Thursday, January 12, 2012

VA Learning Opportunities Residency Program (VALOR)

Deadline: February 24, 2012


Sponsor: VA Puget Sound Health Care System

For more than 20 years, the VA Puget Sound Health Care System has offered this exciting, year-long clinical residency for BSN nursing students, between their junior and senior years. VALOR is designed to increase participant's clinical skills, clinical judgment and critical thinking while caring for our nation’s Veterans.

Clinical assignments available in a variety of specialties: acute medical surgical units, critical care, home health, renal dialyses, emergency department, mental health, outpatient surgery and rehab unit. Students have the opportunity to rotate to more than one clinical setting throughout the course of the year. This is a ten-week paid summer program, June 18 - Aug. 24, 2012. The hourly wage is $21.21, and a bus pass subsidy is also available.
  • A limited number of $10,000, tax free tuition scholarships are available if a student opts to apply.
  • One-week general orientation including classroom, computer training to introduce students to the VA; specific unit orientation follows thereafter.
  • VALOR Students work 40 hours per week during the summer program which includes clinical practice with an RN/Preceptor coach along with other planned educational experiences. Students are expected continue to work during the school year as their schedule permits.
Eligibility:

Be currently enrolled in an NLNAC or CCNE accredited BSN program. Have a Cumulative Grade Point Average (CGPA) of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale, with no grade lower than a B in any nursing course. Have completed the final semester or quarter of your junior year and must graduate by June 2013. Have had at least one clinical experience in a medical center or hospital. Be a U.S. citizen and meet physical examination standards at the time of entry into the VALOR Program.

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