u/CauliflowerEatsBeans

So I have 35 years experience as a RN and graduated from a "accredited" nursing school in California that's been around for 50+years. Took boards in California and I am licensed in 3 states. I kept getting rejected by the VA as not being able to verify my accreditation. I finally had a number for a VA recruiting coordinator and sure enough, but I my school didn't start ACEN accreditation until 1994, I graduated in 1992. I called my nursing school and was told the same thing. They had applied for accreditation but didn't receive it until 1994. They basically said they applied but it was the very early days of national accreditation, before it meant anything. Shocking to me that the VA doesn't think I am qualified.

BTW, having any fairly recent BSN solves the accreditation issue. Just wanted to share.

I am 63yo with just my AA degree working in Washington state now (also licensed in California and Texas) making insane stupid kind of money. I broke my leg about 6 months ago and have been off work. Going back next week worrying about my effectiveness and I still have a little bit of leg discomfort though it's fully healed. I have seen what getting old looks like in the ER, it's not pretty. In general, moving to Washington has been a terrible experience. So I have a son in Texas but for many reasons it feels like a bad place to move to including their poor social support system for the elderly (me soon enough) I am however being offered a job back in California, almost half of what I am making. I am also morally conflicted because it's at a for profit ice detention center. I strongly feel they, the detainees need medical care but feel wierd even working at anything to do with ice. It would be a lot easier and it could get me to 67 plus California has a way better support system for seniors including having the ability to have both medicair and MediCal. No other support system other than an ex wife. We still are on friendly terms and something I would like to rekindle but she has made it clear that's not an option, that's a different kind of illness though for me, I still feel an obligation to help. Anyways, enough rambling. What do of my nursing friends think in general?