VA Boarding of BSN Nurse with 10 years experience

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Hello, I'm an RN/BSN with just over 10 years experience. I am also just a course away from my Masters in Human Relations (not MSN) and I am going through the boarding process for a job at the VA.

From all the literature I found, I believe I should be placed 'somewhere' on the Nurse II level. They have offered me a Nurse I/III step 12.

I have asked what was deficient and how I could make it to Nurse II...I have not accepted the job because I am quite confident the board is wrong! Maybe they don't see I have a BSN??? I am getting very frustrated with this process and they say it is a firm offer and unless there is a huge Administrative error, it will stay at this rate as it is a final decision, concurred on by the Nurse Executive.

I have NEVER met an RN/BSN with over 5 years experience who started at Nurse I.

Any advice? HR told me on the phone that in a year I would be considered for Nurse II Step 7. Just like that. ????

Should I take the position even though I feel like I'm being low-balled?

Honestly, the better question might be, how does a policy that says a member must have 15 posts before they can reply to PMs help the people that have PM me. These people were waiting on replies so the quickest method of getting to 15 posts and without wasting everyone's time is to do this.

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Specializes in EMS, ED, Trauma, CEN, CPEN, TCRN.
Honestly, the better question might be, how does a policy that says a member must have 15 posts before they can reply to PMs help the people that have PM me. These people were waiting on replies so the quickest method of getting to 15 posts and without wasting everyone's time is to do this.

Please note that the site admins and website Terms of Service (TOS) prohibit both forum spamming and falsely inflating your post count to use the PM system. Thanks.

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I wasn't falsely inflating since I was forwarding back to a link where I could provide further help... Is this website run by the Democratic party BTW? Ha.

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If anyone needs any assistance about the VA, let me know. If I am banned for providing assistance, so be it. This is a good lesson in what applying to the VA is like. :)

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Specializes in EMS, ED, Trauma, CEN, CPEN, TCRN.
I wasn't falsely inflating since I was forwarding back to a link where I could provide further help... Is this website run by the Democratic party BTW? Ha.

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