{"id":45,"date":"2022-02-21T04:07:04","date_gmt":"2022-02-21T04:07:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/4hvirtualcareernight\/?page_id=45"},"modified":"2022-02-28T01:12:45","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T01:12:45","slug":"brandon-melville","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/4hvirtualcareernight\/brandon-melville\/","title":{"rendered":"Brandon Melville"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide is-stacked-on-mobile\" style=\"grid-template-columns:34% auto\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"424\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/5307\/files\/2022\/02\/View-rece2-Brandon-Melville-Katie-Currier.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-46 size-full\" srcset=\"https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/5307\/files\/2022\/02\/View-rece2-Brandon-Melville-Katie-Currier.jpg 424w, https:\/\/osu-wams-blogs-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com\/blogs.dir\/5307\/files\/2022\/02\/View-rece2-Brandon-Melville-Katie-Currier-239x300.jpg 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 424px) 100vw, 424px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p style=\"font-size:15px\"><strong>Email:<\/strong><br>bmelville19@gmail.com<br><br><strong>Occupation:<\/strong><br>Nurse<br><br><strong>Phone Number for follow-up questions:<\/strong><br>928-856-1451<br><br><strong>Title of presentation:<\/strong><br>Nursing<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Brief Professional Biography:<\/strong><br>I&#8217;ve been a nurse for 10 years mostly in the ICU. I was a nurse educator in a cardiovascular ICU and am now the supervisor or all the nurse educators in the Bosie St. Luke&#8217;s hospital<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Brief Personal and Professional Biography:<\/strong><br>Married to a nurse, and have 2 kids and 2 dogs. I love to travel and experience new things. Nursing provides the work life balance I want in life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What is one highlight of your career field?<\/strong><br>Working as a post open heart recovery nurse and educator. It thought me so much and made me who I am today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>How did you get to your career?<\/strong><br>I had originally aimed my career goals at being a doctor. I got a biology degree and took the MCAT&#8217;s but as I was applying to schools, I worked as a nursing assistant and shadowed physicians and in that time I discovered that I loved the work the nurses did. They have more of a direct, physical, positive impact on patients and you get to do some purity cool stuff. Now seeing the things I&#8217;ve done and life I&#8217;ve been living, I dont regret the decision at all.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What does your average day look like on your job?<\/strong><br>As an ICU nurse, every day is different. It is 12 hours of adapting to challenges and pushing yourself to Each day, it teaches you and grows you as a person. There are good and bad days but you can be proud of the work you do because you are saving lives and serving others. As a nurse leader\/educator, you work strive to support your staff so they have the skills, knowledge and confidence to care for patients safely. It&#8217;s not as in the trenches as a bed side nurse. But it is a position that gives back to nurses and impacts a greater population.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Are there any tips you have for individuals seeking to start this career or do you know if there are scholarship or internship opportunities available with your career?<\/strong><br>I would recommend focusing on your prerequisites to make you more competitive in your applications. I would also urge people to get their batchelor degree in nursing. More and more hospitals are requiring it to be a bedside nurse, so it will make you more competitive and save you time in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button aligncenter is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-black-color has-luminous-vivid-orange-background-color has-text-color has-background\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/4hvirtualcareernight\/presenters-information\/\">Presenters&#8217; Main Page<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Email:bmelville19@gmail.com Occupation:Nurse Phone Number for follow-up questions:928-856-1451 Title of presentation:Nursing Brief Professional Biography:I&#8217;ve been a nurse for 10 years mostly in the ICU. 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