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You will get retroactive pay from January 6 on your next paycheck (per recent email received at VA)

Here is the pay scale for 2019 though it’s about to be updated with the raise we just got which is around 1.5% depending on location, just find your location and look it up NPs are same nursing title 38 but a different position so if you go from RN to NP you would look up the grade/step you currently have in the new position and they would put you in the step/grade that would guarantee you a minimum of one step increase in pay from your previous. https://www.va.gov/ohrm/pay/ someone asked about getting to Nurse 2, it took me just around two years

I am not going to reply in detail to your post... but before giving out advice, every one should please make sure to have the right info. The National Health Service Scholarship is for doctors, dentists, nurse practitioners and you must have already been accepted and enrolled in a program... The NURSES corps scholarship program is for nurses and you must also be enrolled or accepted into a program before applying... so what about the pre-requisites? you know that stuff and all those credit hours they make you take WAY before you apply to nursing school? The Nurse corps scholarship is based on financial need and given to those with the "greatest financial need. An applicant's financial need is determined based on the Expected Family Contribution (EFC) ... which is provided on the official Student Aid Report (SAR) ... generated through the Free Application for Financial Student Aid (FAFSA)..." Read on on your own at hrsa.gov/loanscholarships/scholarships/nursing. Oh No! there is that whole FAFSA issue again rearing its ugly head. It is not about debt or no debt or the mother's right or lack thereof, it is about the young woman getting the FAFSA information so that she can have options. A Pell grant is not debt and since she has no income or little income, you betcha that she will get it which $5775 for the 2015-2016 school year.

Some of these posts are from people that have completely misunderstood the OP's situation. The OP has never stated that she expected her mother to help her financially. She simply wants what millions of other students in this country get to have which is an opportunity to finance her education whether via scholarships (which she already has one for good grades for 8K and which says a lot about what kind of student she is) or access to loans and grants via FAFSA. The truth is that she is ENTITLED to these financial opportunities just like any other student in the country is. The fact that her mother is her biggest obstacle in accessing these opportunities is unjust and terrible, and an obvious attempt to hijack her education and her future. Those of you who are talking high and mighty about your own experiences and struggles and how you made it through everything, and how it made you stronger, etc,... well, we all have stories, but that is not the point. This young woman deserves the same opportunity that millions of other students get. It is as simple as that. OP, PM me and I will help you in every way I can. My last career was as a paralegal so I can help you navigate the legal system if you decide to go the emancipation route. It is not that difficult to do. As far as the financial aid stuff, there might be other ways to do it as well. Also, as far as getting a job as a CNA or go the LVN route, please ignore that advice. To get a CNA certificate, you will need money and time that you do not have or want to invest; to go the LVN, well - sadly - LVNs don't have that many opportunities for employment as they once did. If you want a job while in school, concentrate on your studies your first semester and get excellent grades, once you finish your Fundamentals of Nursing class, you will qualify to work as a nurse tech, patient care assistant, patient care technician or whatever each hospital calls it but they are all the same job. Most hospitals will hire you in that capacity after you have your first semester out of the way. I did it. I was the first in my cohort to do it at a pediatric cancer center and because they were aware that I was a student, they were extremely flexible with my hours and shifts. I was also the first one in my cohort to get a job as an RN, even before I took the NCLEX, because I was already in the hospital system. Look at any job posting and you will see the requirements for those type of jobs and BTW, they pay well. It is also a great opportunity to be in it and see if this is the career and the environment you want to dedicate to for the next few years or decades. Here is an example of a Patient Care Technician's requirements at Orlando Health in Orlando Florida but you can search in any other hospital and look at the postings... : "current nursing student who has completed one semester of clinical rotation," or... Good luck

KATHftf, many of the comments here are a bit harsh. I also had unsupportive parents - to put it mildly. Go to the financial aid office at your school and find out if there are any options for you to claim independent on the FAFSA. Request a professional judgment review, explain your situation and the refusal of your mother to give the information. Keep asking, don't give up and talk to any one that will listen. Also, ask them, or research, grants that may be available to you. I got a grant from a local organization just because I was the only one that applied - no kidding - and all I had to do was a 500 word essay. You might also think about going to, or calling, your County's legal aid office and request assistance to file for emancipation. If you are granted emancipation, and since you are so close to being 18, the judge would probably grant it, then you do not need her information and you can be independent on the FAFSA. Then you can get enough in loans and grants to live on your own and study hard! Most importantly, don't give up... BTW, becoming a nurse was one of the best decisions I have made in my life. Keep going... you will get there. Persist, persist, persist.

I just went to the governor's website and used the contact link (I think.. it has been a while)

I work night shift although not on an ED but on the floor. The day shift nurses constantly put the blame on the nightshift because we are gone and not there to defend ourselves. This happens all the time and in all the hospitals I have ever worked in. The OP is just another casualty of this huge problem.

Congratulations. I have been an RN at the VA for almost a year now and I still like it.

I actually emailed and called the governor's office (copied the nursing board) and got a response the next day telling me that my license would be processed immediately. A week later I had it in my hand. Had I not contacted the governor's office, I would probably still be waiting.... Good luck. I did spend the money for the temp license, which turned out to be a total waste...

I just got hired at Long Beach VA. I have 1 year of acute care experience and a BSN with good academic history. I was classified as a Nurse I, Level III, Step 6. One more year of experience and get promoted to Nurse II. Took 3 months from application to official offer. I was on top of it though, getting docs done and sent right away, having references ready, etc. I am excited. I start in 2 weeks. Hope its worth it!

I just tried to speak to the evaluator assigned and they told me that the evaluators are are not answering any calls. Now, the latest update is that it will be escalated once your file has been in the system for 90 days or more... they count it when they first put it in their system and cash your check, not when you sent it in. My file was sitting around for more than two weeks before anyone entered it into the system so while I have been waiting for more than 11 weeks, in their system, it is only 8-9! Meantime, new resident in California with no job for almost three months... Great!! I should have moved to Arizona... Of course, if you are missing something, then they send you something in the mail (snail mail) so here you go again with the wait!!

i am in the same situation. I have already lost a couple of job offers because of the wait. I can't even get through to anyone. I email and call and nothing. I sent everything in early November. Hopefully someone has good suggestions..

I hope it is helpful. I sent in my application for endorsement on November 25, 2013, with any all documents requested and I am still waiting to hear anything from these people. It is about the most ridiculous thing I have ever seen. I have called three times and emailed twice and have yet to receive any information. However, the check that I sent along with the application was cashed the day after receipt. Nice one California! The most progressive State in the Union cannot get it together to get the nurses, needed to take care of the population, the license to do so in a timely manner. Ridiculous! ... and all this crazy strictness about transcripts from other states... what? I have a bachelor's and experience and passed the same NCLEX that California nurses passed so get a clue people! I will sign your petition and spread the word.

Small victory for us! I wonder how Ms. Sitarik likes getting a pay cut... While I understand that she probably has a huge bonus attached to her being asked to resign, her reputation will most likely never recover and her days as CEO of anything are over. Good bye!!! I can't believe you ever called yourself a nurse.

Well said.