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So the VA in VISN 17 is offering a 15% retention for certain hard to fill positions as long as you have not received a VA scholarship such as VAAHEEP( might be off on the letters). It’s mostly for the CLC or inpatient.

I’m not in California but I do work for the VA and I know that they do reserve the right to random drug test but I have never have seen it done. But they do pre-employment testing. I know that union plays into the drug testing as well. Someone else ...

We had only had Epic a few months when it started happening and it could have been the MAR reports page I’m not real sure all I remember is it was not on the actual MAR. It was a smaller line item page.

It was an error in the software that they were still trying to fix when I left about nine months later and I have been gone for 3.5 years now so I am trying to remember where but in Epic ( in the assessment somewhere) you can see a medication record ...

So I worked at a facility that had epic and all of a sudden I get called in saying I had pulled a controlled substance and didn’t scan it I had worked there double digit years so I was given a verbal warning. Then the next week I get called in and i...

I got a gift bag with 1 jolly rancher 2 single lifesavers 1 mini twizler one poorly printed ink pen and a coupon for 1 32 0z regular tea. They did also have a drawing for about 10 gift baskets but no one in my department got one. This is they best y...

I wish I could tell you that there is a better way but there’s not. I just slip my hearing aids out to use my stethoscope but I do have behind the in aids so I can leave them hanging on my ears. I usually do it in front the patient because I usually...

One of the perks for working at the VA is the ability to any VA around the US. I have worked for the VA for 3 years and know of 2 nurses that have transferred down state to other VAs and a CNA that came to us from another VA I have see service ch...

I am interested in trying to get my facility to try the Palarum PUP fall detection system. Does anyone have any experience with them good or bad?

I take it no one has heard of these so here is a link if anyone is interested they look interesting. https://palarum.org/

Talk to one of your union officers.

I say stick it out. But ask for a meeting with you manager and educator and request that you have only one preceptor (since you had several you may know one that works well with you). Request a daily update from your preceptor on how you are progr...

I’m sorry but don’t give up I applied for 4 positions at the VA before I got on more than likely there was a transfer from a different department and they also give veterans preference as well.

It’s hard to says but I do know they references are called only on the nurses they are interested in. I have sat on interview panels several times and been the one to call references and we did not hire all of the ones we called references on but th...

Yeah nothing set in stone until you get the initial job offer then you have some paper work to do. Boards meet once a week and review the resumes depend on years as a nurse degree level and job experience they make a money offer once you get the mon...

The VA moves really slow it’s in HR’s hands now. It was about a month and a half between when the check my references and I got my tentative offer letter and the another 2 weeks before I got the actual money offer. It too almost 3 months total from...

I worked at my last job for 11 years and finally left after being denied a position that I was more qualified for than the person who they gave it to ( she was a new nurse with less of a degree less experience and worked for less). So I thought I cou...

It should be diluted in 25 ml of NS and given over 15 min ivpb not ivp . My understanding is that the IV form is no longer made. None of the hospitals here have it anymore all we get is the pills, suppository, or the cream you put on the wrist. I s...

So most importantly the patient is OK. Now take a deep breath and step back and look at the whole picture, this sounds like more of a process problem that leads to a med error. If you did not scan it own that part of the error and state what you wi...

I always shut them down by saying “ I understand your are upset and if am I understanding you correctly you are giving me a verbal order to not call you the critical lab value?” To which they very quickly changed their tune or in a few cases I did ha...

I work for the VA I make 43.00 an hour base right now we are getting 20% hazard pay plus weekend differential is 25 % and nights is 20%. Now 20% hazard pay is only while there is a declaration of emergency so it will eventually go away but it’s nice...

Sometimes it not that they failed to prepare for the future but rather putting food on the table, cloths on your families back and a roof over their head took priority. It’s easy to say prepare for the future when you make sufficient money to do so b...

I have accepted the position of fall coordinator for my facility covering, med/surg, ICU and ER. Has anyone on this forum ever filled such a position if so will you share you experience with me so I can kinda know what to expect. It is a brand new ...

If the physician place an order for the flush we scan it if no order we don’t scan but do document an IV flush as part of assessment in EMR. We are trying to get moved from our pharmacy to logistics then won’t be considered a med at all and will not...

We are union where I work so no on call and no low census so we have so many nurses right now that we are almost tripping over each other. So the other day for example lwe had 6 RNs 4 LVNs and 2 CNAs for 11 patients