edchunt BSN, RN

Hey all, I currently work at the VA medical center here. I interviewed along with two others from our acute psych unit and 4 other internal candidates from the med-surg and ER. None of us three from the psych unit were selected. I have been doing ...

I am just here to rant and rave right now. I don't know if anyone else has experienced this one or not, but here goes. I am currently an LPN that finished RN school and graduated May 12th. Now I have had my troubles, which I understand I created, but...

Who pays more than the VA?

No, because the 48 hours and 32 equal 80. Overtime is paid for time over the 80 hours for the pay period.

I wrote a new note about escorting patients ouside to smoke at the VA. Please read on that and provide some input. This would be over in the general discussion. To make a long story short, We nurses are told that we are supposed to go out with patie...

I was just wanting to get some feedback concerning escorting patients to smoke shelters and the need to remain with them in the smoke rooms. I work for the Veteran's Administration on the acute psych ward of the hospital. The patients have had smo...

I concur with the above statements. I was just not brave enough to put it that way. Thank you!

One important aspect to this is that the escort must be from our unit. We work with a max of three a shift. The majority of us do not smoke. I guess sometimes you have to do what you are told to do and hope for the best. I guess some people have to ...

Oh yes, our setting is different. We are acute psych; however, much of the same type of things happenig with our SW.

With all do respect to Gerry1888, all of these Vets are not old. In have patients that are 25 or even younger. They may live forever, or what seems like forever right there on our supposedly acute unit. There are even smoking staff who do not want to...

We cannot find anything that suggests that we should be exposed to seconhand smoke. The patients believe it is their God given right to smoke so they get to go out accompanied by nursing to smoke in any kind of weather. Right now we have a foot of sn...

I am in Clarksburg. At work right now. I hate getting 2 feet of snow!

I don't mind being known as a nurse and getting paid very well for what I do. I wonder if we should change doctor's titles because they do more than the first doctors did? There are stereotypes to male nurses but it doesn't change waht we do or how w...

I am a NURSE who just happens to be male and I am proud of the title and proud of the heritage as well as the modern profeciencies that nurses possess. I am just making a comment and do not wish to oppose anyones's views. I am making far more money n...

So... it's not totally online??

I work at the VA in Clarksburg. It definately is a different way of doing things. I wish I could go back to my old state job. Pay is the issue though. So here I will remain.

WVU is completely online? I need to check it out! I am currently applying to UOP.

I just have a question about WVU-Ruby jobs. I was wondering about what their per-diem contracts consist of. What is considered casual employment? They had a posting up that I was interested in. Thank you for your inout.:typing Nice misspelling of the...

No schedule yet. But, I don't think I will this year. I sneaked a peek at the penciled in tentative version.

In the words of Ed McMahon, "I did not know that." Hey lady, I haven't written in a while. I am thinking of going back for some more school, maybe University of Phoenix, online. Need to find out about some help with $$. Those places are higher than t...

Sconoli, You will see how it will pan out. I have been there. So you definitely have the job? As I said I will be right next door to you. I went to school with LPNs older than myself (40). One was 50 and another 46 or 47. Just sit back and wa...

Sconoli, Is it the nursing home? That is a state job right? I work next door @ the medical center. Anyway... don't give up hope too soon. Things will fall together and you will be able to attend college and get your RN. Consider your age. I was ...

Update! I have started working at the VA now. I figured it would be better than UHC anyway. Hopefully this is my last move and I will retire from the VA some day. Hey barefoot lady, what's happening?

Sounds like you have made your decision already. I work at the VA that you refer to and it is a great place to work. I have responded to a post you wrote prior to this concerning where to attend RN school. I was an LPN for four years before going bac...

Yes!! New grads even. $18.00 hr. to start probably, maybe 19. I have since moved on to the VA just across the river. But that's the scoop. Hope it helps some. I like the VA better, but I'm back in my element of psych there.