Posted on Mar 24, 2019
Can someone in the Nurse Corps switch over to the Medical Corps? Would they keep their rank or move up in rank?
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Hello, I am nearing the end if my first enlistment into the Army. I am currently close to getting my associates degree and was wondering, if I went green to gold and became a nurse, could I become a doctor sometime after? I want to become an endocrinologist, but school of course is expensive.
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While this is possible, not sure about probable. The link below describes the School of Medicine by the numbers. You might be able to pursue this directly from ROTC.
https://www.usuhs.edu/medschool/matriculation-facts
https://www.usuhs.edu/medschool/matriculation-facts
The mission of the Uniformed Services University of Health Sciences is to educate, train, and comprehensively prepare uniformed services health professionals, scientists, and leaders to support the Military and Public Health Systems, the National Security and National Defense Strategies of the United States, and the readiness of our Uniformed Services.
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Don't waste time being a nurse if you want to be a doctor. First, nursing at the BSN level isn't exactly very medical and focuses on patient care and not medicine and diagnosis. Second, it flushes several years down the drain that could be spent preparing for actual medicine.
As LTC Mackay pointed out there is USUHS. It starts out as a LT and graduates as a CPT.
If you really want to be a doctor, finish your BS, apply to the EPMD2 and then to USUHS.
As LTC Mackay pointed out there is USUHS. It starts out as a LT and graduates as a CPT.
If you really want to be a doctor, finish your BS, apply to the EPMD2 and then to USUHS.
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MSG (Anonymous) it's true it's an extremely competitive program. The only person I know who was accepted was a fellow career counselor. They could also apply straight to USUHS with all the prerequisites, but it can be difficult to satisfy all the prerequisites sciences on active duty. I actually have a friend who was an 11B who did it on active duty.
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Why spend your money on nursing if your goal is MD/DO? Not all nursing school college credits carry over so you’d probably be doing some additional classes on top of your BSN to be able to apply to medical school.
If nursing is something you want to do, you could go on to get your MSN/NP later on and you then are a provider. You can commission as a nurse and then as time goes on work on your masters/doctorate. But seriously consider one option or the other, but doing both is simply a waste of your time and money.
If nursing is something you want to do, you could go on to get your MSN/NP later on and you then are a provider. You can commission as a nurse and then as time goes on work on your masters/doctorate. But seriously consider one option or the other, but doing both is simply a waste of your time and money.
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My primary goal right now is to finish my bachelor's in biology. I want to use the active duty green to gold program to do that. I don't know much about the differences of medical corps Moses I can use with a bachelor's degree I assumed nursing? My goal is basically to get all of schooling done, including medical school, active duty while on the army's dime.
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I wouldn't try to do nursing unless you actually want to be a nurse - you need your nursing classes, clinicals, and NCLEX which is all money away (and another 1-2 years) from your bachelor's in biology. Tuition Assistance and GI Bill both would be routes to paying for completing your bachelor's. If medical school is your ultimate goal, you should contact an AMEDD recruiter and see what they can do for you once you get into medical school. I know they generally do either a loan repayment program or a scholarship based on when you are coming back in as a medical officer.
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