USAFisnumber1
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If you go into the navy as a nurse you will have to be a Registered Nurse with a bachelors degree or better. You will work in a number of different situations. You will do some hospital nursing, some clinic nursing, some deployed nursing either on at a land facility over seas or on a ship. You will get experience that you will not get in the civilian world. It will make you a more rounded person and nurse.
laughter_every_day
You will be trained as a nurse before you join the Navy. While you serve, every command has in-service training for every doctor, nurse and corpsman. Sometimes it is nonsensical. I recall one where a bunch of dentists learned the hand signals for directing a helicopter landing. Other times it will be cutting edge directly relating to your specialty.
NWIP
You must already have your BSN and be licensed in your state before being accepted into the Navy. Then you must continue the same training, education, etc.. as a civilian nurse. Plus add in some more for wearing a gas mask, security, etc...
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You have to have a state license, just like any nurse, which means you have to get the same number of continuing education hours every few years to maintain your license, just like a civilian nurse.
You also get the joy of doing annual/recurring training on fun subjects like wearing a gas mask, force protection, information security, marking and security of classified information, sexual harassment awareness, etc.
jeeper_peeper321
pretty much the same amount
a nurse is a nurse