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Never thought that they would do these types of test, I wonder if I am not a bedside nurse, will be reviewing charts only, would I have to do this test as well. Armytwin RN--now sure if you respond to this, have you done the Equip?? I haven't done it yet, do all the nurses have to do that I wonder?

hihiiihhi, I didn't think of it until yesterday. I emailed HR for dress code policy as I will be working in the office. I would just email HR to ensure you get the correct dress code.

Update- I got the final offer with 6k below what I made after almost 8 weeks the Board returned the paperwork. I think they like to start orientation at the beginning of a pay period..that's my orientation date as well 9/23. N2b8U--have your file gone to the Board yet, if it is not, you may not be able to start 9/23. Mine file was sent to the Board mid July and I just got it back. Now I have to decide whether to take the offer or not.

Not sure if you saw this thread but it has information that you are looking for-- https://allnurses.com/government-military-nursing/va-hiring-process-657587.html

Va will need official transcript, however with mine, I requested the university to send it as it has all my community college courses on there as well. I didn't have to send the official transcript from the community college. If you have multiple degrees, I would consult HR to see if they need transcript for each degree or transcript related to nursing. Crazymama-from the interview to the tentative is fast for me within 2 weeks, from there, it takes another 2 months and I am still waiting due to the delay of the Board returning paperwork and that was more than 6 weeks already. If you are planning to put in a notice with your current job--highly recommend not to do that ...

Wow what an interesting new topic, here is the website that has the shift different and various pay variance from regular shift pay. http://www.va.gov/vapubs/viewPublication.asp?Pub_ID=188&FType=2 ArmytwinRN -awesome links -thank you. BTW after 6 weeks, nothing from the Board..still waiting

N2B- hope you will get the tentative offer. Yeah the sequence of the your process is different from mine. I had a tentative offer prior to the completion of the dimensions. I typed up 6 pages and spent alot of time on that since it is also used to determine the salary. ArmyTwin- Yeah, I had the same experience, everyone welcome me aboard and I told them thank you but not official yet:) Lucky you, I was so prepared for the drug screen that I drank tons of water prior..when I got there, told them I had to go and no drug screen was required. I would make sure everything is done with the Vetpro cause my VA needed that along with the dimension to go to the Board, but not the physical. I am still waiting after 5 weeks that my package went to the board.......waiting is the name of the game.... :)

Thanks for uploading this info--this is similar to 4 dimensions of nursing. It used to be 6 dimensions of nursing and combined into 4 dimensions. There are extras info that are not on the 4 dimensions. Wow I like this HR, so detailed, mine just asked me to complete. My HR waited til the vetpro completed and sent the dimensions+vetpro to the Board. HR told me it takes up to 6 weeks to get anything back from the Board.

I didn't have to do the ROI and never heard of it either. I had my interview beginning of May, tentative offer mid May and still waiting, and no mentioning of ROI. Let us know more...

LeslieAllen-congrats. I got my tentative offer in mid May and still waiting :)

Grateful-glad you decided to take the offer. First you will enjoy the new experience, very rewarding to be able to coordinate everything that you never thought you would as a nurse. I love learning about the insurance aspect that I never know as a bedside nurse. I was a bedside RN for 6 years, so the 8hrs no weekends schedule fit my personal schedule with children. I was able to do tons of stuff with my kids on the weekend and take them to practice during the weekday. I was lucky, had 5% raise but still did not make up for the shift differential. Like MBARNBSN mentioned, eventually you will get pay more as CM w/o having to work shift diff. I am making really good money w/o leaving home...potential to work from home as well. If you haven't got your BSN, my recommendation is to further your education and get your CCM will help you in the future. During my years of CM, I went back to get my BSN (not hard at all) and got my CCM. Also, another skill you will learn that is soooooooooooooooo beneficial in the job market is utilization review (potential to work from home as well). I know for a fact that my hospital has 12hr shift in the ED.

I had CPHM (combined CPUR +CPUM) by Mckesson in '08. My facility paid for it and it is 2 day class and you take the exam at the end..not hard. I have searched for ur job and most prefer CPUR or CPUM (which is CPHM).

There is a CD with all possible questions, super helpful for me. I only had hospital cm when I took it so it was hard when it gets to rehab/worker's comp stuff. My suggestion is focus on the ethical questions, if they haven't changed since 2010, those questions weigh more than the fact questions. I don't know how much they weight, but knows they weigh more. My own question to illustrate-- 1) Name one of the worker's comp guideline-- 2) The pt was diagnosed with end stage disease, medical team recommended further treatment, family wants to pursure treatment, however pt did not..what is the best choice in this case?? Would focus my time studying more on #2 typed question cause that question weigh more compared to #1, eventhough both are multiple choices with one correct answer

I haven't worked for them, but have friends who worked for them. BCBS have bonus at the end of the year, with nice 401k benefits after so many years of service. The medical insurance at Humana is not great per my friend. Both have potential to work remote w/flex, humana pays more upfront compared to BCBS. BCBS is more organized compared to Humana per my friends. Remember this is all their personal opinions and it depends who are the managers as well. Overall the benefits are better with BCBS.

Not sure if the company refers to CM as complex CM--if it is, basically, episodic cm is patient load that you follow in short term and complex cm (assuming the company refers to cm as complex cm) -where you follow patients longer, likely chronic disease management. It is like at the hospital--surgical floor is episodic cm and medical/oncology is complex cm. As for salary--when I had no experience, I took whatever they gave me..after I had 5 years of cm experience, I switched job, had 4k cut from my salary but the work was home based, regardless I asked for 2k above their higher range and in the end, they accepted and had 2k cut from my original salary instead of 4k, but in exchange, no childcare so the saving was more.