GetBehindtheBarn BSN

Boards seem to be pretty subjective and vary widely from VA to VA. I wish I could give you a time frame, but it is really hard to know.

VA RN here... Recently accepted a tentative offer for RN-Program Coordinator position (non-supervisory). Was told that it would be a lateral move, pay wise, though the hours would no longer require nights, weekends or holidays, resulting in...

what VA are you going to be working in? my hiring took forever (actually like 4 months) in 2020.

Its a part time job that you could make more money picking up a weekend shift at your local hospital once a month. (True for the LTs and CPTs... by the time you get to be a MAJ or higher, that may not be the case.) Yes, there are financial benefits, ...

This is my 7th year in, and the Reserves are ALWAYS an adventure! You spend one weekend a month and at least 2 weeks a year between drill weekends and ECT/AT weeks. You can pick up more time, if there is a mission out there that needs you MOS (and y...

If you want to advance in your career (have a good looking OER, move beyond O3, etc.) you will need to tackle training as your Unit needs you to be trained. Also, as you rise, you will need to consider drilling in different locations. I have some pp...

Be patient - just curious - do you have any prior service?

I started teaching Health Science Ed this year in TN. From my limited research (2-3 counties in middle TN), school nursing positions vary widely in requirements and salaries. One county requires the position to be filled by an RN and pays equal to a ...

Good luck as you head toward Nursing School! It was recommended to me to participate in a Nurse Residency Program for the OR. You may want to check with the hospitals in your area (or an area you want to live after graduation) and see what options ar...

Thanks, LunahRN, for the info! I am a 66H who comissioned in June 2012. It has been a rocky experience so far. I was just got dropped from the AMEDD, and I am hoping to get trained as a 66E b/c of over the overstrength issues I am running into. I pla...

What did you decide? I, too, have been released from the AMEDD, but I have a few years to go.

So I have been talking w/ a Recruiter, gone through MEPS, and am wrapping up the paperwork for my Officer application. I would like to hear some pros and cons from the people out there who are doing it - Army Reserve Nurse Corps Officers. (No offense...

Are you in the ROPD FNP program? I have been accepted to start in January, and I wanted to see if you had an opinion/advice/tidbits of wisdom/etc. MTSU is my home school. Thanks!

I don't know... I have worked a few places - nursing or in other fields - that I wish this policy had been in force. Sometimes working with the Eeyore-type people (and you know they are out there... nothing in this world will make them grin, stop huf...

Hey Silver! I have not yet posted 15 times, so it will not let me send a private message??? Anyway, I will check out the website. Thanks for sending it! And the name... it was something crazy I came up with b/c my last name is Barnes... and yes, I a...

I, too, am applying for the FNP program! :) Vandy has always been a dream of mine, but putting your life into words can be tricky at times... I have read as many other threads as I could find regarding career goal statements and such. There were some...

excellent question... I am completing the same application, and I am somewhat confused about the entire writing phase. which specialty are you applying for?

In working with a midwife, it may be interesting to see how she is a patient advocate/educator/etc. If OB/GYN is something you may be interested in, it could be a great opportunity to get a well rounded view of what all they do. If you are borderline...

I am currently in the process of applying to MSN programs myself, and from what I can tell, it varies from program to program. As pedspnp said, figure out which direction you want to go in and then start looking for what schools offer those programs....

Congrats on working toward your BSN! I want NOTHING to do with birthing babies... except my own... BUT in my maternal/newborn class, I was present at 3 births (2 c-sections and 1 vaginal w/o pain management). I say "present" b/c as a Student-Nurse, t...

I am in the beginning stages of preparing a women's health education event, and I need a catchy, fun slogan. Does anyone have any ideas of something fun? Maybe you have seen something interesting in your community? Any help is greatly appreciated!

It is an honest, heart felt expression of what is driving you to become a nurse. You have to have a good reason to put yourself through the "fun" of nursing school. I really think if you make a few additions and make it "behave" from a writing standp...

Give it time... those are the people you will want to cat-claw @ the end of your 1st semester of nursing school...

Great thread! Glad to see that my program is not the only one with folks dropping like flies.... I think that stress management is vital. You don't really get how tough it is until you are in the middle of it. There is a reason why we chose the sloga...

Wow, I was moved to tears! I agree with Clorae - it would help to add that your understand the challenges that nursing school will put beofre you. Also, I kow that the administrators of my program are sticklers for proper writing. Take you paper to y...