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What is the process to become a nurse in the military?
I want to go to college and become a nurse first and then enter the military - not the ROTC or whatever where you are in the military first. I know you have to pass the APFT, but then after that what happens? I am fine with being deployed to other countries. Do you have to go to officer training school? Can anyone tell me a detailed process of what I will have to do? My grades are good so I won't have a hard time becoming a nurse, but I am nervous about the physical part. How much is a nurse like a soldier?
The second answer was really good - what are BOLC and OCS like though? Is it the same for nurses as for everyone else?
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- USAFisnumber1Lv 710 years agoFavorite Answer
1. Get a bachelors degree in nursing from an accredited college.
2. take the national board exam, pass it and get a license int ant state.
3. go to the nurse recruiter of the service of choice. (Army, Navy, Air Force)
4. pass all the tests and you get a commission as a 2LT.
Doing ROTC in college will not chance much except you get money for college and it counts as time for pay so when you go active duty you get more pay.
- Living the DreamLv 710 years ago
THis is for the Army - After you get your BSN, you will need to get in contact with an officer recruiter, specifically an AMEDD one for Army. You would go to OCS, which is the officer equivalent of Basic Training, and the BOLC, which is kind of the equivalent of officer AIT. Then you would be assigned to your duty station.
Nurses are Soldiers. You will be required to take 2 APFTs every year, to qualify on an M16/M4 or M9 every three years (every year if you are PROFIS, on a list to deploy with another unit to fill in an open position). You will have to do quarterly Army training like suicide awareness and drug and alcohol awareness. You will have to maintain all your certifications and maintain your CEUs.
- Anonymous10 years ago
Great world travel. I was at 10 bases over half the world in 4 years.
