About This Role
Registered Nurses provide medical treatment and personal care to ill and injured veterans. This role involves documenting patient conditions, collaborating with healthcare teams, and delivering comprehensive nursing care to patients with diverse physical and behavioral needs. The position requires strong organizational skills, leadership in patient-centered programs, and effective communication with patients, families, visitors, and the interdisciplinary team.
Responsibilities
- Provide prescribed medical treatment and personal care services to ill and injured veterans
- Document observations, assessments, and changes in patient's condition
- Collaborate with health team members to facilitate positive patient care outcomes
- Provide a full range of nursing care to patients with a variety of physical and/or behavior problems
- Be accountable for meeting and maintaining the qualification standards and functional statements of assigned grade
Requirements
- U.S. citizenship (Non-citizens may be appointed when it is not possible to recruit qualified citizens in accordance with VA Policy)
- Graduate of a school of professional nursing approved by the appropriate State-accrediting agency and accredited by one of the following accrediting bodies at the time the program was completed by the applicant: The Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing (ACEN) or The Commission on Collegiate Nursing Education (CCNE)
- For graduates of foreign schools of professional nursing, possession of current, full, active and unrestricted registration will meet the requirement of graduation from an approved school of professional nursing
- Completion of coursework equivalent to a nursing degree in a MSN Bridge Program that qualifies for professional nursing registration constitutes the completion of an approved course of study of professional nursing (Students should submit the certificate of professional nursing to sit for the NCLEX to the VA along with a copy of the MSN transcript)
- Current, full, active, and unrestricted registration as a graduate professional nurse in a State, Territory or Commonwealth (i.e., Puerto Rico) of the United States, or the District of Columbia
Grade Determinations:
- Nurse I Level I: An Associate Degree (ADN) or Diploma in Nursing, with no additional nursing practice/experience required
- Nurse I Level II: An ADN or Diploma in Nursing and approximately 1 year of nursing practice/experience; OR an ADN or Diploma in Nursing and a bachelor's degree in a related field with no additional nursing practice/experience; OR a Bachelor's of Science in Nursing (BSN) with no additional nursing practice/experience
- Nurse I Level III: An ADN or Diploma in Nursing and approximately 2-3 years of nursing practice/experience; OR an ADN or Diploma in Nursing and a Bachelor's degree in a related field and approximately 1-2 years of nursing practice/experience; OR a BSN with approximately 1-2 years of nursing practice/experience; OR a Master's degree in nursing (MSN) or related field with a BSN and no additional nursing practice/experience
