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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 o...

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...

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 an...

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 implemen...

I'm all signed up to take the gerontology certification through the NFLPN. Has anybody taken the exam already? Which books did you use to study? How many questions were there? What type of questions?(multiple choice, true/false, fill-in) How long did...

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 transcri...

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 resour...

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, pa...

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 ...

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!

Nice, I assumed they didnt work on the weekends.

As of 2014, the trick involves entering credit card information and then submitting the order. The following screen should show something like "youve schedule the exam already" (passed) or take your money or show declined if you use a visa gift card ...

Yes and no.. You do have to choose ALL of the correct options for the question to be considered as answered correctly. But if the NCLEX still has content in say, Infection Control to test you on, you may get another SATA. Although with new topics I b...

Please post when you get your results, a lot of people from my school have taken their exam weeks ago and have not heard anything. California BRN is sloowoowowoww.

Try again 24 hours after the exam because it's scored twice, but with the holiday weekend, they may not have scored it the 2nd time until Tuesday.

Advanced practice schools, I.e. CRNA, will consider the number of nclex attempts for admission. Along with other factors such as GRE scores and attempts on CCRN exam. Jobs don't care nor ask, but if you wanna do advanced practice one day, you wanna t...

Some people end up getting charged if doing the trick within 24 hours since the test is graded twice. If you fail and end up having to retake the test, use a visa gift card with like 10 bucks when you try the trick. So like another has said, you won'...

As long as you had a lot of prioritization questions, and got those correct you're fine. Knowledge questions are below the line, prioritization are at the line, and SATA are above. The line I'm referencing is the passing line.

What did it say when you submitted the order? Either it takes your money(usually bad) or you get the message saying you already registered for an exam(good). The trick has changed since 2014 fyi, to where you need to put in CC info. I recommend using...