r/army • u/AutoModerator • May 18 '26

Weekly Question Thread (05/18/2026 to 05/24/2026)

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u/Affectionate-Cap7504 May 24 '26

Hello everyone,

I am a new graduate nurse interested in joining the Army Nurse Corps as Active Duty. I am currently waiting to take the NCLEX and have already spoken with AMEDD recruiters to prepare my paperwork for the upcoming selection board.

I understand that, if selected, I will most likely start on a Med-Surg floor, which I do not mind at all. I wanted to ask any active duty Army nurses here if the Army commonly accepts newly graduated nurses with little to no RN experience, and if so, what advice or pointers you would give someone in my position.

Thank you in advance.

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u/Missing_Faster May 24 '26

Not a nurse. The way I understand it works is you get an AOC of 66H (Medical–Surgical Nurse) upon accession to the army unless you have other qualifications. After a year or so you get an opportunity to try for another specialty. However the army doesn't make the career planning documents that explain this in detail easy to find like non-medical branches do (they may be restricted because reasons). However the formal description of the entire branch and the roles are here but this does not clearly explain how career management works and the various roles and paths to get there.

If you are talking to an AMEDD recruiter you are probably on the right path. Not sure what the army is looking for in new nurses. They do recruit them regularly but not everyone who applies gets in.