ARMY ROTC NURSING PROGRAM
YOU'RE DIFFERENT AND YOU KNOW IT.
It's a simple truth: Nurses are special people. That's because of another simple truth: Becoming a nurse is hard. It takes years of work and emotional effort to become one. So if you're going to choose to become a nurse, you may as well choose to become a nurse, you may as well choose to become one of the best, most highly trained nurses in the world.
ROTC SCHOLARSHIPS. MORE VALUABLE THAN MONEY.
ROTC offers hundreds of scholarships every year. But ROTC is a lot more than just money for college. It's a way to get experience that other nursing students can't get anywhere else. ROTC is the first step on the road to becoming a great nurse and a true leader, and discovering inner strength you never knew you had.
ROTC. LEARN TO LEAD.
ROTC is not "Boot Camp" on campus. It's a series of college electives that take about the same amount of time as any others you take. In them you'll learn leadership skills that will make you not only a better nurse, but also a better, more organized and disciplined person -- the kind of person who can handle just about anything that comes your way. In fact, Army nurses enjoy a much greater degree of responsibility than nurses in the civilian world.
When you graduate from college, you won't just have your nursing degree. You'll have a commission as an Officer in the United States Army. And you'll go on to be a respected member of the Army Nurse Corps while serving either full time in the U.S. Army or part time in the Army Reserve.
SCHOLARSHIPS. YOUR REWARD FOR EXCELLENCE.
When you're an Army ROTC nursing student, you've got some advantages over regular nursing students. We offer two-, three- and four-year nursing scholarships worth up to $68,000 toward tuition and educational fees to qualified and eligible individuals. These scholarships are awarded competitively, strictly on merit to the most qualified applicants. Your academic history and extracurricular achievements are part of the selection process.
An additional benefit of an ROTC scholarship is an annual designated book allowance. Army ROTC scholarship winners also receive a tax-free stipend worth up to $4,000 per year.
For additional information: http://rotc.tamucc.edu/index1.html
AFTER YOU GRADUATE, YOU'LL STILL BE LEARNING.
Nursing is an ever-changing profession. Once you become an Army nurse, you may apply for specialty courses like:
Critical Care Nursing. This 16-week course prepares nurses for intense care settings. Course content includes clinical skills, teaching, supervision and management in a variety of critical care settings.
Obstetrical and Gynecological Nursing. This 16-week course provides you with the necessary knowledge and clinical skills to deliver both impatient and outpatient nursing care to pregnant women, newborns and gynecological patients.
Perioperative Nursing. This 16-week course is designated to prepare you to function as a first-level staff nurse in the Operating Room (OR). It also focuses on the OR nurse's responsibilities in the preparation and sterilization of principles and techniques of supervision and management of the OR.
Psychiatric/Mental Health Nursing. This 22-week course is designed to provide you with the necessary knowledge and clinical skills to deliver care and treatment to psychiatric patients.
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.
YOU'RE MORE THAN A NURSE. YOU'RE AN OFFICER.
Army nurses don't just give shots - they call them, too. First and foremost, Army nurses are Officers, which means they have been trained to handle just about anything the world can throw at them. Army nurses go on to positions of great responsibility in the Army and in civilian healthcare practices.
There's no mystery about how to get ahead in the Army Nurse Corps, either. Promotions are performance-based, and the career path is clear-cut. You'll be given the opportunity to progress in rank as your nursing proficiency and effective leadership traits are demonstrated. The Army Nurse Corps is part of a tradition that goes back to the Revolutionary War. Whenever and wherever America's Soldiers have needed care, Army nurses have been there.