Members are discussing the hiring process and potential pay grades for nursing positions at the VA, with some sharing their experiences of long wait times and varying offers. Questions about salary scales, job postings, and negotiation strategies are also being raised, along with inquiries about tuition reimbursement and educational benefits for VA employees.
Hi, I just got accepted into a BSN accelerated program and am interested in working for the VA. I know that they take into account paid/unpaid experience including volunteer work. How do they determine the number of years of experience I have? Do they just calculate the number of hours we have and equate that to years assuming full time work at 40 hours per week? Also, right now I'm an administrative intern at a medical practice but this practice is house calls so I don't have a lot of direct patient contact. Would they still count this as experience? I mostly work on ordering and obtaining labs and medical records, ordering x-rays, answer calls from patients/ POAs, document narcotic scripts and just started learning intake. Thank you!
I'm not an RN yet. I'm getting it through the BSN program. As an undergrad, how would I be able to accumulate a year's worth of Nursing care/experience since I will be going to school full time? I'm planning on volunteering at hospitals and working as a student nurse through the semester and summer. But this will only be like half a year of experience. Do they not consider administrative healthcare work? Any suggestions or advice from everyone would be great. Normally I'm young so I wouldn't rush in trying to start entry level RN with good money but my parents are 70s and 80s so I need the money to care for them. According to the website, BSN with at least 1 year of experience starts around 65,000-68,000. I wanna try to reach that ballpark. Thanks.
My experience has been that they do NOT. However, we do have something called NNEI and EISP- google those. They are scholarship programs which are basically like grants. You then incur a 3 year service obligation to the VA. They are not retroactive in nature, so you must apply for them before taking on school debt and have the VA actually pay for the education as you go. The emphasis is on getting RN's BSN prepared.
I'm hoping someone can help me figure out how much I would start out in Dallas as a Nurse I level I. I'm a brand new Associates RN starting out and would like to know more about the VA internships and pay. I have looked at the pay scales and cant seem to understand them.
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I'm curious, did you buy back any of your active duty time and add to your VA retirement?