Should I go back to the military?

[panpan]

I am currently working as RN, BSN at a stepdown unit, just started my orientation a week ago. I served in the Army National Guard for 6 years, and just got out last year. I still have 1 year in-active duty left on my contract. So, I got a call from SSG (cant remember his last name) just recently and said that there's a E5 position available for my MOS in the military is 68S (Preventive Medicine Specialist). It's going to be a medical detachment unit.

My question is, should I go back to the military for that position? My thought is that if I do go back, I would gain more leadership experience which could help in meeting my future career goal. This is part-time obviously, so I would do nursing while being in the reserve. I would like to pursue some type of Master Program (CRNA or maybe NP) in the near future, so would this be a good path for me to follow? I am thinking after I gain 2 years of RN exp, I could possibly try out the Nurse Corps, but I haven't thoroughly researched my option on that yet.... So I was wondering if I could get any advice on the best possible approach to meet my goal. Should I work as RN first for two years while being in the military or should I do direct commission?

PS- I forgot to mention that I have 2 year contract with the hospital.

[zombie]

If your goal is to become a CRNA this is what you should do.

If you have your BSN, Direct Commission if you can. Remember your constructive credit (time which counts toward your rank that you come in as) will only count if you are an actual RN with your BSN. So if your an associate degree nurse worked 6 years none of it counts. You get half credit if are are a BSN RN, So if you worked 10 years as a RN BSN you will get 5 years and may come in as a O3 or maybe an O2.

Why would anyone ever want to go into the Enlisted side if you have your RN, BSN? It makes so much more sense financially and professionally if you are trying to truly become a CRNA.

Remember the Army has the #1 Nurse Anesthesia school in the country. The army will send you for free (well you pay them back about 5 years).

Remember the Army has a 20k per year bonus for 4 year commitment with a MED Surg, CCRN, or OR certification.

So I guess I would reccomend this if you are attempting to truly no ******** going the crna route and want to be in the millitary.

direct commission

go to the icu/er course after you get in

take your GRE/shadow crna

apply for lthet for crna school.

As for this "leadership" stuff your talking about, I am not really tracking. You said it is for your "future" job. If you want to be a crna than this is the route you need to take and don't ******** around with a public health/prev medicine job.