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Posted 5 y ago
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Posted 5 y ago
Stay in long enough and you will eventually move into hospital administration. The nursing license plus experience in administration will open up far more opportunities post-army than just experience alone. Work to upgrade your LPN to an RN and you can pretty much whatever you want in the civilian world. Your 91C may make it harder to make CSM in the Army, but in the long run you are better off.
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When I was enlisted my first re-enlistment and reclass was to 68C (called 91C then). Spent one year doing practical nursing in a hospital after AIT then 3 years in a CSH doing anything but medical stuff. Worked as an LPN and administrator after I got out and eventually upgraded to ASN RN then BSN and eventually back to active duty for CRNA (nurse anesthetist).
They all have their plusses and minuses but it boils down to what you make of it, whether active, reserves, or civilian. I was not happy working as an LPN but enjoyed being an NCO. The investment into an RN degree was well worth it. I can tell you as a retired O4 and working as a CRNA I probably make in a month what I made all year when I first got out in the mid 90s as a SSG or as an LPN. Utilizing the programs that the active and reserves offer to help fund and further your education will land you better jobs, with more options, better pay, better benefits, without having to borrow a couple hundred thousand to reach those goals.
They all have their plusses and minuses but it boils down to what you make of it, whether active, reserves, or civilian. I was not happy working as an LPN but enjoyed being an NCO. The investment into an RN degree was well worth it. I can tell you as a retired O4 and working as a CRNA I probably make in a month what I made all year when I first got out in the mid 90s as a SSG or as an LPN. Utilizing the programs that the active and reserves offer to help fund and further your education will land you better jobs, with more options, better pay, better benefits, without having to borrow a couple hundred thousand to reach those goals.
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Coming from the fueler world. I think it was a great choice. Appreciate that info. Taking it all in
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