Can I become an Army nurse using green to gold? Or after completing my degree will I just be stuck to whatever they give me?

2019-04-01T05:49:17-04:00

I want to be an officer but I don’t want to get stuck in any other field but medical. Can I become an Army nurse using green to gold? I remember seeing somewhere there was a nursing option. Or who do I need to talk to find a better answer?

Response by MAJ Javier Rivera made Apr 1 at 2019 6:03 AM

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Not sure how it works today but way back then ROTC had a Nursing program. Your best bet is to contact your preferred school’s ROTC PMS.

Response by LTC Mark Overberg made Apr 1 at 2019 6:09 AM

2019-04-01T06:09:36-04:00

Army is always short nurses, so they may likely accommodate you. Talk to a specialized nursing recruiter.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 1 at 2019 6:50 AM

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You can do nursing in Green to Gold. You can also stay on active duty and go to nursing school under the Enlisted Commissioning Program.

Response by SPC Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 1 at 2019 7:24 AM

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Hi,
My NCO incharge is SSG. He got into the green to gold program.
He is getting his nursing through green to gold.
Do you have any specific question, i can ask him to respond back about green to gold.

Response by LTC Stephan Porter made Apr 1 at 2019 7:50 AM

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Yes, it is best to do it up front; nursing ROTC scholarships and/or working through a medical recruiter. The PMS and their staff should have info.

Even so, if you get your degree and request the Nurse Corps they will likely select you....even if not in the branch selection process, you can transfer branches to the Nurse Corps. But it is easier and best to do it up front.

Speak with the Nurse corps folks now; go to the hospital and ask to talk to the chief nurse (might be best to have your green to gold and Nurse program acceptance first). Tell them you are doing G2G and nursing, they will likely latch onto you.

If you have trouble going down those lines, send me a PM and I’ll. link you up with folks.

Response by 1LT Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 1 at 2019 12:27 PM

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Short answer is yes. The hardest part is getting accepted to a nursing program.

- Source: I’m currently a non-scholarship nursing cadet.

Response by CPT Brad Wilson made Apr 1 at 2019 3:20 PM

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Back when I was in ROTC (1988-1992) the answer was yes My school had a highly rated nursing program and we had thousands of dollars of scholarship money available just for nursing students that went unused because no I even applied for it Nursing students also did a separate Advanced Camp then also spending a lot of time at the hospital at Ft Lewis assisting the nurses there

Response by MAJ Ken Landgren made Apr 1 at 2019 7:34 PM

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Ask about scholarships.

Response by 1LT Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 2 at 2019 6:20 AM

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As many have already mentioned, you totally can. You just need to be able to have two years remaining on your degree and remain enrolled full time for those 2 years. As someone else may have mentioned contact an AMEDD recruiter to discuss the other various Nurse accession programs available. If you go green to gold or ROTC as a nursing major you will be forced into nursing and not compete for other career fields.

Response by MIDN 2/C Private RallyPoint Member made Apr 5 at 2019 12:41 AM

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Yes Off course