United State Public Health Service vs. Regular Hospital

[Unique87]

Is anyone a nurse with United Public Health Service (USPHS) or know anything about it? I'm thinking long term here when I graduate nursing school have to get in first about going into USPHS. Their are great benefits low health care, medical malpractice ect.. and you can do twenty years and retire vs thirty years for civilian job. The only thing that bugs me is that you get paid anually and not hourly. How long do you have to work before you can retire in nursing? I heard it was thirty year. Thanks In Advance for any help given.

[just_cause, BSN, RN]

unique,

check out the USPHS threads in the military nursing forum....under specialties.

There are several current threads already in motion.

20 years for retirement btw

[Jdl2002]

I don't really know that much about it. My aunt is a hygenist in the USPHS. She just came back from a deployment in Micronesia, but usually works in a prison. She loves it, and makes an excellent living.

[jjjoy, LPN]

How long do you have to work before you can retire in nursing?

Until (if) you can afford to stop working! Seriously. Many nursing jobs do not have a retirement plan. Like at many places of employment these days, a 401K is what is commonly offered, which means you can put aside some of your income tax-deferred for investment for retirement and maybe get a 3-4% match. There's usually a set choice of mutual funds offered by your employer through the 401K. Put aside a bit of money each month into your 401K and IRA, hope that it grows over the years, and then hope the market doesn't crash just when you think you might be able to afford to retire.

Maybe I should be looking into USPHS!