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I’m A Lpn And I Want To Be A Nurse In The Air Force…….?

First off, keep doing your homework before you talk to a recruiter. They will say anything to get you to sign the dotted line.
In the town I live in there is a college with Air Force ROTC. If you go to this college on air force scholarship they will pay for your college, give you an allowance and when you graduate you will be an officer in the Air Force (something lieutenant rank). Sounds like your kind of deal!
Since you are already an LPN you might be considering the bridge program, but if you are going for your BSN this is going to take some time and I don’t think you can join the Air Force and work as an LPN while working for BSN. You would have to do their enlisted job and do school on the side.
Either way, in the air force college degree = officer. Not enlisted. That means better jobs for you. You may get deployed, but you aren’t going to be directly in the line of fire as an officer as a general rule.
Check out colleges with Air Force ROTC. Also try googling J&J’s discover nursing website. There are tons of military nurses with stories on that site.
Good luck!

Jen also commented

  • Go ask them what your options are.
  • recruiters can be a little less than truthful, I would try asking someone who has been an Air Force nurse. Try asking this question in the military section. See if any of your friends know any nurses that have been in the AF.

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  • Which Would Be More Valuable When Searching For A Job, Lpn Or Cna?
    I’m going to school to become an LPN. You have more opportunities, better money and flexibility. Girl, you will have it made in the shade when you get your degree. I know I will =)
  • Which Would Be More Valuable When Searching For A Job, Lpn Or Cna?
    There are more CNA jobs than there are LPN jobs, but LPN’s make more money. Both require schooling, CNA is a short training program, and LPN is a 2 year college program. CNA’s take a state registry test to get certified and LPN sit for state test to get licensed.
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  • Which Would Be More Valuable When Searching For A Job, Lpn Or Cna?
    A CNA does really most all of the labor in nursing homes and hospitals, but LPN’s are higher in the chain of command than CNA’s. There is only one thing lower than them and they are trained NA’s! If your going to go to school in nursing, become a CNA first. It doesn’t take that long and it looks good to add that to your resume or something when you apply for school to study LPN. LPN’s do lots of paper work and record everything. They don’t totally have to do what CNA’s do but then again… even they have to do work sometimes. CNA’s and NA’s do all the heavy duty lifting, thankless feeding, turning, toileting, showering and all that fun stuff. I didn’t hate being a CNA, but along with the good days were the bad days!
  • Which Would Be More Valuable When Searching For A Job, Lpn Or Cna?
    some places are phasing out lpns and it is hard as any new grad to obtain employment in a medical field without previous medical experience. CNAs make very little money and it is back breaking work. Some nursing homes are hiring CNAs and will actually put you through a CNA program of their own design for free. I figured that because of the “nursing shortage” that it would be fairly easy for me to obtain a job after I graduated, but most places are saying they want one year of experience before they will hire a new grad. and there are many many many people looking for jobs everywhere. i guess it depends on where you are living. depending on your academic goals, and your location, you should also see how long the waiting lists are to get into whatever program you are looking for because many nursing programs have looooong waiting lists
  • Which Would Be More Valuable When Searching For A Job, Lpn Or Cna?
    LPN, more money and more opportunities, you will also be able to work a more flexible schedule, such as a weekend Baylor in which you would work 2–12 hour shifts on Sat/Sun and get paid for 36 hours.

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  1. Jen on December 1, 2009 1:44 pm

    First off, keep doing your homework before you talk to a recruiter. They will say anything to get you to sign the dotted line.
    In the town I live in there is a college with Air Force ROTC. If you go to this college on air force scholarship they will pay for your college, give you an allowance and when you graduate you will be an officer in the Air Force (something lieutenant rank). Sounds like your kind of deal!
    Since you are already an LPN you might be considering the bridge program, but if you are going for your BSN this is going to take some time and I don’t think you can join the Air Force and work as an LPN while working for BSN. You would have to do their enlisted job and do school on the side.
    Either way, in the air force college degree = officer. Not enlisted. That means better jobs for you. You may get deployed, but you aren’t going to be directly in the line of fire as an officer as a general rule.
    Check out colleges with Air Force ROTC. Also try googling J&J’s discover nursing website. There are tons of military nurses with stories on that site.
    Good luck!

  2. hecla 1 on December 1, 2009 2:12 pm

    recruiters can be a little less than truthful, I would try asking someone who has been an Air Force nurse. Try asking this question in the military section. See if any of your friends know any nurses that have been in the AF.

  3. thresher on December 1, 2009 2:25 pm

    Go ask them what your options are.