S.2705 - Federal Government - A bill to authorize programs to increase the number of nurses within the Armed Forces through assistance for service as nurse faculty or education as nurses, and for other purposes.

A bill to authorize programs to increase the number of nurses within the Armed Forces through assistance for service as nurse faculty or education as nurses, and for other purposes. 3/5/2008--Introduced. Troops to Nurse Teachers Act of 2008 - Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to carry out programs under which commissioned officers of the Nurse Corps: (1) who have a graduate degree in nursing or a related field and have served for at least nine years serve a two-year tour of duty as a full-time faculty member of an accredited school of nursing (school); (2) with a graduate degree in nursing or a related field serve while on such duty as a full-time faculty member of a school in exchange for scholarships to such school for nurse officer candidates; (3) enter into a scholarship program at a school for education leading to a graduate degree; (4) receive assistance in obtaining positions as full-time faculty members at a school after retirement from the Armed Forces; and (5) [...]

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