Mary Eunice

Mary Eunice BSN, MSN, PhD

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  1. VA Nurse Pay Scales

    Mary Eunice replied to kristykat's topic in Government, Military

    AD refers to the payscale you are on. It stands for Administratively Determined and is used for misc job types, e.g., it is used for those who are doing a postdoc at the

  2. VA Nurse Pay Scales

    Mary Eunice replied to kristykat's topic in Government, Military

    I think it really just depends on how well you write up your application and show how your experience satisfies the "nine dimensions" of

  3. VA Nurse Pay Scales

    Mary Eunice replied to kristykat's topic in Government, Military

    It took about 5-6 months. Though I think it typically doesn't take that long for most people (others I've spoken to said it was more like 2-3 months for

  4. VA Nurse Pay Scales

    Mary Eunice replied to kristykat's topic in Government, Military

    I think it is definitely possible you could start at Nurse/Grade 2, but I don't think it is guaranteed. Is there a job listing for the position? I ask because sometimes on those it will list the...

  5. VA Nurse Pay Scales

    Mary Eunice replied to kristykat's topic in Government, Military

    Forgot to add, when people say "Nurse 1/2/3", on the excel payscale spreadsheets that is labeled as "Grade 1/2/3.” So "Nurse 1, level 2, step 5" is "Grade 1 step 5" on the excel sheet (you can...

  6. VA Nurse Pay Scales

    Mary Eunice replied to kristykat's topic in Government, Military

    Nurse 1 step 5 in Fresno is

  7. Alternative Options for Doctorate

    Mary Eunice replied to The Good Nurse's topic in Doctoral Nursing Degrees

    I know this question was asked a while ago and so OP may not need any advice, but I'll write my comment in case anyone else has a similar question and finds this thread. I got my PhD in Nursing...

  8. Experience before PhD

    Mary Eunice replied to Tacomaboy3's topic in Research

    I had about three years of RN experience before I started my PhD in nursing. I also had a Masters degree in nursing and had worked at the University's School of Nursing as a grad research assistant....

  9. PhD in Nursing, MSN, BSN VA salary

    Mary Eunice replied to GoodAlwaysWins's topic in Government, Military

    Oh that is *very* surprising they offered you Nurse 2. I mean, the requirements for Nurse 3 are: You have the doctoral degree and 15 years of nursing experience, so it should be an easy...

  10. Breaking into Faculty Role

    Mary Eunice replied to Skips's topic in Nursing Educators, Faculty

    From my experience the best way to get a faculty position is by doing a PhD. I did my PhD in Nursing and could have become an associate professor at that university (I was told I was...

  11. PhD in Nursing, MSN, BSN VA salary

    Mary Eunice replied to GoodAlwaysWins's topic in Government, Military

    You could start as a Nurse 3 or 4, depending on prior experience. Definitely would not start as a Nurse 2. After I got my PhD in Nursing I started at the VA as a Nurse 4, though a couple other...

  12. Nurses in laboratories? Are there laboratory work for nurses?

    Mary Eunice replied to Zyrv's topic in General Nursing

    I have worked in a laboratory setting as a "nurse research assistant" during my nursing career. It was for research projects being run at a university and involved consenting patients, taking their...

  13. Making 100k salary/ income as a nurse?

    Mary Eunice replied to workingot's topic in Nursing Career

    It has been almost ten years since I started my career as a nurse. A year ago I started a doing nursing research (I have a PhD in nursing) in a MCOL area. My salary is $180k (40/hrs weeks...