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If you guys aren't having retention and recruitment issues, they will never go for it... But go on VSSC and look up your stations retention data, that might be one way to approach it. But yes you will never have enough nurses if you can't keep them or replace them faster than they leave.

Did your manager say why? If they don't want you to incur OT then just accept CT for overages, management is usually OK with CT vs OT..

The way I look at is is you work 208 fewer hours per year and still get the same annual salary, effectively raising your hourly rate.. 208 hours is huge. Retirement is not affected. But everyone needs to know that yes, you are charged 1.111 for every hour, but DCPS and/or DFAS can only process quarter-hour time frames. We're still trying to workout the issue but it is rounding up to the nearest quarter hour when it should round down. E.g. You will be charged 1.5 hours instead of 1.25. But if you have half decent management, you can often take a stretch or 5-7 days without using leave. Now if you are you take a lot of unplanned leave or are on intermittent FMLA, then I can see your hours being whittled down rather quickly. Alternatively you can always work extra hours and take CT in lieu of OT, especially since you earn OT with any work over 72 hours in a pay period.

Well last year our ADPCS sent out an email asking for ideas to reduce burnout and improve retention. I told them about vha handbook 5011 and the 72/80 AWS. They trialed it, and now it's being rolled out in all 24/7 units. We have 20%+ vacancy rate and are located in an area saturated with well funded private hospitals, some with magnet designation. So we are closing beds, going on diversion, people are calling out and resigning because it's nuts. I think management realized they gotta do something, and although we've been asking for this for over 5 years, I guess it's better late than never. But if they implemented this a while ago, maybe we wouldn't be in the situation we're in. So far no issues with HR. Just some things to understand for the employees. Like previously mentioned, you work 208 fewer hours in a year, so divide your salary by 1872 hours instead of 2080, technically your hourly rate goes up. Any work beyond 72 hours in a PP is OT. All leave is charged at 1.111 hours.(so if you use 40 hours of leave you are charged 44.4 hours) You still acrue 8 AL and 4 SL. You do not get holiday pay unless you work the holiday. Your insurance premiums remain the same as if you were full time. (part-time employees premiums go up depending on how many hours are cut, but 72/80 is considered full-time)

Your manager, your chief, your associate director, etc, cannot deny your FMLA protections.

Checkout OPM, I believe it may be in some VA handbook as well, Nurse 2 steps have always been every other year. Maybe your HR was not following that in the past.

Has anyone ever gone through their RN-BSN program? They are WASC and recently CCNE accredited but I cannot find one review for their nursing program. If anyone has any info I'd definitely appreciate it, thanks!

Been working on this at WLA VA for almost a year. Leadership says it's too expensive. As far as I know from reaching out to other VAMCs... Palo Alto, San Diego, Robley Rex in Kentucky, Atlanta,and Overton Brooks VAMC are at various stages of implementing 72/80. But check Title 38 law, it states for all purposes(benefits, leave, pay) an employee is considered full time. Annual salary is divided by 1872 instead of 2080. So hourly rate will increase. One thing you do not get is Holiday Pay. 38 U.S. Code § 7456A - Nurses: alternate work schedules US Code (a) Applicability.- This section applies to registered nurses appointed under this chapter. (b) 72/80 Work Schedule.- (1) (A) Subject to paragraph (2), if the Secretary determines it to be necessary in order to obtain or retain the services of registered nurses at any Department health-care facility, the Secretary may provide, in the case of nurses employed at such facility, that such nurses who work six regularly scheduled 12-hour tours of duty within a 14-day period shall be considered for all purposes to have worked a full 80-hour pay period. (B) A nurse who works under the authority in subparagraph (A) shall be considered a 0.90 full-time equivalent employee in computing full-time equivalent employees for the purposes of determining compliance with personnel ceilings.

You had to receive your ATT to schedule the exam, maybe you received it through email but hadn't noticed. You may want to call the school, and the BVNPT. I'm not sure how long the BVNPT keeps transcripts on file. And if the BVNPT needs your transcripts, the school will probably need time to dig them up. But now what happens is that the school will send a list of graduates to the BVNPT, the BVNPT will tell Pearson you can take the exam, and Pearson will email you the ATT. For recent graduates this process has been taking wildly different amounts of time. Some receive an ATT 1-2 weeks after graduating, some 2-4 months. So it's probably best to call both to get a definitive answer.

Just continue to study using the resources you've been using. It seems like the majority of people do well with Uworld. I only used Exam Cram and did review questions from wherever I could get them. But I suggest doing the mock tests with your resources, then focusing on the areas that it shows you are weak in. Then as you continue doing questions, for each question you answered incorrectly, look at the rational and think about what lead you to the wrong choice. The NCLEX isn't so much about knowing ALL of nursing, that's impossible. You need to be able to understand what the question is asking you. Look for key words in the question, eliminate the answers that are definitely wrong, and if you are still unsure, choose the option that is the safest/most therapeutic. When I took the nclex, other than the questions about communication, I would just think about A.B.C. and Maslow's when selecting my answer.

Hi, Breeze and Pearson vue are separate entities and you gotta pay both. Breeze is California's licensing system and there you pay for the application/license. Pearson vue administers the exam, and you must pay for the NCLEX through them. So yes, pay for the NCLEX in Pearson Vue, and wait for your ATT. Your application will show pending until you have a deficiency or you receive your license after successfully complete the NCLEX. Hope that answered all your questions.

From what I understand, if you fail the GN license or whatever is revoked immediately. And Ive never heard of anyone going good to bad.

The trick didn't work for you because you didn't do it. You are supposed to see the "CC card page" and enter the requested information, then hit submit. The good popup mentions "you've recently scheduled this exam". The bad popup is when your credit card is charged/declined. If you did not enter CC information and submit the order, you did not attempt the trick.

Yes that's the good popup. You should recheck in 24 hours as the NCLEX is graded twice.Congrats!(unofficially)

Congrats! I'm surprised they are working on the weekends!