desta

desta has 6 years experience and specializes in emergency, trauma, homecare/community.

Latest Activity

1. International/Missionary Nursing

   desta replied to hansy's topic in General Nursing

   Re Doctors Without Borders: --I don't think you need a BSN but you will definitely need nursing experience. Surgery, ER, OB/GYN, Peds are a few useful specialties that come to mind, though people with lots of different backgrounds go. They have a hu...

2. MedStaff/NovaPro/CrossCountry sharing/multiple recruiter contacts

   desta posted a topic in Travel

   I worked a travel contract with MedStaff last year, did some international work, and now am back in the States looking for another travel contract. I have been talking with a MedStaff recruiter and she's submitted me for a position. This morning I go...

3. Portland RN agencies?

   desta replied to DookieMeisterRN's topic in Oregon

   no- actually, it wasn't my post... i just tracked you down by looking at your last post or something... and i think i should be getting close to the magic 15 any minute now...

4. Portland RN agencies?

   desta replied to DookieMeisterRN's topic in Oregon

   Hey lilwbprincess, Thanks for the PM - I did indeed get it & much appreciated... I just haven't made enough posts yet to send one back. Should be there soon though... I am definitely signing up with more than one agency - all for hedging my bets...

5. New Travel RN, looking for advice on companies

   desta replied to yogalove's topic in Travel

   Wow.. thank you everyone... sorry for the delay in responding but somehow I didn't get the alerts that there were responses! 79Tango - I don't think I have posted enough to send PMs or something but as soon as I do I will drop you a line. I am in th...

6. travel/registry in portland?

   desta replied to afa22's topic in Oregon

   Hi all, I'm basically looking for the same kind of info afa & veronica were seeking - I am relocating to Portland (may be temp, may be longer term, not sure yet) and am just looking for names of agencies (travel or local agency staffing) in the a...

7. New Travel RN, looking for advice on companies

   desta replied to yogalove's topic in Travel

   Hey RNyogi, Just found your post - I am heading out to Portland for a few months & am looking for travel/staffing agencies that actually do placements in that area. Also thinking about drifting southward to California at some point. Just curious ...

8. Travel or local staffing agencies for Portland area hospitals

   desta posted a topic in Oregon

   I'm planning a cross country move to Portland for family reasons and will be looking for travel contracts or per diem work in the Portland area starting in January. I am lucky in that I have a place to land housing wise and am not totally committed t...

9. Visiting Nurse Service of New York

   desta replied to Sammi15's topic in New York

   bigboy - see the link i posted for sammi earlier in the thread - the internship program takes BSN and ADN new grads up to those w/ a year of hospital experience (as far as i know). thedit- i can only speak for vns in manhattan - there was a separate ...

10. Visiting Nurse Service of New York

    desta replied to Sammi15's topic in New York

    bklyn - i agree w/ you that homecare isn't easy, by any means, and i didn't mean to give the impression that it was!! it's a distinct area of practice that requires specialized skills and knowledge, and is much less controlled than a clinical settin...

11. Visiting Nurse Service of New York

    desta replied to Sammi15's topic in New York

    hi sammi... so, i have just left vns, about a month ago, and am starting a new job. but my info should still be pretty current!! i would say the average caseload is 5-7 patients/daily. i have heard of nurses being pushed to see up to 8-10, but that w...

12. VNSNY Tuition Reimbursement

    desta replied to loved's topic in New York

    re the original question - (loved)- i think tuition reimbursement starts either 3 or 6 mos after your start date - i know a nurse i started with was taking NP classes right away and i think she was reimbursed. you can get reimbursement both for nursi...

13. Visiting Nurse Service of New York

    desta replied to Sammi15's topic in New York

    hi sammi, i've been at VNS in manhattan for 4 years - just got our updated rates for this year - i'm not sure the exact starting salary - but, it should be upper 60s, with the educational & experiential differential should be 70K +/-. hope that h...

14. How to get into HHC? New grad LPN needs advice.

    desta replied to 3sodapop's topic in Home Health

    I went straight from a BSN program to home care in NYC, and had a friend who did something similar in the Boston area. My agency had a program for new grads -- both bachelors and associates degree RNs, but unfortunately I don't know anything re LPNs....

15. Making ends meet in NYC

    desta replied to njxcrush18's topic in New York

    if you're working in manhattan and want to live in manhattan, you could consider uptown neighborhoods - harlem, washington heights & inwood - it is definitely possible to share a 2br for 800-1000, and if you are willing to go to 3 i've heard of p...