klea

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1. VA Proficiency Nurse III Frustration & Appeal

   klea replied to Sarah918's topic in Government

   Promotion to Nurse III at my VA is nearly impossible. My Manager literally told me "you basically have to walk on water" to get a nurse III. She said that I'd need to do something like develop and start a whole new program at the VA, including data s...

2. Humana Employees

   klea replied to Cindy S's topic in Case Management

   Mrmarod01--How was the phone interview? I'm interviewing tomorrow....

3. FL Hosp./ORMC Salaries

   klea posted a topic in Florida

   Hello, I'm currently a RN in Orlando and am considering applying to Florida Hospital and/or ORMC. I have 4 years of experience in ER, Step Down and am currently in MH Case Management. I can't find anything about salaries at FL Hospital or ORMC--and a...

4. VA CBOC RNs?

   klea posted a topic in General Nursing

   Hello fellow VA RNs! I'm currently in acute care, but have an opportunity to transfer to a CBOC. The hours are great, and I hear it's less intense (physically) that acute care--no pt turning, lifting, code blues, code browns etc... Problem is, I don'...

5. Current VA RN Here To Provide Assistance

   klea replied to Jtkknj's topic in Government

   Really? Wow! I know many people who have transferred between VAs--including myself. I recently transferred to a different state. The process was pretty seamless. That said--it's not just a transfer. You have to be hired at the other VA-I had to inter...

6. Current VA RN Here To Provide Assistance

   klea replied to Jtkknj's topic in Government

   Hello fellow VA RNs! I'm currently working in acute care but have an opportunity to transfer to a CBOC. Are there any CBOC RNs out there? I'm wondering what your days looks like, and what the main duties are in the CBOC for an RN? I welcome all feedb...

7. Current GSU Students

   klea posted a topic in Georgia

   Hello, I'm currently completing my first semester of nursing school, and am feeling like I may have may a big mistake with my choice of schools. I was hard pressed in a decision between the ACE program at Georgia State and the traditional program I'm...

8. Following up on a job app

   klea replied to K nurse-one-day's topic in General Students

   I wonder the same thing! In the non-medical world, I've always followed up on applications, but wonder if that's appropriate in the nursing world....

9. GSU FALL 2010

   klea replied to bellefemme's topic in Georgia

   Hello All- The wait list acceptances have begun! I was offered a spot a couple of days ago, and have to let GSU know my decision tomorrow. I'm not taking the spot (going elsewhere)--and was 1st on the wait list, so whoever is 2nd--expect a call soon ...

10. Applying to Kennesaw nursing for spring 2011

    klea replied to smhong126's topic in Georgia

    hello-- mercer seems to take a more holistic approach to admissions. obviously, teas and gpa are important, but they also consider other things--a brief essay, resume/work experience etc... see below for what they say on they are looking for (from th...

11. Kennesaw Accelerated BSN Fall 2010

    klea replied to TT22's topic in Georgia

    Hey All- This is a ridiculous question--but does anyone know where in Rome the Rome campus is located? I can't find an address anywhere on the Kennesaw website.... I'd like to mapquest it's location form my home if possible... Thanks!

12. Kennesaw Accelerated BSN Fall 2010

    klea replied to TT22's topic in Georgia

    Learned last week that I've been accepted into the accelerated program But have not received any info yet in the mail....Hopefully this coming week. I think Fran said she was trying to get info out by Friday (4/30). Has anyone registered for the BLS...

13. Clayton State Fall 2010 BSN

    klea replied to klea's topic in Georgia

    Hello, According to the advisors, the admissions criteria include your overall GPA, your math/science GPA and your TEAS scores. I don't know what the average TEAS is for accepted students--mine was an 88.2 if that helps. They said that to be most co...

14. Kennesaw Accelerated BSN Fall 2010

    klea replied to TT22's topic in Georgia

    Fran said that there are 5 people on the accelerated wait list and 12 on the traditional list. Nobody has been accepted from the wait list, and likely won't be for 2-3 weeks. She said to sit tight and wait for now. She's been really helpful and nice-...

15. Kennesaw Accelerated BSN Fall 2010

    klea replied to TT22's topic in Georgia

    I was pretty shell shocked yesterday when I spoke with Fran and learned about their error (she was very apologetic)--so, it didn't occur to me to ask many questions at the time. This morning I have several though--and am contacting her again. I'll a...