Introduction:

Due to the current inexistence of a specific professional career for the military nurses, this paper aims to propose a design that both stresses professional excelence and meets the needs of the organisation.

Objectives:

To design a proposal for the military nursing career.

Materials and Methods:

This new model for professional career was based on the three dimensions considered by the “Ley de Carrera Militar” (Military Career Law): abiltation to assume positions of higher responsibility, promotion to successive military positions and destination occupation.

Population and Sample:

Serving staff in the Official Military Nurse Scale (OMNS).

Data gathering:

Data were obtained through the “Dirección General de Personal” concerning current situations (service years, positions, effectives/ position, years/position). An information search was conducted through all the models proposed in Spain by the Autonomous Communities, and the relevant legislation, both military and civil.

Results:

The proposed model of nursing professional career is based on five degrees corresponding to the same number of military positions. The functions and type of destination are described according to the level of professional performance.

Conclusions:

It seems necessary to introduce a new model of professional career useful to guide the individual trajectory of the military nurses, the position lists, the evaluation systems and the required training to reach the different performance levels according to the needs of the Armed Forces.