Civilian nurses can get $30K to go Navy

Civilian nurses can get $30K to go Navy
By Chris Amos - Staff writer
Posted : Monday Dec 17, 2007 14:19:47 EST

The Navy has announced that it will sweeten an incentive used to lure civilian nurses onto active duty by paying them up to $30,000 to accept a commission as a Nurse Corps officer.

Qualified civilian nurses can choose between a $30,000 bonus for a four-year active duty obligation and a $20,000 bonus for a three-year obligation, according to NavyAdmin 344/07.

Last year’s bonuses were $25,000 for four years of service and $15,000 for three years of service, said Cmdr. Larry Bateman, a spokesman for Navy Personnel Command.

Increased bonuses for Navy, Air Force and Army nurses were authorized by a Defense Department policy update released last October.

To be eligible for the nurse accession bonus, applicants must be a graduate of an accredited nursing school, have obtained a nursing license, not have received financial assistance from the Defense Department while in nursing school and not been discharged from the military within the past two years.


Article at: http://www.navytimes.com/news/2007/12/navy_nursebonus_071217w/

Nurses are being ripped off.

And the military medical corps has been stretched to the breaking point.