jlambirt

jlambirt has 3 years experience.

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1. VA nurse job with Other Than Honorable Discharge

   jlambirt replied to jlambirt's topic in Government

   I took a psych RN job at a hospital affiliated with an Ivy League school. Hourly pay is on the low end, but shift differentials and incentive pay bring it up to a agreeable level. The local VA only has openings for a psych home health program. You g...

2. The Pre-Employment Background Check

   jlambirt replied to TheCommuter's topic in Job Hunt

   I did the same thing and paid for my own fingerprint background check. It shows my two charges from the military. I've never had anything show on an online search that employers perform. Since your fingerprint search came back clean, you're good. Th...

3. What's the Most Common Reason for a Patient to be Readmitted on a Psych Floor?

   jlambirt replied to AlwaysAnxious's topic in Psychiatric

   There's also malingering. The teenagers disappear in the summer and the homeless go up in the winter. For a teenager, suicidal comments get them a few weeks out of school and freedom from any responsibilities. For the homeless, it's a free room with ...

4. Lower Tier Management Jobs

   jlambirt replied to jlambirt's topic in Management

   I'm curious. Did anybody listen to the podcast, lol? Hearing your opinions was really the point of the thread.

5. Lower Tier Management Jobs

   jlambirt replied to jlambirt's topic in Management

   Awesome post! We just had a pizza party last weekend, lol. I haven't heard the phrase "subject-matter expert" since I was in the Navy. I'm considered the expert as an overnight supervisor, but I don't have that much experience. In my environment, it...

6. VA nurse job with Other Than Honorable Discharge

   jlambirt replied to jlambirt's topic in Government

   For whatever reason, the military and VA seem to constantly put out contradictory policy statements. In my brief search I found this poster showing status definitions. It states, anything above "other than dishonorable discharge" qualifies you as a p...

7. Lower Tier Management Jobs

   jlambirt replied to jlambirt's topic in Management

   We're in agreement on me not being a manager. That was a benefit and the entire point of the Podcast. Supervisor positions like mine DON'T have direct reports. Being hourly, not salary, was another benefit of the supervisor position. There's also th...

8. Taking travel job, hoping for perm offer. Too risky?

   jlambirt replied to jlambirt's topic in Travel

   Thanks for the advice. I have 2 years in psych and have been a supervisor for 1.5 of those years. I have 2 misdemeanors on my record from 2016. A close friend in management combined with a desperate HR department got me my current job. Like both of y...

9. Taking travel job, hoping for perm offer. Too risky?

   jlambirt replied to jlambirt's topic in Travel

   If I finish my contract and sign on as perm, does the hospital still pay a fee to the agency? Something like a noncompete clause?

10. Lower Tier Management Jobs

    jlambirt posted a topic in Management

    Bullshit Jobs | Hidden Brain : NPR I listened to this podcast and it changed my outlook for my nursing career. Apparently, I'm in the sweet spot of lower management that's not accountable to anyone and makes more money than their superiors. I actua...

11. Taking travel job, hoping for perm offer. Too risky?

    jlambirt posted a topic in Travel

    I'm moving from the west coast to either Hartford or New Haven, CT. I work in a psych hospital and management begs every travel nurse to come onboard as staff after their contract. I'm considering taking a travel job at Yale, kicking ass, and hoping ...

12. VA nurse job with Other Than Honorable Discharge

    jlambirt replied to jlambirt's topic in Government

    I have spoken to a few lawyers and they've said there's a myth that a simple request will get your discharge upgraded. You need new evidence and a rationale for why your discharge status is incorrect. A lot guys take bad deals because they think it's...

13. Psych no salary/pay

    jlambirt replied to IDNP's topic in NP

    Just some random numbers if this helps. I'm a psych RN in Fargo, ND. We had a travel nurse completing his PMHNP while working for us. As a new grad, they gave him $110,000 salary. About 4 months later, he moved to Washington state when a place out th...

14. VA nurse job with Other Than Honorable Discharge

    jlambirt posted a topic in Government

    I got an OTH discharge from the Navy after 4.5 years for possession of steroids and attempting to obstruct justice. 60 days in the brig was also part of the deal. That ended in September 2016. I've been a Psych RN on overnights since then and was qui...

15. PA or CT with 2 misdemeanors

    jlambirt replied to jlambirt's topic in Criminal

    I don't plan on moving until July of 2019 so I haven't applied anywhere. I'm terrified I'll get an ethical warrior in HR that decides they need to report me to my current state BON and I'll lose everything. I'm currently in contact with a PA nursing ...