16BitSalt BSN, RN

Behavioral Health/Psychiatric Nursing

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    VANEEP - ULTIMATE GUIDE

    16BitSalt replied to Non Sequitir's topic in School, College Programs

    It took a long time for me, I had to use financial aid or my payment would have been late to the school. What ended up happening is the VA sent an EFT with no name on it, so the school didn't know who...
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    VANEEP - ULTIMATE GUIDE

    16BitSalt replied to Non Sequitir's topic in School, College Programs

    I am VISN 4 currently (Pittsburgh, University Drive). I'd be lying if I said working and attending school (both full time) wasn't a miserable experience. I am a CCAC student and our clinicals were...
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    VANEEP - ULTIMATE GUIDE

    16BitSalt replied to Non Sequitir's topic in School, College Programs

    I am a nursing assistant and I am currently in the VANEEP program to finish up my ADN (I was halfway through nursing school when I was accepted--I hadn't been at the VA a year yet when I started...
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    Want to leave Psych for Med Surg or something else...

    16BitSalt replied to Dulari94's topic in Psychiatric

    I'll be coming up on a similar situation when I graduate from my ASN program in May. I've been working in psych in some capacity ever since I joined the full-time workforce at 19. It's all I really...
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    VANEEP - ULTIMATE GUIDE

    16BitSalt replied to Non Sequitir's topic in School, College Programs

    You can do LPN-RN programs with VANEEP but it does have to be through an accredited school. The "first time licensure" for the program is referring to RN only so my VA has some LPNs in the program....
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    VANEEP - ULTIMATE GUIDE

    16BitSalt replied to Non Sequitir's topic in School, College Programs

    I wish I had seen this in January while I was applying--it's a very daunting task! My facility has a VANEEP rotation for summer courses too, and it's been a blessing. I'm in the same boat as you, I...
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    End of semester! How did everyone do?

    16BitSalt replied to VampyrSlayer's topic in General Students

    First semester of my two-year program down! I THOUGHT I failed my Nursing Assessment class: I work night shift, had a final at 4 today and woke up early (2ish) to my phone going nuts. My clinical...