Okay here is my deal. My mom was a nurse, my grandmother, and now after all these years I too want to be a nurse. I can tell you that my time in the military has been great, I was an Marine Infantryman and I got to be an infantry medic(paratrooper at that, with the 82d Airborne Division), who can complain. Me!, of course!! If I could change one thing I wouldn't do it, but I would add one thing. I would add Nursing School. I have watched nursing through men and women I have known throughout the years and I believe that is where I was supposed to go. I got to do the tough cool guy stuff, but every time I help someone get better or apply some sort of wound dressing, I feel like it is definitely worth while. Since becoming a medic in the Army, I have managed to learn a great deal and I would love to continue that education in civilian life as an RN, and health educator. I know that nurses keep long hours and I have heard all the horror stories, but four combat tours later, I'm still here and I know medics that have been longer than I have at what I consider one of the greatest crafts in the military. Now I would like to see those of us who get out of the military and desire to become nurses there, get a break and get to school to become an BSN and skip the stuff they have already done. I, for one am definitely one his way to finding the best way to achieve that. Don't get me wrong I understand that theory in practice is everything, but that is where we need come up with a better assessment program of what a medic's skills truly encompass. So if there is anyone out there willing to listen, I am willing to tell all about a program that just may work. It would still require the military medic/corpsman to do some hard work, but will be worth it in the end. Some of us don't have very far to go at all. :smokin:
Thank you all very much, I appreciate you help and the information you have offered. I have been checking around the area, I just got here to Fort Sam Houston in July of 2008. I was just trying to get outside info because I get so tied up at work. Thank you all once again.
I am not certain what side of the house you are talking about: military or civilian.
In our state and after some contention, an LPN, paramedic or military corpsman can take Excelsior's online program and eventually become an RN with an ADN. I do not believe they short cut you out of A&P or anything else for that matter. I do imagine that given the types of training that folks in that program have, they emphasize things that are left out of your previous training and place less emphasis on those things that you are well versed in.
I understand your point but there are some hard boundaries in the health care field and nursing is no exception. Medical schools don't shortcut you out of stuff because you are already a nurse with 40+ years experience and neither do nursing schools, for better or for worse.
Thank you very much, the input I am receiving here is great. Please do not be offended by my odd research tactics, but it is necessary to do so in order to write a point paper as you all know. So if I in anyway offended anyone my most sincerest apologies to you and the profession which I so highly respect. I hope to keep getting the input from you all and will be able to continue my work toward some most needed improvements the 68W training. Soon the Army, Navy, and Air Force will combine medical training and I would like to have a stand point from your point of view, so I'll be posting more questions and looking for great answers!
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Thank you all very much, I appreciate you help and the information you have offered. I have been checking around the area, I just got here to Fort Sam Houston in July of 2008. I was just trying to get outside info because I get so tied up at work. Thank you all once again.