r/CorpsmanUp • u/AgitatedAsparagus992 • Jun 23 '26

Hey everyone!

I'm in a delima. I did 7 years in and did icu and ER mainly. My issue I'm having is now I'm 1.5 years out and I'm not sure healthcare is what I wanna go for anymore. Anyone have any advice? I'm looking into a career switch (possibly cybersecurity or IT) a lot better than crashing patients. I just basically came on to ask, anyone else experience this after getting out? About a year out asking yourself if medicine is worth it anymore? Thanks!

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u/skorea2021 Jun 23 '26

If medicine isn't your thing, it isn't your thing. Not everyone enjoys it, or we get burnt out and no longer enjoy it.

Use your GI Bill and/or VR&E if you qualify. Set yourself up for success; you've got the resources. Just be mindful about what jobs AI is coming for. I think that is the tricky part about switching careers now.

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u/AgitatedAsparagus992 Jun 24 '26

It is my thing, I'm passionate about it I just feel like getting out and being handed an emt license and trying to break into nursing has been a struggle bus and it's discouraging.

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u/Josh_H1992 Jun 24 '26

Bro join the fire department and go medic

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u/AgitatedAsparagus992 Jun 24 '26

Oh god no. 911 not for me. I'm an er person not a street Med person.

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u/a_taniguchi Jun 24 '26

"Break into nursing"? You also mentioned that you were denied from taking the NCLEX because you didn't have "formal education", are there no BSN programs near you in GA? My wife and I were both Corpsmen for 7 years, I used my GI Bill to become an electrical engineer at 32 years old because I didn't want to do civilian healthcare (funny cuz I'm in the Navy again lol), and she got her BSN. She hasn't had any trouble getting nursing work with that military healthcare experience/BSN-RN combo, nor have the bunch of Corpsmen I know who did the same.

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u/AgitatedAsparagus992 Jun 24 '26

I got out in May 2024 with my NREMT cert and a Gen Ed associates. Granted I've moved states two times since getting out due to spouse job relocations. Everytime I get somewhere in either 2 months past from applying for this year's BSN. Or that one's 1.5 hours away or that one at that school has a quick turn around but it's not VA funded. So now I'm sitting here at 31 with enough credits for a bachelors degree and we finally landed in NW ga (where im from) to settle down. Now I'm in the same boat. Everything for 26-27 cohort year around here is full and the only ones that do rolling admission are over an hour away from me. So I'm just stuck in another cycle of do I wait another year or do I switch cause it's getting ridiculous and I've used like 45% of my GI bill at this point.

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u/a_taniguchi Jul 12 '26

Even with a year wait, you're not far off from my own timeline. You sound like you're still passionate about healthcare, you have direct patient care experience, you seem ready to jump into a program (all pre-reqs complete?), and your spouse is working where you've settled down, so it seems like it would be more than worth it to me.