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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 t...

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 ...

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 whic...

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 professi...

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...

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 w...

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...

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 ...

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 thr...

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...

Well said.

Yes... I expected the BSN to be applicable to nursing and to direct patient care but instead they have us do all this leadership, research and writing APA papers while no one in my class has even been a nurse for one day. How are we supposed to know ...

Well, I have a 4.0 so I guess I am doing ok...

I am starting my last semester of my BSN and I totally agree with the OP... what a waste of my time, energy and money. I have learned ZIP ZERO from this program and I get so mad every time I have to fork out all that money every semester yet I will o...

For those of you who say "not to lawyer up", you really should go back and read the original posts... OP really has no more choices left, she has one more opportunity to write a letter but the decision has already pretty much been made. So, let the l...

Well said, Janellybelly. You gotta do what you gotta do especially with a school that is being extremely unfair. I just graduated and about to start my first job!! Woo hoo!

BTW, I wanted to say that some of these comments sort of imply that the instructor is a professional that would never, ever lie or be unprofessional... but let me tell you, they are just people like you and me. As a matter of fact, in our school they...

Being comfortable around courtrooms means that she has been involved in a couple of lawsuits either as a party or as a witness and if "she never backs down or always wins" that says a lot ... Anyway, people will generally say crap like that even if n...

Student 2001, I feel your pain. I have had a couple of instructors that were such **********! I had a friend during clinicals go through something similar, the instructor wrote up an incident report and I guess made up some stuff to cover her own **...

Well.. Things are going great. I have about six more weeks to go of classes, then a month break and then 9 days of practicum and DONE... I will graduate with a high GPA and I have worked most of the time so it is doable but you have to be flexible. T...

I completely agree! The time you spend volunteering, spend it in looking for a job. Later, when you are established, you can volunteer all you want.