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Yes, it is rare that it happens but I had a case like that last year. You cannot change over to a nurse corps scholarship later though.
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My daughter is going to try for the NROTC Nurse but apparently they give so few of those out! I was told that she can major in nursing anywhere they have NROTC and still commission as an officer in the Nurse Corps. I am following along here to see what others say. If you have the scholarship then you should be good to go
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If she is selected for the standard NROTC 4 year scholarship (not the Nurse Corps version), then she will NOT be eligible to be commissioned as a Navy Nurse. There is a Nurse Candidate Program which is different from NROTC. If people have questions on that they should either speak to a recruiter or speak to an NROTC unit. Anyone telling you that the 4 year national scholarship for NROTC can be used for a commission as a Nurse is misinforming you.
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I Thank God for this post forum. It is very confusing. So her only other option would be to just get her degree in nursing on her own and then enlist and go to Officer Training School? Her SAT is not really high and with the increasingly impressive competition--how will she ever fulfill her deepest passion of serving as a nurse in the military? any thoughts? DO they only take the best and brightest? How can she do this?
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Time for her to do serious research.
Nurses are officers. They do not enlist - that’s an entirely different path to service, equally important to military organizations, but not where you find nurses.
The Navy has OCS, Officer Candidate School and ODS, Officer Development School. No OTS. ODS is where direct accession officers go to transition into the healthcare provider officer communities.
First, go to this link, read all sub-menus, explore links. Definitely expand the Education Tab.
Explore a Career as a Navy Nurse | Navy.com
Find nursing jobs in the U.S. Navy Nurse Corps. Whether active duty or part time, the Navy has nursing career opportunities for you. Start your career today.
www.navy.com
Then, drill into the Navy Nurse Candidate program.
Once all this foundational research is done, she can follow the directions on the NCP site to contact a recruiter. These are not the same fine enlisted recruiters found at the nearby shopping center location, but officer recruiters. who work regionally.
And yes, Navy, Army and Air Force nursing programs are deeply competitive, setting high bars for academic achievement. Your daughter should discuss the typical academic profile and other hard questions with the recruiter. She also has to be competitive for BSN programs.
And, another path to commissioned officer healthcare service - Public Health Service. PHS has a small corps of commissioned officers, one of the 8 uniformed services but not one of the 6 that are armed services. Dedicated people serving the country in a variety of areas. Their uniforms look like Navy uniforms with different officer insignia; they use Navy and Coast Guard ranks. They enjoy generally the same benefits as military people.
Officer and Student Training Programs | Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service
Students interested in medicine, research and public health can find internship and scholarship opportunities in the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service.
www.usphs.gov
Nurse | Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service
Become a nurse in the Commissioned Corps of the U.S. Public Health Service.
www.usphs.gov
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