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Hello everyone. I am in the last Stages of the onboarding process with the Southern Texas VA. To determine my Paygrade I received an email from NPSB with the request to write a proficiency Profile. I am completely overwhelmed and don't even know where to start! I have a total of 20 years of experience, but only 5.5 years as an RN in the USA, and recently graduated with my BSN. I never held an official Supervisor Position or such... how can I reflect my nursing experience sufficiently? Since becoming a Nurse in the US I have always worked Nightshift, so there is not much experience with committee work. Also, what do I do if I am unable to retrieve the last Evaluation from my Employer??? We are in the middle of a cross-country move! Any help is greatly appreciated.

Specializes in PeriOp, ICU, PICU, NICU.
German1968 said:

Hello everyone. I am in the last Stages of the onboarding process with the Southern Texas VA. To determine my Paygrade I received an email from NPSB with the request to write a proficiency Profile. 

How did it go?

Specializes in CPAN.

Received another email last week stating my FJO is being drafted and to pick a start date. However the start date I picked is June 5, and I still don't have my FJO

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Specializes in PeriOp, ICU, PICU, NICU.
German1968 said:

Received another email last week stating my FJO is being drafted and to pick a start date. However the start date I picked is June 5, and I still don't have my FJO

Congratulations! 

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German1968 said:

Received another email last week stating my FJO is being drafted and to pick a start date. However the start date I picked is June 5, and I still don't have my FJO

Goodluck with that.. im still waiting on mine. I was asked as well which was 4/24. Then came back to me that tgeir misaing a documment.  Then 2 fridays ago the hr called asking me for start date June 5th. And tgat I will receive my fo last Friday.. no emails.. juat frustrating..

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Specializes in PeriOp, ICU, PICU, NICU.
RN_BSN_2022 said:

Goodluck with that.. im still waiting on mine. I was asked as well which was 4/24. Then came back to me that tgeir misaing a documment.  Then 2 fridays ago the hr called asking me for start date June 5th. And tgat I will receive my fo last Friday.. no emails.. juat frustrating..

Same experience here.  I am moving on with other job avenues myself.  It's been 6 months on the hamster wheel.  No idea what the pay offered would be since they never said what the board graded it as.

I will try again maybe when they get a better onboarding system, if ever.  Good luck to the rest of you. 

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Great information.  I'm about the write mine.  I was a Nurse 3 before but had left the agency for a while.  My suggestion is to also send copies of your transcript, copies of your certifications, copies of awards you may have received and also copies of your degrees.  This is alongside writing your dimensions.

The board NEVER reboards, and so you want to be as thorough as possible.

 

 

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