milkman

milkman has 6 years experience.

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1. Anyone else going to the USAGPAN in 2011?

   milkman replied to Law-Deezie's topic in SRNA

   I totally agree with OTD2. I used the Princeton Review "Cracking the GRE" and the Kaplan Vocab flashcards. What worked for me with the flashcards was to take out all of the cards I already knew, study the rest and consistently "weed out" the deck u...

2. Anyone else going to the USAGPAN in 2011?

   milkman replied to Law-Deezie's topic in SRNA

   Hello Holly, I'm one of the four VA nurses admitted to the program starting in June 2010. You actually go through the same application process as the Army nurses with regards to the NEU application. Once you are accepted to NEU, which only indicate...

3. Military CRNA Programs

   milkman replied to Cherish's topic in CRNA

   I heard the VA was going to increase the number of spots at Ft. Sam to 10. Is that true? Or is it still 3-4.

4. Saint Marys University

   milkman replied to daudi's topic in SRNA

   Tom, Congratulations from all of your coworkers at the VA! You'll do great! Mark-VA SICU

5. Asking for a recommendation

   milkman replied to crazylilkelly's topic in SRNA

   It all depends on what your nurse manager is like. If they are supportive and would like their staff to better themselves I think it would be OK to tell them that you eventually plan on going to CRNA school. After all, a person who wants to go to g...

6. VA Step increases

   milkman replied to nyck76's topic in Government

   Yes, step increases happen every two years. However, the top of the pay scale at the VA is WAY higher than non-government nursing. Also, you get a cost of living increasing at least once, but sometimes twice a year. For example, I got a 3.9% cost ...