Can I Get My Lpn Instead Of Bsn To Join The Navy To Be A Nurse?


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I AM A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL, FEMALE, WHO CONSIDERS GOING TO THE NAVY RIGHT AFTER BUT I KEEP HEARING THAT I HAVE TO HAVE MY BSN BEFOREI GO TO A NAVY. I WAS WONDERING IS THERE ANY OTHER DEGREE THAT I COULD GET INSTEAD??BECAUSE I HEAR THAT IT TAKES 4 YEARS SOMETIMES LONGER…AND I LIVE IN MIAMI WITH MY MOM WHO IS STRUGGLING WITH FINICIAL PROBLEMS BADLY SO THERES NO WAY I COULD STAY DOWN HERE FOR 4 EXTRA YEARS WHEN I GRADUATE …SO COULD SOMEBODY PLEASE HELP ME ASAP….THANKS

4 Comments so far

  1. acidBURN on December 11, 2009 10:05 pm

    No branch of the military will allow you to serve as a Nurse with only an LPN license. All Nurses are Officers and in order to be an Officer, one must have a Bachelor’s Degree. Nurses specifically must have a Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing to qualify for a commission. It takes about 4 years going to school full-time to earn the BSN. No short cuts.
    There are enlisted positions in medical care that don’t require a degree and you will receive outstanding military training and experience. The Army has 68WM6s which are pretty much the same as a civilian LPN. The Navy has corpsman, while I understand they are high-speed in their medical training I don’t know the specifics.

  2. Rock Or Something on December 11, 2009 10:55 pm

    Whoa, lose the caps lock!
    BSN = 4 year bachelor’s degree = college graduate. You need this to be an officer.
    All you need to be a corpsman is to have graduated high school. We’ll train you as an LPN, basically. You can even earn your BSN if you work your @ss off after hours…plenty of people do.
    Talk to your local recruiter: they’ll have all the answers!

  3. Mrsjvb on December 11, 2009 11:37 pm

    no. Minimum is a BSN, period.
    look into getting into ROTC with Nurse option and see about getting a scholarship that way.

  4. Sweet Cat on December 11, 2009 11:59 pm

    No!