Providers in the Military

[JDCitizen]

Hello!

If you are a provider in the Armed services please speak up:

What do you do.

How long have you been doing it?

Would you do it again.

Do you like where you are at?

Have you been or are you going to be deployed? What did you do or will you be doing while deployed?

Pros / cons that you have noticed?

[lannisz]

I am also curious - I have seen job openings for FNP's to work (as civilians) at military hospitals with a license from any state since they are federal facilities. Anyone have experience with this? Some of the positions are overseas (Germany) or even Hawaii...

[core0]

I am also curious - I have seen job openings for FNP's to work (as civilians) at military hospitals with a license from any state since they are federal facilities. Anyone have experience with this? Some of the positions are overseas (Germany) or even Hawaii...

The military is like the VA. You just need a license not one from that state (or country). These are non deployable positions usually running outpatient primary care clinics for dependents, retirees or active duty personnel.

To the OP NPs are deployed but it is fairly rare. The Army primarily uses PAs and GMOs as their tactical medical providers. The lack of NP training in surgery and trauma limits their roles here. The other issue is that NPs that are deployed are often used as RNs due to their lack of a place in the deployed military planning. When they are deployed as NPs it is primarily in support roles where their job is similar to that in peacetime (ie running troop clinics).

Here is an article about NPs deploying with the 28th CSH:

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3912/is_200608/ai_n17183187/pg_1?tag=artBody;col1

David Carpenter, PA-C

[JDCitizen]

The military is like the VA. You just need a license not one from that state (or country). These are non deployable positions usually running outpatient primary care clinics for dependents, retirees or active duty personnel.

To the OP NPs are deployed but it is fairly rare. The Army primarily uses PAs and GMOs as their tactical medical providers. The lack of NP training in surgery and trauma limits their roles here. The other issue is that NPs that are deployed are often used as RNs due to their lack of a place in the deployed military planning. When they are deployed as NPs it is primarily in support roles where their job is similar to that in peacetime (ie running troop clinics).

Here is an article about NPs deploying with the 28th CSH:

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3912/is_200608/ai_n17183187/pg_1?tag=artBody;col1

David Carpenter, PA-C

On the use of NPs as RNs I have been told on multiple sites that the Military does shy away from training their nurses as APRNs due to the shortage of nurses... I was also told that the NPs were going to be deployed more and more as the services get used to having them around (but probably not near/at the front lines). Also probably the only reason they actively try to attract in Women's health care is the shortage of doctors to fit that nitch.

I concur with the shortage of OR training (at least in my school). Trauma training comes with my background and I wouldn't mind getting back into it.

As for the civilian job /positions: About two weeks into my DQ process I was offered to apply at the same base where I received that DQ.....