Jrioja21

I work for a VA ED. Got hired in with no nursing experience but I did work there as a student through an internship program. The only trauma we see is any trauma allows the patients to still be able to be awake and alert enough to walk on in. As far as cardio and neuro we ship it out. Like the other person said, it really depends on the other services offered at the medical facility.

I work the for the VA. I got hired on with the SNT/VALOR program while in my last year of my BSN program. On the unit I was assigned was a guy who was going through an ADN program. After we both graduated we were boarded by the nurse standards board as Nurse 1 but different steps. For example. An ADN nurse can only be boarded under Nurse 1 and there are 12 steps within the Nurse 1 grade. The reason I was boarded a Nurse 1 with a BSN is because I had zero experience. Now...above I mentioned that you can't go past a Nurse 1 as an ADN. That's not true entirely. As you make your step increases through the years there will be a time when they offer you to jump to Nurse 2 via an "education waiver." This waiver is a once in a lifetime offer. If you never in your life plan to go back and become an BSN prepared nurse then absolutely..take it. BUT. There is a Nurse 3 as well. This is for MSN prepared nurses or BSN prepared nurses that have used their education waiver. It's very confusing understanding the process. You get a step every other year, regardless but you have to write a proficiency every year and you may or may it get a step increase. If there is any way I can make this clearer then let me know.