Please note: your mileage may vary (YMMV) is absolutely true in VA. Some are the best (we have 6 Magnet facilities) and some are not. As a bedside nurse, you'll get great benefits, but you may not be...
FYI...from experience: If you are absolutely sure you will do your orientation on xx date, give your notice two weeks in advance. If possible, once you do that, let your current manager know that...
It can take a long time from start to finish to get a job at the VA, but very few places will offer benefits even close. I get a higher rate of pay since I have a BSN. Most other hospitals in my area...
While my userID says student, I am indeed an RN. What I'm talking about is from the perspective of an RN, not a student. I think racist people will be racist no matter who or what color/race person...
True, especially when, on some units, NAs have assignments just like RNs and LPNs. Overall, the RN is responsible if one of the NAs patients goes down and for any of the patients on a unit, since we...
sonoran: Thanks for the note--shoebuy actually has 20% off today, so those Bastads are under $100. Enter 2009 as your coupon code. I like Danskos, but I'm going to try a pair at this price. They also...
I hate to tell you, but it depends. There are a number of factors that determine how fast the background gets done. This time of year, the holidays play a part. I had this happen to me last year when...
1studentnurse replied to male_nurse22's topic in Rehabilitation
Some people think rehab hospitals or rehab centers are a little like nursing homes, but I've never worked in one, so I can't comment on that. I have worked in a private rehab hospital attached to a...
1studentnurse replied to SharonH, RN's topic in General Nursing
All I can say is watch the House and Senate bills in your state. Most states require that RNs who do telephonic work be licensed in xx state or commonwealth. I'd suspect most of these foreign nurses...
Yes, they call them Graduate Nurse Technicians (at least at our VA --in VISN15). My state has a graduate nurse policy for new grads (you can practice as a GN until you take NCLEX). I started somewhere...
1studentnurse replied to PhilaGuy's topic in Men in Nursing
I switched from IT after eight years in the trenches doing everything from PC support to web work to application support and technical writing for some Fortune 500s here in town. (I worked the...
This is so true. I am in the same camp as you, since I had coverage even as a student. I just don't trust someone to take my side if they can possibly get out of it... whether it be a school or a...
If you apply to the VA, there is actually a spot to put your malpractice insurance info. I assume (no one has confirmed) that they check out your record with the malpractice insurance company. Many...
1studentnurse replied to jensfbay's topic in Rehabilitation
I was a rehab nurse in an acute facility, and as a nurse, I never participated in therapy per se outside of having the patient perform ADLs (dressing, tooth brushing, feeding, etc.) In our facility,...
Danskos, with compression socks. I have two pairs I wear all the time for work and rotate (keeps them smelling better). I could not make it without my Danskos. I bought my first pair in nursing...