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Thinking of getting into nursing in my civilian career. Just wondered what Army Nursing was like in the Guard and reserves. Are there alot of nursing slots? What would you do in a deployment setting?
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68C: Practical/Vocational NursingStaff NursePublic Health NurseAMEDD Recruiter
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Can't speak to the amount of slots, but Army Nurses in the Reserves tend to have 1 of 2 missions: Backfill active duty MTFs when active duty personnel are pulled to deploy or to deploy as their own integral field units. As for deployment, it depends on what type of medical unit you belong to. Non-practitioner ANC officers tend to fill slots in Role II and III units (FST, Med Co, CSH, etc). You do your regular clinical duties, just in a field setting. The field setting makes things challenging and interesting.
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I know my old martial arts master, may he rest in peace, was in the minority. But he was in great demand in the ER especially when there was a out of control violent patient. He was the inspiration for looking into nursing.
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LTC Paul Labrador
CPT (Join to see) - Males tend to congregate in critical care (ER, ICU) and practitioner roles, particularly CRNAs.
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LTC Paul Labrador
CPT (Join to see) - 66Bs are a low density MOS, so as an ER nurse, I don't deal with them very often. Their job tends to isolate them from the rest of the nursing population (ie hospital vs community).
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There are 2 nurses in the army. The LPN which is the enlisted version and the rn which is officer. In the ANG you can have an associate degree in nursing and be commissioned but you can't rank higher than captain. So to answer your question further we need to know if you are looking to get your RN or LPN
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My first degree is in Environmental Health Science with a minor in biology. There are a few prerequisites for the nursing program that I still need to take. I was looking at this program because it is close to my house and it is more affordable than most of the BSN programs. And I would have to work around my job and family life. But if I can find another more affordable BSN program I will definitely look into it.
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Just to update what SSG Robert's said, you can no longer be a nurse in the military with an associates it changed several years ago now, its BSN only.
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