Welcome to the Military Nurses Forum! This is also a Forum for those with family, friends, etc., in the Military. I would also like to dedicate it to MagRedC5, who is presently stationed in 'The SandBox'.
'Cat'
Thanks Cat!
If, anyone would like to ask me a question[s] regards to military nursing, specifically Army Nurse Corps, I'm definitely the SME... Subject Matter Expert. I'd be more than happy to help those considering serving this great country of ours as a military nurse. IMHO, [although never been an LVN/LPN] the Army Medical Dept. [AMEDD] is great place for LVNs to gain nursing skills. The AMEDD has a great LVN program and are given more opportunities as a nurse compared to civilian nursing.
Of course, as a BSN & Army Officer the Army Nurse Corps is great career, too.
HOOAH!
Hello,
This is my first time in this (or any forum) so new experience but I have been reading them for a while. I am interested in Army and AF Reserves. I have my BSN and am an ED nurse. I have been interested in military nursing since 1992but would not leave my son, now he is grown. I contacted an AFR recruiter who sent me an app but then I was unable to contact him. I am 44 and meet the physical and professional requirements. Have the age requirments changed recently?
Thanks for your time,
maloner
I sincerely thank you all for your service! I met my husband in the military; he was a medic and I somehow ended up running the admin side of the aid station during training exercises, but that a whole other story....
maloner wrote:Hello,
This is my first time in this (or any forum) so new experience but I have been reading them for a while. I am interested in Army and AF Reserves. I have my BSN and am an ED nurse. I have been interested in military nursing since 1992but would not leave my son, now he is grown. I contacted an AFR recruiter who sent me an app but then I was unable to contact him. I am 44 and meet the physical and professional requirements. Have the age requirments changed recently?
Thanks for your time,
maloner
The Army Nurse Corps [ANC] max age limit for initial commission is 46 years old. Plus, the ANC has a specific skill identifier [AOC] for ED nurses, 66HM5.
Feel free to email me for specific questions regards to the ANC.
OutWest wrote:I sincerely thank you all for your service! I met my husband in the military; he was a medic and I somehow ended up running the admin side of the aid station during training exercises, but that a whole other story....
Your kind words are appreciated!
This particular forum is for past, present, and future military healthcare folks, as well as friends & family of same. I'd be interested in reading about your BAS training exercises experiences. Is your husband in the healthcare field, now, as a civilian?
BTW, I sincerely appreciate you & your husband's military service... thanks!
Hey MagRedC5
My husband is now an ER RN. We were both in the Florida Army National Guard, he as a part timer, me as AGR and a GS tech. We both got out in the mid 90's so it's been a long while.
I see you've got the Tacoma weather up, are you from Ft. Lewis?? I had the opportunity to do a KPUP tour there with HHC I Corps back in 1991...beautiful place.
OutWest wrote:Hey MagRedC5
My husband is now an ER RN. We were both in the Florida Army National Guard, he as a part timer, me as AGR and a GS tech. We both got out in the mid 90's so it's been a long while.
I see you've got the Tacoma weather up, are you from Ft. Lewis?? I had the opportunity to do a KPUP tour there with HHC I Corps back in 1991...beautiful place.
My permanent duty station is Madigan Army Medical Center, FT Lewis. I'm PROFIS [on loan] to the 31st CSH, FT Bliss, TX and deployed to Iraq. I like the Puget Sound area but my wife hates the rain, which happens 9 months out of the year. I'm a Texan 101% and would like to make a PCS move to BAMC, FT Sam Houston, TX.
I am 45 with 6 years prior service with the Air Force. I joined the MTARNG in April 2007 and just finished 7 months of WTC and 68W school. I want to go to school and get my BSN. I know in the Guard I can become an Officer with an ASN. My question is I will be 47 or even 48 before I earn my ASN, will I have any chance at that age to become an Officer?
I don't have specific knowledge of the MTARNG. I do know that [like in the Guard] in the Reserve Component Army Nurse Corps [ANC] you can have an ADN but will not be promotable to MAJ w/o BSN degree.
