Does anybody know how it works for Early Commission Program officers wanting Nurse Corps branch?

1LT Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 16 Jun 2018 22:30:48 -0400

I have been told it’s possible, but you would have to commission in one of the basic component branches while still finishing your bachelors degree and then you can request to switch branches your senior year in nursing school?

Response by 1LT Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 16 at 2018 10:48 PM

1LT Private RallyPoint Member — Sat, 16 Jun 2018 22:48:04 -0400

Sort of, this is for the early commission program rotc for army. You commission as an officer in 2 years and you have 3 years to finish and get your bachelors. A little bit different.

Response by Marcus Kesler made Jun 16 at 2018 11:33 PM

Marcus Kesler — Sat, 16 Jun 2018 23:33:55 -0400

If you are interested in considering going active duty in the US Public Health Service, we have a program for students to commission as an O-1 while finishing school:

https://www.usphs.gov/student/jrcostep.aspx
https://www.usphs.gov/student/srcostep.aspx

USPHS is one of the lesser known 7 Uniformed Services (which includes the 5 Armed Services everyone knows about), but it's something that might be worth looking into.

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Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made Jun 17 at 2018 12:18 AM

SGT Private RallyPoint Member — Sun, 17 Jun 2018 00:18:40 -0400

Army ROTC is the biggest source for Army nursing officers. West Point doesn't offer nursing and you can't commission through OCS as a nurse. In addition, very few professional nurses want to abandon a well paying job for a direct commission.

Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made Jun 17 at 2018 4:19 AM

Capt Daniel Goodman — Sun, 17 Jun 2018 04:19:12 -0400

A little known thing is that, while rare, you can often commission in another svc than you trained for...I've seen it happen, my next younger brother was USMMA Kings Point, which is legally an NROTC program, many of their grads when I commissioned him when he'd finished went Army, USAF, USCG, one went NOAA Corps....there's also the USPHS Commissioned Corps, which has a very extensive agree!ent with all the other svcs, esp Army, Navy, and USAF, they also send to USCG, the bulk are psych related spots, however, of you'd want psych nursing, they do 3-yr tours, I've read...

Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made Jun 17 at 2018 4:19 AM

Capt Daniel Goodman — Sun, 17 Jun 2018 04:19:51 -0400

http://www.usuhs.edu/gsn

Read this, it's grad level, for MSN, maybe NP, just read it, you'll see....

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Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made Jun 17 at 2018 4:20 AM

Capt Daniel Goodman — Sun, 17 Jun 2018 04:20:21 -0400

Also, of has a PhD, and I think a DNP for doctoral level, I'm not entirely certain, read it and check, OK?

Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made Jun 17 at 2018 4:22 AM

Capt Daniel Goodman — Sun, 17 Jun 2018 04:22:05 -0400

http://www.usphs.gov

Look at their nursing pages, also look at COSTEP, the USPHS tanalogue to ROTC, you're Army ROTC now, I gather, however, I !merely provide it as info, that's all, as many are unaware of such things, of found....

www.usphs.gov

Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made Jun 17 at 2018 4:25 AM

Capt Daniel Goodman — Sun, 17 Jun 2018 04:25:24 -0400

Next, getting a BSN and RN, if you commission, will automatically mandate that you go fpgrad level, minimum MSN, possibly NP, almost instantly, I assure you, aside fromprof mil ed (PME) requirements, not just in your own svc, but others also, that's true of all svcs, I don't care which one, or which branch, trust me on that, if you want to stay in, a!sters, then doctoral, maybe NP also, probably, or nurse anesthesist, nurse OB/GYN, depending on what you'd wantz I didn't say you'd want any of hose, I'm just mentioning them.....

Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made Jun 17 at 2018 4:26 AM

Capt Daniel Goodman — Sun, 17 Jun 2018 04:26:33 -0400

Look also at certified first assist (CFA), in nursing it's termed RN first assist (RN-FA), to let you function in OR closing sites, if a surgeon has to leave, I know it exits, I've read about it extensively....

Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made Jun 17 at 2018 4:27 AM

Capt Daniel Goodman — Sun, 17 Jun 2018 04:27:44 -0400

And that's esp try ofmyoumwamt sirg RN or NP, trust !e, been there, seen that, I assure you, I wasn't RN, however, I spoke with many before my total perm disability, I know quite well how they train....

Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made Jun 17 at 2018 4:28 AM

Capt Daniel Goodman — Sun, 17 Jun 2018 04:28:27 -0400

http://www.excelsior.edu

Was NYS govt, privatized, has MSN, maybe NP, very svc friendly....

www.excelsior.edu

Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made Jun 17 at 2018 4:29 AM

Capt Daniel Goodman — Sun, 17 Jun 2018 04:29:12 -0400

http://www.tesu.edu

In NJ, has DNP program doctoral level for RN, state program....

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Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made Jun 17 at 2018 4:29 AM

Capt Daniel Goodman — Sun, 17 Jun 2018 04:29:42 -0400

http://www.charteroak.edu

In CT, also state I think, also real....

www.charteroak.edu

Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made Jun 17 at 2018 4:32 AM

Capt Daniel Goodman — Sun, 17 Jun 2018 04:32:09 -0400

If you'd want to chat !ore, I can try to to explain !ore, I was doctoral level allied health, we shut my license sevl yes ago due to my disability, however, I saw and observed a good deal that you might find useful, trust me, you'll need MSN and NP with CFA/RN-FA to function at the level you want, aside for on publishing, which I wanted dto do, but was never able....

Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made Jun 17 at 2018 4:34 AM

Capt Daniel Goodman — Sun, 17 Jun 2018 04:34:55 -0400

http://www.amsus.org

Join this as a student MBR, trust me, it'd be real useful, promise...and would you also think about PA. NP has independent privilege for pharm, PA is under med to sign offz however, I was just curious if you'd given thatnthouyhtz as there's an intersvc PA program Army runs at Ft Sam Houston, if you'd want to look it up...also, USCG usesmits own PAs, the rest of their clinical staff is either USPHS or USCg Auxiliary is also allowed to help clinically, if licensed.....

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Response by Capt Daniel Goodman made Sep 3 at 2018 9:12 AM

Capt Daniel Goodman — Mon, 03 Sep 2018 09:12:14 -0400

I saw you want med surf also...if so, you're gonna find existence a whole lot more intellectually opportunistic, I think as an NP, as opposed to staying RN, which means MSM and PhD or DNP or DMS for doctoral level...then too, look at nurse anesthesia, since you're gonna be doing basically the same level of period care...finally look up something little known called certified first assist (CFA), tailored for RNs and NPs as what is termed generally as RN-FA...as a CFA/RM-FA, yid be allowed, as I understand the matter, to close on surgeries, if a surgeon leaves a room, our privileges surgically are seriously expanded...and, if you can get to NP, also termed, veriously, FNP for family stuff, or, also, ARNP, for accredited registered, you'd be able to jamg your own, have yur own DEA number independent of physicians, as opposed to being a PA, generally termed an RPA-C, for registered and certified...I realize you're committed to Army, I get that, I merely thought to suggest the USPHS since the have a use for psych trained RNs and NPs to be assigned to the tri-service world, Army, Navy, USAF, on an agreement for interservice assignment, where you'd be USPHS tasked to them for a minimum of 3 yrs...I didn't realize at first, I think, that, I gather, your at NM Mil Inst, I'd seem you'd listed that, however, I've known of instances where merely because one goes through one svc training doesn't mean one can't try to commission in another, I've known of many instances of that, the del base commander where I was had been Annapolis, he went USAF after finishing...also, my next younger brother was USMMA Kings Point, I commissioned him when he finished, as I was USAF at the time, sevl grads there went Army, USAF, USCG, one even went into NOAA Corps, that I saw with my own eyes, so if they could, maybe you could also, esp if you'd say you'd want to be assigned to Army as part of the USPHS 3 yr agreement thing, you know?