Selecting Job: I WANT HM CORPSMAN

[sweetmtn]

First, yes you qualify for HM, but...it has to be open for you to get it. Things change and open up and close each day and you can tell them you prefer to wait til it comes open before signing anything. But, then again, it could be a long wait, or short, just depends. Did you want to join soon or can you afford to wait around? Just make sure that is what you really want, as an HM you basically only get the certification of a CNA, I think you can train higher, but not to the point of an LVN or RN.

[Sasso R.E.]

Well I want to finish off my semester at school right now... So I have my 2yr associates, after that (under stay 21) I want to get my nurse anesitians license... So I have 3 months to hang around...

[Craig]

Originally Posted by Sasso R.E.

Well I want to finish off my semester at school right now... So I have my 2yr associates, after that (under stay 21) I want to get my nurse anesitians license... So I have 3 months to hang around...

There is no guarantee that HM will be open. It's a crap shoot. The Navy can create jobs, they can only fill those that are needed. You need to have a list of 5 ratings (jobs) you would like, then talk to the classifier at MEPS to see if those ratings are open. It sucks because you use to be guaranteed ratings, but those days are now over. You only can pick from what they got.

[prop827]

Everything above is correct, and keep in mind corpsmen aren't necessarily EMT/Doctor at a hospital saving lives types. You get to work sick call and do preventative care medicine just like a primary care physician (minus the doctor stuff). Its not just ER combat casualty stuff corpsmen do, its every aspect of health care. At a lot of bases some corpsmen I know ONLY do STD tests or ONLY do incoming patients vitals (BP, Temp, etc). If you want to join get a list of a few jobs you'd like so you can be prepared for it when you go to MEPS. Craig had a nice post all about the HM rate not too long ago, I highly recommend you take a look at that if its more about the saving lives stuff then the Navy stuff.

BTW, Don't knock nukes too much, we are good people. Nuclear EM, best job in the fleet! (trust me, everyone thinks their job is the best job, and I'm no exception)

[Craig]

Originally Posted by prop827

BTW, Don't knock nukes too much, we are good people. Nuclear EM, best job in the fleet! (trust me, everyone thinks their job is the best job, and I'm no exception)

Just to add, Prop827 now writes his checks like this:

[prop827]

Where'd you get a copy of that??? My bank said they cashed it...... hahaha

[HM DEEZLE]

Originally Posted by sweetmtn

First, yes you qualify for HM, but...it has to be open for you to get it. Things change and open up and close each day and you can tell them you prefer to wait til it comes open before signing anything. But, then again, it could be a long wait, or short, just depends. Did you want to join soon or can you afford to wait around? Just make sure that is what you really want, as an HM you basically only get the certification of a CNA, I think you can train higher, but not to the point of an LVN or RN.

You actually can challenge the LVN test in certain states such as California...

President Obama was actually trying to make it so you can challenge the RN test(he was a corpsman). Though that may not happen, it's still interesting.

Saying a corpsman is the equivalent to a CNA is VERY wrong. I was in Nursing school and I had to get my CNA certification. As a corpsman you give shots, pass meds, insert tubes, and much more. CNAs CANNOT do any of that. Most of the HM C-Schools offer training for things a CNA would only dream of doing.. Idk where you get that CNA stuff from but all the HMs I've seen gets pissed when someone says they're equivalent to CNAs...

So as a Future HM(shipping soon) and a Current CNA I'd say that a corpsman is the equivalent to a LPN/LVN.

[LT Guppy]

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