard via my recruiter that the rumor is only 22 applicants will be selected. With 130 of us who applied this makes me very nervous! :uhoh21: However, he said this is just a RUMOR so nothing official. Regardless of this, we should find out ver...

I haven't heard much about when we should find out. I was just told the end of April or first couple weeks of May. I'm hoping this week we will find out but I'm not sure of the status of the FY2012 budget. This will be the deciding factor they need t...

My recruiter gave me this number. Anticipation is rough!

That is a great question! I unfortunately do not have the answer for you. I could see that you might not have to go through NTP because you do have some experience. However, it is not RN experience it is LPN experience so it's quite possible they mig...

Just heard that the boards had 130 NTP applicants which is very good because that's way down from what it normally is. This is some good news!

I had my chief nurse interview at WPAFB which I was told was one of their biggest medical centers which the exception of WHMC and a couple of others. It was not near as busy as some premier large civilian hospitals I have had the opportunity of doing...

Thanks for this Iowa!

I agree. The government budget talks right now are a little discouraging. Nursing is a critical field though. That's one good thing to think about because the military needs nurses.

I wouldn't say the Nurse Corps are full for any specific branch, but it's not easy to get in contact with a recruiter and get the process going. Grades I believe are required to be above a 3.0 and obviously the higher GPA the stronger your applicatio...

Is your degree a Bachelors degree? I don't believe being a home health nurse would hurt your chances or better your chances of being accepted but it's best to get information from a recruiter about that. I'm not a nurse in the Air Force (yet) either ...

I don't know if enlisting first and then attempting to be an RN is the path you want to take to do this. The Air Force requires that you have a Bachelors of Science in Nursing to be employed as a nurse and most people obtain this degree before you ac...

Nothing yet. I'll be sure to post a new thread when I hear anything!

There's a lot of great and accurate information in these forums on COT and NTP if you do a search for them. The length of the process varies but it's not something that happens quickly. It seems that it can be up to a year or more long process for in...

Your recruiter will have the information as soon as it's released.

When I had my interview a couple of weeks ago I was told that it's more than likely that those of us who are accepted would be looking at a COT date which would be as late as Spring or Summer of 2012. Lets keep our fingers crossed! Post any informati...

This is the same news I have heard. Numbers on how many they will be accepting and how many people applied will be released sometime after March 8th is what I have been told. Not looking promising though compared to normal years. Especially not for n...

I don't believe numbers have been released for how many nurses the Air Force wants to take for this Fiscal year. This includes experienced nurses and new grads alike. As I'm sure you may be aware, the Air Force is struggling with budgets and boards f...