What to expect going into 68C as a 68W?

Hi! Being a Charlie is great but very different than a whiskey.

1) Whiskeys’ have a greater scope of practice down range, because they do what ever it takes to save someone. Charlies’ have a larger scope of practice day to day but are bound by their license and there is stuff whiskeys’ can do in some settings that Charlies’ can’t. So it really different.

2) For prior service in AIT it’s not bad. Phase I is super structured pretty much 0500-1700 is planned out. Phase II is pretty structured but everyone is treated like permanent party and you have free time and less games.

3) idk what the pass/fail rate is but I noticed that most of the people that failed out where in phase I and if they failed out in phase II it’s cause they didn’t want to be nurses. When it came time to sitting for your license we had a 95% first time go and 100% for second time.

4) As for duty station it was pretty evenly split between hospitals vs CSHs. I will say ALL hospitals in the MILITARY (navy, army, etc) and going to be converting to joint (Defense Health Agency) DHA facilities so eventually you could be stationed at a place that’s not traditionally army.

5) promotions were easy cause pints were low. But not points are currently at 798 (secondary) and 540ish (primary). They offered a bunch of bonuses reacently.

6)Charlie’s it depends of what you want. You can go EFMB, airborne, air assault pretty easily. Most other stuff you have to ask for or finagle you way Into it.

Overall, being a Charlie isn’t bad but it’s different than being a medic. Hospital side is not high speed at all.

1)scope of practice is somewhat more restricted due to operating under a license but when working in a DOD situation you are less restricted than as a civilian. There are some skills you can do as a 68C most 68W don’t usually do such as more leadership roles in hospitals and administering medications. 2) daily life is a bit better as prior service than for initial soldiers but by phase two it’s about the same. Your so busy it doesn’t make a difference so be ready for a lot of studying, taking tests, and writing case studies on top of the clinical hours. 3) not sure what the pass/fail rate is but my class went from 63 down to 47. 4) I’m not sure about the guard but I’ve mostly been in MSU units until recently being promoted to a Training unit and now getting ready for DS school and very much ready for the change. Which brings me to 5) not as many slots for 68C as there is for 68W so I wish I had kept 68W as my primary MOS (we used to be 68WM6 so had to be a 68W first). The army also does not pay for you to maintain your LPN as they do for 68W with EMS. So over all the biggest advantage is the education and advanced experience that you can take to the civilian side. 6) not sure it leads to much else in advanced training on the Army side other than the schooling recieved. It is however one of the few MOSs that is highly beneficial on the civilian side.

Really the only advanced school for an enlisted nurse is dialysis school. You want a broader range then you'd have to go lpn to nurse