kristykat BSN, RN

Need help finding Title 38 pay schedules? I stumbled across this today for anyone who needs it: Title 38 Pay Schedules If you know your VA's station number you can look up the pay scale in the first section or you can look up the state in the se...

Tampa FL $27.63 base + 19% night diff + 25% weekend diff 3 years RN/BSN Med Surg

I had a pt (confused, ankle fx, dialysis, obese) call 911 because she wanted to leave & needed a ride home.

I was hired as part of the RN residency/Transition to Practice program. It gets listed on usajobs like all the rest of the VA jobs. I have absolutely no idea what area I will be in but I'm assuming med/surg. I have 3 days of VA orientation starting o...

USF looks at all college courses completed/attempted when calculating your cumulative GPA. Hope that helps! :)

I was on the VA team & we never had clinicals on Fridays. Plus Fundies was only one clinical day per week. All of the other clinicals were two days per week. Your clinical days will vary based on what hospital team you are placed with. It was hi...

This was my schedule when I started in May 2011. Be ready for non-stop studying and exams! Fundies: Mon & Thu 0800-1045 Physical Exam & Assessment: Mon & Thu 1100-1215 Pharmacology: Mon & Thu 1300-1515 Patho: Mon & Thu 1530-181...

I don't know what floor I'll be on. My friend in Gainesville said that she's on a tele floor most of the time, but she also spends a lot of time floating to other floors as well. I think she's been able to spend about 2 weeks on each floor just to ...

Hiring process is in full swing! I'm scheduled to go in on Tuesday for my physical and fingerprinting. In the meantime, I've completed about a gazillion HR forms, VetPro, and E-QIP. Praying that I'll get to start the residency program by the end o...

I spent a good chunk of my life as an Army brat so working at the VA will feel like I'm back at home. I've officially been a civilian for almost 13 years now and I'm still not used to it lol.

Good news! I talked to a friend who is in the residency program at another VA. She confirmed that she and another classmate were hired without an interview. She said that she was also given a verbal contingency offer & then scheduled for physi...

I wish I would have read through this thread this morning... I applied at the VA 1/12/13, received a phone call from the Chief Nursing Educator asking for more info about my references on 2/13/13, & then received a voice mail from the nurse recru...

I graduated last August & got my license in September.

They do hire new grads...I graduated last August and have an interview with them next week. :)

Got the official rejection email the other day. On the good side, I recently interviewed for their new grad internship and met with the director over all of the internships who informed me that they did not hire any new grads for the L&D or NICU...

I got another rejection from St. Anthony's today too lol. Did the recruiter say how many applicants got thru to the 2nd round of interviews? She just told me that they had a whooooole bunch to screen during the phone interviews. I graduated back i...

I interviewed for Bayfront's GN program last Thursday. The recruiter said that I may hear back from them as early as later this week but it will most likely not be until next week.

I haven't but my app status still says "under consideration"

I applied but my status still says under consideration too. I interviewed earlier this week for the L&D internship but didn't get chosen. Bleh!

I think of it like this: AddisOns: "O" = HypO Everything is hypo except for potassium: hyponatremia, hypotension, hypovolemic, hypoglycemia, and hypERkalemia ADDisons: need to "ADD" steroid CUshings: "U" = Up = Hyper Everything is hyper and exactly t...

How many of you burn nurses were once burn patients yourselves? How many of you have visible burn scars? I was burned back in 1982 when I was 4 years old. I have visible scars on my face, chest, and both arms/hands. I also have a smoke inhalation...

Just wanted to pop my head in here real quick & says congrats to the incoming class! I just graduated from the 2nd degree program last weekend. It's a tough one so be prepared but also hang in there. I'm getting into full nclex study mode but I'l...

Update: I have managed to survive so far and will be starting my final semester next week. I can't believe graduation is right around the corner!! Congrats to all of the new incoming classes! Hope you're ready, 'cause your lives are about to be tur...

I'm currently doing my peds/OB rotation there. We had the nurse recruiter come talk to us during our post conference about working there. She gave us some numbers for differentials...anyone willing to provide the base pay? :)

Well, my school made us fork out $450 for the Kaplan review. We have "practice" exams each semester for the material that was covered. It's only pass/fail for those in the accelerated program but I've heard it actually counts as a grade for the regul...