Welcome to the Military Nursing Forum!

[cougarnurse]

Welcome to the Military Nurses Forum! This is also a Forum for those with family, friends, etc., in the Military. I would also like to dedicate it to MagRedC5, who is presently stationed in 'The SandBox'.

'Cat'

[SoldierNurse]

Thanks Cat!

If, anyone would like to ask me a question[s] regards to military nursing, specifically Army Nurse Corps, I'm definitely the SME... Subject Matter Expert. I'd be more than happy to help those considering serving this great country of ours as a military nurse. IMHO, [although never been an LVN/LPN] the Army Medical Dept. [AMEDD] is great place for LVNs to gain nursing skills. The AMEDD has a great LVN program and are given more opportunities as a nurse compared to civilian nursing.

Of course, as a BSN & Army Officer the Army Nurse Corps is great career, too.

HOOAH!

[maloner]

Hello,
This is my first time in this (or any forum) so new experience but I have been reading them for a while. I am interested in Army and AF Reserves. I have my BSN and am an ED nurse. I have been interested in military nursing since 1992but would not leave my son, now he is grown. I contacted an AFR recruiter who sent me an app but then I was unable to contact him. I am 44 and meet the physical and professional requirements. Have the age requirments changed recently?
Thanks for your time,
maloner

[SoldierNurse]

Hello,
This is my first time in this (or any forum) so new experience but I have been reading them for a while. I am interested in Army and AF Reserves. I have my BSN and am an ED nurse. I have been interested in military nursing since 1992but would not leave my son, now he is grown. I contacted an AFR recruiter who sent me an app but then I was unable to contact him. I am 44 and meet the physical and professional requirements. Have the age requirments changed recently?
Thanks for your time,
maloner

The Army Nurse Corps [ANC] max age limit for initial commission is 46 years old. Plus, the ANC has a specific skill identifier [AOC] for ED nurses, 66HM5.

Feel free to email me for specific questions regards to the ANC.

[pgrieves1]

Hi there..

I am looking into military opportunities as a RN. I have a BSN, I'm 40 years old...married...two boys ages five and eight....
I'm about twenty lbs overweight....need to get in shape...
I do take a mild blood pressure pill and 50mg Zoloft everyday to keep my mood good.....
I'm also getting my thyroid checked out tommorow...family history..

So would any of the above physical things prevent me from being a miliary nurse.
I wonder what the physical requirements are for a nurse in the Army at 40.
I am prior service....about six years or so in the Army Reserves when I was a spring chicken.

Well thanks for your input.

[pgrieves1]

Hi there..

I am looking into military opportunities as a RN. I have a BSN, I'm 40 years old...married...two boys ages five and eight....
I'm about twenty lbs overweight....need to get in shape...
I do take a mild blood pressure pill and 50mg Zoloft everyday to keep my mood good.....
I'm also getting my thyroid checked out tommorow...family history..

So would any of the above physical things prevent me from being a miliary nurse.
I wonder what the physical requirements are for a nurse in the Army at 40.
I am prior service....about six years or so in the Army Reserves when I was a spring chicken.

Well thanks for your input.

I might add that my nursing resume needs a boost. I spent some years in nursing homes on the weekends, getting my babies out of diapers. I've moved around and changed jobs a lot....not at any one position more than two years and some just several months....so my resume looks crappy that way. I got a little over a year in a half in Tele about two years ago.....but that was the highest level of more acute care nursing that I have been in....otherwise lower acuity nursing home and community nursing settings.
So I would like to get critical care training in the Army.

Thanks for any info you have.

I should wait until Oct. 1 to see what new deals the recruiters have for the new year, huh? I have a 20k student loan to pay off...the Air Force recruiter I emailed tonight said the USAF was all out of special sign on bonus funds for this year and that the next years monies would be available after Oct 1.

Thanks again

[OutWest]

I sincerely thank you all for your service! I met my husband in the military; he was a medic and I somehow ended up running the admin side of the aid station during training exercises, but that a whole other story....

[SoldierNurse]

I sincerely thank you all for your service! I met my husband in the military; he was a medic and I somehow ended up running the admin side of the aid station during training exercises, but that a whole other story....

Your kind words are appreciated!

This particular forum is for past, present, and future military healthcare folks, as well as friends & family of same. I'd be interested in reading about your BAS training exercises experiences. Is your husband in the healthcare field, now, as a civilian?

BTW, I sincerely appreciate you & your husband's military service... thanks!

[OutWest]

Hey MagRedC5

My husband is now an ER RN. We were both in the Florida Army National Guard, he as a part timer, me as AGR and a GS tech. We both got out in the mid 90's so it's been a long while.

I see you've got the Tacoma weather up, are you from Ft. Lewis?? I had the opportunity to do a KPUP tour there with HHC I Corps back in 1991...beautiful place.

[SoldierNurse]

Hey MagRedC5

My husband is now an ER RN. We were both in the Florida Army National Guard, he as a part timer, me as AGR and a GS tech. We both got out in the mid 90's so it's been a long while.

I see you've got the Tacoma weather up, are you from Ft. Lewis?? I had the opportunity to do a KPUP tour there with HHC I Corps back in 1991...beautiful place.

My permanent duty station is Madigan Army Medical Center, FT Lewis. I'm PROFIS [on loan] to the 31st CSH, FT Bliss, TX and deployed to Iraq. I like the Puget Sound area but my wife hates the rain, which happens 9 months out of the year. I'm a Texan 101% and would like to make a PCS move to BAMC, FT Sam Houston, TX.