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Basically what everyone else said. Just remember, your an officer now, lead from the front!

In order to go into the reserves as a public health nurse you would first need to go to officer training school. That will take anywhere from 10-12 weeks i believe (not sure). From there they will most likely send you to BOLC, which is training based on your specialty (nursing). By the time you become an officer, the public health "opening" may not be available, and based on needs, the Army can send you to whatever specialty they please, reserve or not. As azariasRN saide, contact a recruiter, and try to make sure they dont give you the used car sales pitch. Once you sign your life away, theres no turning back!

If you did all of what Kaplan offered to you, you should be fine. I typically scored in the 50-60 with kaplan and I did just fine. However I would say alot of it came from learning in school as well. Let us know WHEN you pass!

I know for sure that some states are seriously considering this. Current ADN/Diploma would be grandfathered in. This is a sensitive subject. Although studies have shown for many many years that BSN prepared constantly provide better and safer outcomes. Hospitals are recognizing this and our prioritizing BSN's, however changes in health care can be slow.

Hmm, depends if your in the reserve already or not. Are you currently in the Army? Or are you planning on going Federal?

Generally Anatomy and Physiology (A&P) need a prereq of general chemistry. Some even need intro to biology as a prereq as well. I high suggest taking one of these two classes which may be in the 100 level. If your heart is set on nursing, nothing should stop you from following your dream. If science is not for you then I would probably look into another career (not trying to sound negative ). Everything you will learn in A&P will correlate directly to future nursing courses and your nursing practice. Good luck!

Thanks guys, I hope everything goes well. Ill try to see if they will allow me to give an answer until early June.

Have you tried nurse residencies? Most nurse resident programs hire new grads and nurses from LTC facilities. This is usually the best was to get into acute care nursing.

I believe it depends in the Hospital your at. I was at an Army Hospital for mine and their were a lot of males, so the staff and moms were very aware of the male presence. In terms of personal feeling, in the beginning I wanted my instructor to be their with me whenever I had a new mom so it can break the tension a little bit, so at first I was a little uncomfortable doing the assessments of the mom. Most of my uncomfortable feeling was more about the mom and family and whether they were comfortable or not.

Enjoy the rest of the summer, because once you start school you will be wishing you were back on break!

As far as online, i dont know, however the school I went too (PLU) offers and ELM program, which offers non nursing bachelor students to get a MSN.

Honestly food is the best help. Oatmeal, yogurt, sweet potatoes, salmon, eggs and berries are all exmaples of "power foods." Usually on the morning of a test I eat a bowl of oatmeal with honey, 2-3 eggs, and a glass of warm water (its best to drink hot drinks in the morning to help jump start your system).

Last week I was interview for a RN a Long Term Care Center. From what it sounds like from the recruiter, the RN manager is very interested in my application and may likely hire me. The online job application will close next Tuesday (5/22) where the recruiter will call me about the next step in being hired for the job. I had a phone interview today with an acute care hospital regarding their resident positions. This is the job that I really want! The recruiter said that I will receive a call next Thurs or Fri (5/24-25) regarding whether i've been chosen for an on site interview. If I do get chosen, on site interviews will be held from May 29-30 (T W Th), and from there, candidates who are chosen will be notified by 6/1(Fri) or 6/4(Mon). My question is, if the Long Term Care Center calls me next Tues asking when I can start, what should I say? I really want the resident position at the hospital, however I would not find out until the beginning of June if I got in. I wasn't sure if I should tell the Long Term recruiter I'm not available to start until after June 4th or that I'm currently in the process of interviewing with another job position. I need help! The worst situation for me is if I turn down the Long term care job and not end up getting the hospital residency. I have thought about accepting the Long Term Care job and quitting once the residency starts (6/18), however it doesn't seem very reasonable. I kind of stuck on a limb so any advice will be very helpful. Thank you and have a wonderful day!

Sorry to hear you're not enjoying it as much as you thought you would have :uhoh3:Hmm, if you get your BSN you will have more opportunities in different nursing specialties, such as research RN or even management. Most of the posts that others have mentioned are pretty good alternatives.

Congratulations! Out of the text books and on to the real world!