{"id":1420,"date":"2016-06-21T14:22:19","date_gmt":"2016-06-21T18:22:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/armyrotc\/?page_id=1420"},"modified":"2019-06-04T15:03:18","modified_gmt":"2019-06-04T19:03:18","slug":"nursing-in-rotc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/armyrotc\/nursing-in-rotc\/","title":{"rendered":"Nursing in ROTC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With real world experience you may not find in nursing school alone, nursing students who are also Army\u00a0<span class=\"targetword\"><span class=\"word\">ROTC<\/span><\/span>\u00a0Cadets benefit from extensive one-on-one mentoring and training. You&#8217;ll find out exactly what it takes to become a leader in your medical field.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re considering an undergraduate nursing degree, enrolling in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.goarmy.com\/rotc.html\" target=\"_blank\">Army ROTC<\/a>\u00a0can enhance your leadership skills and critical-thinking abilities while providing financial support to help make your professional goals a reality. Being a Nurse in the Army provides you with opportunities not found in the civilian world. As an Army Nurse and\u00a0<span class=\"targetword\"><span class=\"word\">Officer<\/span><\/span>, you will have the respect of your peers and coworkers as well as opportunities to train and serve in a variety of specialties.<\/p>\n<p>Army\u00a0<span class=\"targetword\"><span class=\"word\">ROTC<\/span><\/span>&#8216;s <a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/armyrotc\/facilities-and-training\/nurse-summer-training-program\/\" target=\"_blank\">Nurse Summer Training Program<\/a> will give you the opportunity to truly fulfill the promises of your training after graduation. Coordinating and communicating patient care, you&#8217;ll be in a clear position to succeed.<\/p>\n<p>University of Maine Army ROTC provides an opportunity for college nursing students to receive practical, hands-on leadership experience. The courses provide a chance for students to develop management, communication and decision-making skills in a non-threatening environment. Two, Three, and Four year scholarships are available to nursing students.\u00a0A few nurse scholarship winners are also awarded a room scholarship that can be used throughout their college years.<\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive-video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Army ROTC Nurse Program (4 minutes)\" width=\"1268\" height=\"951\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0j3FodDqRnw?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong>What Happens After Graduation?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You will be commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the United States Army. Your first assignment, which is determined by evaluating your college performance, ROTC standing, and your preferences, can be one of over 25 hospitals in the continental United States, Alaska, Hawaii, Germany, or Korea. Before you go to your first assignment, you will attend the Officer Basic Course (12 weeks) at Fort Sam Houston, Texas.<\/p>\n<p>Once you have been working as an Army Nurse for at least one year, you are eligible to attend one of the clinical specialty courses of your choice. Currently, the course choices are: Preoperative Nursing, Critical Care Nursing, Emergency Nursing, Obstetrical and Gynecological Nursing, Community Health Nursing, and Psychiatric\/Mental Health Nursing. You also have the opportunity, as a member of the Army Nurse Corps, to apply for fully funded Masters Degree programs, such as Family Nurse Practitioner, Pediatric Nurse Practitioner, Nurse Midwife, Anesthesia Nursing, MSN\/Clinical Nurse Specialist, and the Baylor Health Care Administration Program.<\/p>\n<div class=\"responsive-video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"ARMY MEDICINE: Nurses\" width=\"1268\" height=\"713\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mMB73qagas8?wmode=transparent&amp;rel=0&amp;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With real world experience you may not find in nursing school alone, nursing students who are also Army\u00a0ROTC\u00a0Cadets benefit from extensive one-on-one mentoring and training. You&#8217;ll find out exactly what it takes to become a leader in your medical field. If you&#8217;re considering an undergraduate nursing degree, enrolling in\u00a0Army ROTC\u00a0can enhance your leadership skills and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":618,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":12,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_kad_blocks_custom_css":"","_kad_blocks_head_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_body_custom_js":"","_kad_blocks_footer_custom_js":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1420","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"taxonomy_info":[],"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":{"display_name":"","author_link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/armyrotc\/author\/"},"comment_info":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/armyrotc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/armyrotc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/armyrotc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/armyrotc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/618"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/armyrotc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1420"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/armyrotc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1420\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1735,"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/armyrotc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1420\/revisions\/1735"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/armyrotc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}