bsnrn2013

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1. VA Hiring Process

   bsnrn2013 replied to wife&mommyRN's topic in Government

   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 ...

2. VA Hiring Process

   bsnrn2013 replied to wife&mommyRN's topic in Government

   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.

3. VA Hiring Process

   bsnrn2013 replied to wife&mommyRN's topic in Government

   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 g...

4. The VA hiring process

   bsnrn2013 replied to crazymama23's topic in Government

   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

5. The VA hiring process

   bsnrn2013 replied to crazymama23's topic in Government

   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 deg...

6. VA Hiring Process

   bsnrn2013 replied to wife&mommyRN's topic in Government

   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...

7. VA Hiring Process

   bsnrn2013 replied to wife&mommyRN's topic in Government

   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 d...

8. VA Hiring Process

   bsnrn2013 replied to wife&mommyRN's topic in Government

   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...

9. VA Hiring Process

   bsnrn2013 replied to wife&mommyRN's topic in Government

   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...

10. Post interview wait for the va Hosp...

    bsnrn2013 replied to mmuntanga's topic in Government

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

11. pay cut? schedule?

    bsnrn2013 replied to grateful77rn's topic in Case Management

    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 b...

12. Certification for untilization review/management nurses

    bsnrn2013 replied to nuberianne_RN's topic in Case Management

    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).

13. CCM exam

    bsnrn2013 replied to momswann's topic in Case Management

    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, th...

14. Humana or Blue Cross Blue Shield

    bsnrn2013 replied to stylishgurl's topic in Case Management

    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 r...

15. Help for job interview

    bsnrn2013 replied to stylishgurl's topic in Case Management

    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 dise...