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I don't it will count either since it is not medical experience. What does your program define as "medical experience"?

here is the info so you can read it for yourself. as you can see the deadline is 2/8/2011. as for the non profit status - check out the service sites section - for profit is not allowed-period. there are many non for profit options but again it exclude's for profit facilities. apply today! applications are due february 8, 5 pm et. applicants selected to receive funding will be notified no later than september 30. applicants who submitted complete application packages, but are not selected to receive funding, will be notified in october. sign up to be notified by e-mail when the 2012 application cycle opens. eligibility requirements what are the eligibility requirements? to be eligible for loan repayment, all applicants must: be a u.s. citizen (either u.s. born or naturalized), u.s. national, or lawful permanent resident; have received a diploma, an associate degree, a bachelor’s degree, a master’s degree, or a doctoral degree in nursing (see definitions); be employed as a full-time rn, defined as at least 32 hours per week, at a public or private nonprofit critical shortage facility; -or- be employed as a full-time nurse faculty member at a public or private nonprofit school of nursing (see definitions); have outstanding qualifying educational loans leading to a degree or diploma in nursing; have completed the nursing education program for which the loan balance applies; and have a current, full, permanent, unencumbered, unrestricted license to practice as an rn in the state in which they intend to practice or is authorized to practice in that state pursuant to the nurse licensure compact (see the nurse licensure compact state listing). http://www.hrsa.gov/loanscholarships/scholarships/nursing/overview.html

It is do-able. I find if I leave a little earlier in the AM - even fifteen minutes, I can have less traffic. I drink my coffee and listen to talk radio and traffic(WTOP)! At night since I don't leave until about 8pm or later the commute is less.

My commute is an hour to hour and half each way. I live in the Washington DC area.

If your patient was a high fall risk you needed to ensure that it was documented and all the appropriate falls prevention/interventions were in place. As for side rails - it is two or three and not four. Four side rails are considered a restraint (in acute care) and can be used in certain situations but you must have an order and document. They are not used for falls prevention in acute care unless the patient is on a specilaity bed with particular mattresses. They can also be used for patients on seizure precautions - again with an order. If you transporting on a bed, then they need to be up x4 during transport. So potentially if you did not maintain appropriate safety precautions....yes. Do you use proactive hourly rounding in your facility?

You have to work for a non profit facility and at the time I used it your facility had to be a critical shortage facility as well. I used it in my previous job with a two year committment. The new app is out with a 2/8/2011 deadline

We also have copays - usually $10-15 per office visit and $50 for a ED visit

I pay $390 a month for my healthcare through my employer (Aetna PPO). This is for family coverage.

You are right.....never say never....I do live in the DC area and we employ the largest percentage of federal workers and many are concerned with the recent freeze and the decrease in transportation benefit (which was $230/month). The cost of living here is so high (so is SF) that you need every cent just to get by....

Risk Management or legal nursing would be two career paths with RN-JD combo's. There is a huge glut of lawyers per se and many cannot find jobs, but I think that combination could open some avenues for you. Go to a really good law school though.....

I don't know if you will be getting automatic step increases with the wage freeze (federal workers) which includes civilians working in military hospitals, etc... Plus the civilian transportation benefit has been cut significantly as well. Last year I was offered a GS12 at Walter Reed as a CNS (masters prepared) with ten years of experience at a salary of $86,000. I thought it was low considering I was already making $98,000 and subsequently took another job paying in the low 100,000s.

Check your policy but two weeks is pretty standard.

Actually I am no longer working in VA nor living in VA - just the District and hold that current license.

Our managers have 24/7 accountability to staff their units to ADC. If this done the House Supervisor then can use supplemental staffing resources to cover those unexpected call outs and or increase in census.

I moved to VA from a Midwestern Compact state (WI). I got a job in DC and applied for and received a DC license (not part of any compact). I also got a job in VA and since I was now domiciled in VA - I had to apply for a compact license from the Commonwealth of VA since it was my new residence. You can only hold one compact license and therefore did not renew my WI license. I have since moved to Maryland which is also a compact state but have not applied for a Maryland license. Everyday I leave my homw in Maryland, drive through VA and end in DC.