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Hello, I am looking to start the program in Fall of 2017! I'm looking to meet students and take this journey together and share our experience
Jolene I've had va healthcare at the ann arbor va for the last 10 years and I've noticed in the last few years most of the nurses there are foreign. And I'm usually very disappointed to see that being that it's supposed to be a last resort for them to hire foreigners. They're supposed to give preference to qualified veterans and then American citizens that aren't veterans second. So I don't know why I'm mostly only seeing foreign nurses when I go there lately. And it's the same thing in their pharmacy. All the new pharmacy technicians are foreign.
@Hailee22 I'm so glad you called!! Yayy, that means (I think) we're all in, at least all of us on this board!!!
@ReadyToNurse Humm my cousin works there, I heard that it's a rough place to work because there is no system or organization and, to make matters worse, it's underfunded so technology is not up to date at all. It also takes a long time to get into the hospital once an application has been placed (6 months to a year, yikes!); I'd imagine that a lot of nurses don't want to work there for these reasons, it's a broken system. But the va offers great pay and amazing benefits. I've also heard that Mott takes U of M applicants first, they usually don't have much room for anyone else but one can dream lol.
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Thank you hailee22, I'm hoping to see at least one letter announcement on here today.