melosa08

melosa08 specializes in ICU.

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1. Does anyone live alone?

   melosa08 replied to direw0lf's topic in General Nursing

   I moved out about a year ago. My only complaints are if I don't do xyz, xyz will never get done. If I don't go grocery shopping, I won't have any food (thank goodness for delivery *Shout out Domino's Pizza*). If I don't do laundry, I'll run out of cl...

2. Is there such thing as financial aid for graduate school?

   melosa08 replied to Nursing pursuit's topic in General Nursing

   If you have at least 2 years of nursing experience and feel comfortable in your skills, you can travel nurse for a while to help save up for grad school. You will have the opportunity to make anywhere from $1500- $3000 NET PAY WEEKLY depending on you...

3. What is the real deal with Trustaff???

   melosa08 replied to oncrn86's topic in Travel

   The current Trustaff recruiter I was talking too, on a personal level, could be my best friend. We have soo much in common from hobbies to tv shows, etc. HOWEVER, when I was debating between two locations of where to go next, I was surprised by the p...

4. Do you prefer to circulate or scrub?

   melosa08 replied to Rory8's topic in Operating Room

   I wished my orientation included more scrubbing. I feel like it would make me more well rounded and marketable nurse. When you are scrubbed into the case, I feel like you get a better understanding of the case and the supplies needed. Whenever I get ...

5. Questions about maxing out Per Diem

   melosa08 posted a topic in Travel

   I'll be starting my first travel assignment in Dallas, TX depending on how the phone interview goes. My recruiter emailed me the following numbers base on a 40 hr work week: Taxable hourly: $22.68 x 40 = $907.30 Weekly housing: $692.84 (about $98.98/...

6. 2 week notice vs leave of absence

   melosa08 replied to melosa08's topic in Travel

   Thanks for the feedback! I'm just trying to think about the future for those "what if"moments. I feel like traveling would be the next step for me. Just nervous, yet excited.

7. 2 week notice vs leave of absence

   melosa08 posted a topic in Travel

   When you guys took your first traveling assignment, did you put in your 2 weeks or ask for a leave of absence for those 3 months until you were sure traveling is what you truly wanted? Curious to hear your responses.

8. Information about Ochsner and New Orleans in general

   melosa08 replied to melosa08's topic in Travel

   Haven't heard anything yet from the hospital. Been getting emails from the travel company that they keep pushing, but haven't heard back yet. Not sure if the hospital is waiting to see what their needs are next year.

9. Information about Ochsner and New Orleans in general

   melosa08 replied to melosa08's topic in Travel

   Great idea! Thank you!

10. Information about Ochsner and New Orleans in general

    melosa08 posted a topic in Travel

    Hello! I'm talking with a recruiter and I'm thinking about taking an assignment in New Orleans. This will be my first travel assignment. I've Google New Orleans and Ochsner and can't find any current reviews. One traveler that I spoke to at work told...

11. What's a "difficult pt" to you?

    melosa08 replied to KRVRN's topic in Relations

    Confused, combative, and or non-compliant pts with over bearing family while being tripled. Anybody who rides their call light. I use to work in ICU. The above always seem to guarantee you a long, exhaustive night with little charting done timely. I ...

12. I was written up and put back on orientation

    melosa08 replied to Kalicokats's topic in Safety

    I've never worked in peds, but I imagine that the parents are probably at bedside and concerned when their child could have something to eat or drink. Since the orders are written as NPO without any "advanced as tolerated" orders, I would of kept to ...

13. Vanco: give or wait for vanco trough?

    melosa08 replied to rn.5245's topic in Medications

    What I would of done is waited til lab drew the trough, especially since it was to be drawn at 1600. That way if they need to hold or adjust the dose, the ordering physician can be notified of the results as well unless there was a order written to h...

14. Average OR temperature

    melosa08 replied to finallyRN7's topic in Operating Room

    68-73°F with the humidity between 30-60% is standard. Depending on the individual case and hospital policy, those numbers will vary.

15. Attn: Nurses hired into the OR within the last 6 months to a year!

    melosa08 replied to LifesAJourney's topic in Operating Room

    Yay, I have a buddy in this lol! We got this!!!