{"id":158,"date":"2024-05-17T19:44:15","date_gmt":"2024-05-17T19:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/arotc1\/?page_id=158"},"modified":"2026-06-24T05:43:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T05:43:02","slug":"nursecorps","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/arotc1\/nursecorps\/","title":{"rendered":"Nurse Corps Officer"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<ul class=\"is-style-compact-list wp-block-list\">\n<li>Officer<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Active Duty<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Army Reserve<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>National Guard<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Entry Level<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"205\" height=\"99\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/arotc1\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/14\/2024\/05\/NC.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-159 size-full\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Nurse Corps officers lead a nursing team that cares for Soldiers and their families. As part of the Army Nurse Corps, they play an important role in improving the overall quality of life for Soldiers and their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Job Duties<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"is-style-compact-list wp-block-list\">\n<li>Organize resources for patients and their families for help with inpatient, outpatient and home care<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Command a shift on a nursing unit that is part of a field hospital or for an installation medical activity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Supervise all nursing care during your shift at all levels of command<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Training<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Job training for a Nurse Corps officer includes completing an Officer Basic Leadership Course, which introduces you to the Army Health Care system, Army doctrine and basic Soldier\/leader skills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"is-style-compact-list wp-block-list\"><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Helpful Skill<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"is-style-compact-list wp-block-list\">\n<li>Ability to make accurate, immediate decisions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Perform under stress<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Apply critical technical and thinking skills<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tremendous concentration<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview Nurse Corps officers lead a nursing team that cares for Soldiers and their families. As part of the Army Nurse Corps, they play an important role in improving the overall quality of life for Soldiers and their families. Job Duties Training Job training for a Nurse Corps officer includes completing an Officer Basic Leadership [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-158","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/arotc1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/arotc1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/arotc1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/arotc1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/arotc1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/arotc1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/158\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":700,"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/arotc1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/158\/revisions\/700"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mtsu.edu\/arotc1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}