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I am 48 and want to serve as a nurse in the military. I have 25 years of open heart surgery experience. What are my options?

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Specializes in CCRN.

From what I remember, the age cutoff for a RN to enter the military was 42 and that was with an age waiver. Your best course for more information about this would be to speak with a AMEDD recruiter.

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Specializes in Psych ICU, addictions.

I also remember the age cutoffs to be around the 40s (I was looking for myself at one point). But definitely ask the recruiters for each of the services. If a service has a particular nursing need to fill, they may be willing to make an exception to the age limits. And you have nothing to lose by trying.

Best of luck.

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Specializes in EMS, ED, Trauma, CEN, CPEN, TCRN.

Unfortunately, your age is a limiting factor; you are 6 years over the limit, and the process to commission can also take up to a year. I doubt they will issue an age waiver, but you can ask a recruiter. The military in general is very full of nurses, which makes them less inclined to issue waivers. Good luck!

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I am in the Air Force Reserve Nurse Corps. The last I heard was that they increased the maximum age to 48.

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