Recent content by JeyRo

I'm getting very burned out on CLC work. Anyone ever made a transition from a fully face-to-face position at the VA to one of those 100% remote positions? Advice, perspectives, anything y'all would like to share?

We got gifted with a massive special cost of living increase last year. That's how I ended up with making approximately 175K as a GS13/9. Still somehow doesn't make up for all the nonsense, but I guess grass is always greener.

You say that, but at my alma mater, 500K debt loads after completing a PsyD program is not unusual. 10 years ago 500K would have seemed as insane as a million dollars sounds today

I don't think this is leading anywhere good. I fully expect to see students talking about accruing million-dollar debt loads to pay for PsyD programs in the coming years. That's going to come with all sorts of nasty knock-on effects, economic as well as political. What do you all think?

Coping style as a predictor of response to an anger management treatment in dementia family caregivers

Yeah reading the materials (even repeatedly) is of limited value. Getting your hands on as many practice tests as humanly possible and then practicing those is gold. I took every last practice test I could find and then converted the test items into flashcards and then practiced them that way...

My dream job would be to work at a nursing home that's insanely well-funded, was free of the particularly psychosocially destructive rules that seem to be the case at CLCs at the VA right now as far as COVID goes, and had lots of interesting residents to work on. Lots of opportunities to write...

Yeah at this point I'm stuck here for around the next 10 years. After that I'll have a full pension with some level of inflation protection built into it. Then, I figure, I have options.

Fortunately I've never had to worry about a commute (I live 15 minutes from work). Also, never been concerned for my health or well-being working in LTC, except for maybe briefly in early 2020 when the data about risk stratification of COVID wasn't so obvious. No need to say much more than...

I feel like if I can make it to 60 and retire (which isn't that far from now I suppose), I could write a book about how nucking futz this place is. Maybe no one would buy it - but it would be therapeutic for me at least.

Yeah I can't imagine starting right now. I got started in the early 2000s and although I've had some fits and starts, it's been mostly good. These days though - **** - it's really starting to get to me. Gotta be honest. Good thing I have a VA "venting" thread to get it all out tho!

Is it bad that I think about retiring way more than I ever did? I'm barely halfway done

Why because Cerner is going to suck hard? At this point in my life with a couple of teenage kids at home I don't have the wherewithal, much less the business sense to do PP on my own. And I certainly wouldn't do Medicare contracting - I don't care what any geropsychologist says, it's a terrible...

I have some insider information about the Cerner update process. Three words: It's gonna suck

It's OK, it doesn't seem like a great leap forward in functionality. Only advantage it seems to have is that it's not run via CPRS (web based instead)