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Experience. You will not find anywhere else the kind of direct, hands-on experience you will receive in ROTC training. You will be given significant responsibilities early in your career.

Leadership. An officer is a leader. That's why leadership and management are stressed as part of the ROTC Program. Army ROTC provides nursing students with unique training to develop the kind of skills that will help them take charge.

Advancement. There is no mystery about how to get ahead in the Army Nurse Corps. Promotions are based on performance and the career path is clear-cut. You will be given the opportunity to progress in rank as your nursing proficiency and effective leadership traits are demonstrated.

Professional Environment. As an Army nurse, you are an important member of the health care team. You have been given the training to meet problems head-on and solve them quickly, adapting to the situation and taking charge. You are a thinker and decision maker, earning the respect of your colleagues and the people who work for you.

If nursing is your professional goal, there is no better place to begin your career than Army ROTC. Army ROTC offers you a unique opportunity to gain practical experience while you receive financial assistance for college. Nursing majors compete for 2, 3, and 4 year scholarships.

You have chosen a demanding profession. Medical emergencies require a cool head and clear thinking. Making the most of your skills, building a sense of confidence, and helping you realize your leadership and management potential are what Army ROTC is all about.

As an Army ROTC nurse cadet, you will be able to combine college electives in military science and invaluable nurse summer training experience with your regular nursing program. You will develop your professional skills while you learn some meaningful things about yourself and what you can accomplish.

Upon completion of the program (and provided all prerequisites are met), you will receive a commission as an officer in the Army Nurse Corp, ready to take on the challenges of your profession in one of the military medical treatment facilities in the U.S., Germany, or Korea. You will find that your Army ROTC experience has taken you a long way toward realizing your professional goals.

Partnership in Nursing Education

Nursing is an extremely competitive degree program. In some colleges or universities nursing students face tough competition to get into clinical nursing classes, usually the beginning of their junior year. Some nursing schools admit five freshmen for every clinical nursing seat.

In March 1996, Cadet Command implemented a new program called "Partnership in Nursing Education (PNE)." This program established "partnerships" with a number of nursing schools affiliated with Army ROTC. They guarantee progression of qualified Army ROTC nurse cadets into the clinical nursing classes. Texas Christian University earned its Partnership in Nursing Education status in 1996.

Students who receive four-year and three-year nursing scholarships must use them at one of the colleges or universities designated as PNE programs. While most two-year scholarship winners attend PNE schools, some two-year scholarships are available at other ROTC-affiliated colleges and universities.

The Nurse Summer Training Program

The NSTP is a three-week clinical elective for Army ROTC nurse cadets. Attendance is voluntary. This paid elective is conducted at Army hospitals in the United States, Germany and Korea. You attend NSTP during the summer with Advanced Camp, which is usually attended between the Junior and Senior year of college. During the NSTP clinical elective, you will receive "hands on" experience under the direct supervision of a preceptor -- an Army Nurse Corps officer who works with you one-on-one.

While you follow the same duty schedule as your preceptor, you could receive training in such areas as patient assessment...planning of patient care...nutrition maintenance and feeding techniques...range of motion and mobility...medication administration...emergency procedures...intravenous (IV) therapy, and other special techniques.

Regular coaching sessions will monitor your performance and enhance your progress. Partnership in Nursing Education Programs award academic credit for this program. And by summer's end, NSTP will have shown you a preview of the real world of nursing, developed your professional skills and given you valuable insights into your abilities.

You Keep On Learning

Nursing is a dynamic profession. Skills and professional knowledge must be constantly updated. The Army Nurse Corps knows that earning your BSN is an achievement to be proud of and is committed to providing opportunities to continue to enhance your abilities, interests and knowledge. Once you become an Army nurse, you may apply for specialty courses such as:

Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing. This 22-week course is designed to prepare you with the necessary knowledge and clinical skills to deliver care and treatment to psychiatric patients.

Preoperative Nursing. This 16-week course is designed to prepare you to function as first-level staff nurses in the operating room (OR). It also focuses on the OR nurse's responsibilities in the preparation and sterilization of supplies/equipment; special fields of surgery; and the principles and techniques of supervision and management of the operating room.

Obstetrical and Gynecological Nursing. This 16-week course is designed to provide you the necessary knowledge and clinical skills required to deliver inpatient and ambulatory nursing care to pregnant women, newborn infants and patients with gynecological problems.

Critical Care Nursing. This 16-week course prepares nurses to be critical care staff nurses. Course content includes clinical skills, teaching, supervision and management in a variety of critical care settings.

Community Health. The 9-week Principles of Military Preventive Medicine course is designed to provide the entry level skills and knowledge in preventive medicine specialty areas. Content includes community health practices, communicable and infectious diseases, epidemiology, statistics, medical entomology, industrial hygiene, health physics, sanitary engineering, and environmental science as well as various specialty modules.

Once you have obtained career status and met eligibility criteria, you may apply for selection to graduate degree programs such as Anesthesia Nursing, Health Care Administration, or Family Nurse Practitioner or pursue a graduate education at the school of your choice.