We were told at CDC that there is a new HHS-wide policy that now caps the number of QSIs awarded to those eligible, distributed pro rata by Center. Was this policy announced (or perhaps not announced but enforced) at any other OPDIV?
I am a DNP-F/ minor in Nursing Education (due to my age I did not want to spend 2 extra years getting a PhD). I have been an RN for 40+ years and MSN/FNP-F for over 20. I am newly divorced and want an adventure for the last 1/3 of my life. I have lived internationally previously, and am bilingual English/Spanish.
I have worked 15 years at NIH and want to get out of the DC-metro rat race. I previously applied and was offered a position in Pine Ridge, SD, but turned it down due to high cost of housing and need to purchase a vehicle suitable for snow. Additionally, UPHS colleagues had been stationed there during COVID and reported such a severe shortage of staff and supplies that they “assured” I would be forced to practice unsafely. Also, they didn’t feel as if a single woman would be physically safe on site.
Does anyone have updated information on the Navajo Nation IHS sites, or other? As a former Peace Corps Community Health Volunteer and an Embassy Nurse in South America I am used to being “creative” with resources, but I am not willing to lose my license nor be physically anymore unsafe than I would be in DC.
I appreciate any information on pros/cons.
Does anyone know if external and internal comms were ever consolidated at a higher level than the OpDivs as proposed by the reorg into the Administration for a Healthy America (HRSA, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health, SAMHSA, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, CDC non-infectious disease centers, some Office of National Drug Control Policy programs)? Or are OpDivs still doing their own newsletters, email blasts, website updates, SharePoint site updates, news releases, webinars, graphic design, posters, videos, etc.?