MsLVN-BSN2009

MsLVN-BSN2009 has 12+ years experience and specializes in Rehabilitation nursing.

Latest Activity

1. The VA Medical Center Pay

   MsLVN-BSN2009 replied to crystalclear's topic in Mississippi

   I agree. The criteria seems really ambiguous. It just seems as though they are making it more difficult for us nurses to advance on the pay scale. I graduated with a BSN. A few years ago I would have automatically become a Nurse II, but by the ti...

2. The VA Medical Center Pay

   MsLVN-BSN2009 replied to crystalclear's topic in Mississippi

   Have you all started doing self-assessments to go along with your performance evaluations? I work at Micheal E. DeBakey and this is now something that is given to the NPSB for evaluation to see if you meet criteria to move to the next level. I am cur...

3. Starting over with the NCLEX need help!!

   MsLVN-BSN2009 replied to miami76's topic in NCLEX

   Hi Miami76, I too was very nervous about passing NCLEX. I read the Kaplan Test-taking strategies book and it changed the way I approached NCLEX questions. Doing a lot of questions is helpful, but if you learn how to choose a correct answer by elimina...

4. Help! I'm was an LPN turned RN.

   MsLVN-BSN2009 replied to dbella1915's topic in Florida

   As a new RN grad, it may benefit you to look for a position in a hospital in order for you to obtain some acute care experience and orient into the leadership role of an RN. Sometimes it is difficult for co-workers to accept that you have elevated y...

5. if your gonna make em up, at least let em be WNL

   MsLVN-BSN2009 replied to supernurse1230's topic in Geriatric

   That's crazy. Do you work in a hospital or long-term care facility? Either way they should be required to do a skills check-off during their orientations. May this could be addressed with the management so that someone could do an in-service about t...

6. How is the union at Biloxi VA?

   MsLVN-BSN2009 posted a topic in Mississippi

   Hi everyone, Do any of you Biloxi VA nurses have any info on the union at that VA? If so, how is it and are they effective? Thanks for any information you can give. :)

7. VA Clinic Pay For RNs in Pensacola and Surrounding Areas

   MsLVN-BSN2009 replied to MsLVN-BSN2009's topic in Florida

   Thank you DJ1982 for your reply. I have been with the Houston VA since Nov. 2001. We did some of our LVN clinicals at this facility. The nurse recruiter would come to our school and try to recruit the graduating students. So getting hired there was...

8. IV Certification for LVN in Houston

   MsLVN-BSN2009 replied to Aqualuz's topic in Texas

   I once worked for an agency that offered IV certifications for the LVNs. I'm not sure how much it costs though. It's been a while since I worked for them as an LVN, maybe 2 years or more. The name of the agency is UltraStaff and I think they have ...

9. VA Clinic Pay For RNs in Pensacola and Surrounding Areas

   MsLVN-BSN2009 posted a topic in Florida

   Hey, Does anyone know what the going rate for an RN at a VA clinic in Pensacola pays? I will be moving there as soon as I can transfer into a position at the Pensacola VA clinic. The locality pay is higher at the VA I'm working at now in Houston, TX ...

10. Dec '09 Grads, raise your hands!

    MsLVN-BSN2009 replied to Bobbkat's topic in New Nurse

    Congratulations graduates!! I graduated December 19 from an LVN-BSN program. I plan to remain with my present employer, the VA hospital in Houston, TX. Good luck to everyone!