NomadNavyNurse

Kouklitsa27, The NCP requires you to have at least 6 months left in your BSN program when you apply. The board doesn't start accepting applications until September/October, which would leave you with less than the required time in your program.

Hi druclair, I am currently in the Navy's NCP and I am also prior enlisted, so I can help answer a few of your questions. Where do you get assigned? To a base or hospital?: You will be assigned to a hospital that is located on a base. Bases are like miniature cities with amenities similar to the civilian world, including hospitals, offices, housing, parks, and stores. Do navy nurses live on base? Navy nurses can live on or off base. The deciding factor is if there's room on base, sometimes there are waiting lists to live on base. Does the navy provide affordable housing? The Navy provides on base housing. This is housing that you don't pay for (very affordable!), but it also means you won't receive Basic Allowance for Housing (BAH), a monthly allowance meant to help pay for rent/mortgage which can be a sizable sum, depending on where you're stationed. People who choose to live off base receive the BAH that is appropriate to their rank and location. Im currently enrolled in a MSN program, would the navy assist with tuition? It depends on if you are in the Navy or not. The Navy provides tuition assistance once you're in the service. If you want the Navy to help you pay for the program BEFORE you get in, you must be accepted into one of the graduate scholarship programs that the Navy offers. How often do opportunities present that allow you to work overseas and aid in disaster relief? I'm not sure of this answer, but when I talked to a medical officer who was conducting one of my interviews, he made it seem quite a competitive process to get to deploy on one of the hospital ships for humanitarian relief.

Thank you SnakeEyes!

Hello all, Has anyone had experience going to Navy ODS as a prior service member? I'm asking specifically because I want to know if it's okay to bring uniform items that you already own to ODS instead of re-purchasing them there? I'm talking about items such as the seabag, sweats, etc. I know that on the ODS website, it states "For prior service military, if you already own uniforms on the attached list, you will need to bring them." But I know that in the military, what is said and what is true doesn't always match up :) thanks in advance!

Mrs. Weddle, I applied for a VA position in June, got called back for an interview in August and didn't get a job offer until October, which I refused because I had already accepted another position by then. Hope you don't have to wait much longer to find out!

Coast2coast, Is getting an "early out" an option for you? I was able to separate early, earn my ADN, and I'm now in an online BSN program waiting to commission into the Navy Nurse Corps through the NCP.

Pkng, I just PMed you.

I would call him ASAP!

I'm in, I'm in, I'm in!!! Just got the phone call this morning from my recruiter and it seems that happycoma was right. My recruiter said this was the official notice and I'll get an information packet about signing in, etc. next week after the holiday!

I hope no news is good news. I haven't heard anything from my recruiter. I know it's just the professional recommendation and not the official results, but having to wait until Monday? Ugh!

Tomorrow!??! I can't wait! Good luck everyone :)

nursesabina, I just got hired at a correctional facility in Arizona and I'm a new grad with no RN experience, so it can happen.

mwaits081, You probably don't need another person telling you the same thing that everyone else has said, but I recently (1 month ago) spoke with an Army Healthcare recruiter and can verify that everything that everyone has said so far is true. The Army (and every other military branch...) is over strength and is not actively recruiting nurses, much less ADN nurses. Such a bummer

Hello fellow NCP applicants! I just finished my applicant and barely got it complete before the Wednesday deadline. The application process was an intense whirlwind, my recruiters may have broken a record for putting my kit together in such a short time! I know we got a wait ahead of us, but I can't wait for the results! Good luck to everyone!!

Asiangal, I know it's been a while since anyone has posted on this thread, but I'm curious to see if you accepted the job in Arizona?