The entry cutoff age for the ANC is 46 yrs old. However, you have 6 yrs prior service [active duty?]. Thus, for entry purposes you can subtract 6 yrs from your age... if, I'm not mistaken. Therefore, with the military in dire straits for nurses w/ADN, preferably BSN, you should not have a problem. As you know, rules & regs change all the time in the military but with the war going on waivers are always an option.
Good luck!
WHAT has happened to nurse recruiting? No wonder there is such a NEED for military nurses-- the recruiters are spending so much time kissing a** of the New Grads who have NO idea what they are doing, rather than take a few extra steps to get a prior military EXPERIENCED RN back into AD....
I have spent OVER a year to try and get ANY Recruiter to help me get back to AD: I am an experienced ER nurse as well--have a MSN, and am NOW paying for my own Periop nurse program.... I have been a nurse for 9 years and have deployed as well: got off of AD in 04. This entire year has been like pulling teeth to try and get someone to get off their a** and get my packet rolling---- but if I were an INEXPERIENCED GN still wet behind the ears and have no clue how to even start an IV or do a dosage calculation without killing a patient--- boy they would be all over me I guess....
I have emailed, called, texted and finally got a nurse recruiter from San Antonio to get back with me, but now I can't even get him to email back. He says since I have "not worked the floor" in a year ( I took this year off to start my Doctrine and spend time with my kids for God sake..) that I will probably have to go back to bedside nursing "for a while" before I am qualified??? HA!!!!! I was a Director for Emergency/Trauma Reional Level III in Houston and I'm not "qualified" for Amry nursing?!!!! I'm certified in BLS, ACLS, TNCC, ENPC, NRP, and credenialed in FHM and Moderate Sedation for adults and peds..... Whatever.
ANYWAY--- THIS is where the military NC is at now, and it's sad that there (from what I HEAR) is such a shortage and that our troops (and fellow experienced nurses working 5-6 shifts a WEEK--- that was what I worked as a Navy NC ) are going through because I'm not , um... "qualified".
Let's hear it for the military nc>>>>
Hi there..
I am looking into military opportunities as a RN. I have a BSN, I'm 40 years old...married...two boys ages five and eight....
I'm about twenty lbs overweight....need to get in shape...
I do take a mild blood pressure pill and 50mg Zoloft everyday to keep my mood good.....
I'm also getting my thyroid checked out tommorow...family history..
So would any of the above physical things prevent me from being a miliary nurse.
I wonder what the physical requirements are for a nurse in the Army at 40.
I am prior service....about six years or so in the Army Reserves when I was a spring chicken.
Well thanks for your input.:)
pgrieves1 wrote:Hi there..
I am looking into military opportunities as a RN. I have a BSN, I'm 40 years old...married...two boys ages five and eight....
I'm about twenty lbs overweight....need to get in shape...
I do take a mild blood pressure pill and 50mg Zoloft everyday to keep my mood good.....
I'm also getting my thyroid checked out tommorow...family history..
So would any of the above physical things prevent me from being a miliary nurse.
I wonder what the physical requirements are for a nurse in the Army at 40.
I am prior service....about six years or so in the Army Reserves when I was a spring chicken.
Well thanks for your input.:)
I might add that my nursing resume needs a boost. I spent some years in nursing homes on the weekends, getting my babies out of diapers. I've moved around and changed jobs a lot....not at any one position more than two years and some just several months....so my resume looks crappy that way. I got a little over a year in a half in Tele about two years ago.....but that was the highest level of more acute care nursing that I have been in....otherwise lower acuity nursing home and community nursing settings.
So I would like to get critical care training in the Army.
Thanks for any info you have.
I should wait until Oct. 1 to see what new deals the recruiters have for the new year, huh? I have a 20k student loan to pay off...the Air Force recruiter I emailed tonight said the USAF was all out of special sign on bonus funds for this year and that the next years monies would be available after Oct 1.
Thanks again
