I Am An Lpn Joining The Army…?


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I am an Lpn, but the army wants to put me in the 16 week ait program for healthcare specailist. Does my LPN license mean nothing?

4 Comments so far

  1. Jethro Gipps on December 8, 2009 6:08 am

    it doesn’t count in the military, Get your BSN degree/RN license and get your commission as a 1LT.

  2. bigbadbu on December 8, 2009 6:31 am

    No offense but your LPN doesn’t mean jack. In fact if you enlist in the Army and go through their health care specialist you will be getting training on the level of nurses aid with a specialty like phlebotomist or radiological technician. You didn’t go to school just to be a glorified nurses aid did you? I didn’t think so.
    Luckily for you if you want to be an actual nurse in the Army it’s going to be easier than getting your LPN. All you have to do is get accepted into a nursing school in a university that has ROTC. If you do get accepted to both the nursing and ROTC programs you can get your RN license and the Army will pay for your tuition and your books. After you graduate you’ll be a debt-free licensed RN and you will get commissioned as a 2nd LT in the Army.

  3. Ed J on December 8, 2009 6:41 am

    You got that right.
    Get your four year BSN and you can become an Officer.

  4. armstron on December 8, 2009 7:31 am

    Military LPN is military based, not civilian.