Healthcare Traveler - June 2008 - (Page 12)

Field Notes P E R S P ECTIVE S F ROM E XP E R I E NC E D MOB I LE P ROF E S S IONALS The Magazine for Healthcare Travel Professionals ® One of the “regulars” ’m the kind of person who gets bored easily and is always looking for a new challenge. That’s what made healthcare travel so appealing to me. I am a mobile nurse with Trustaff, a travel company based in Cincinnati, Ohio. Over the past 3 years, I’ve had assignments in Missouri, Tennessee, California, and Arizona. And I have loved every minute. In a few cases, I’ve not only ME and my husband, Eddie, enjoy a day out with accepted extended contracts, but Scott, our youngest; our granddaughter, Cloe; also returned to the same hospitals after completing assignments and Kevin, our oldest (and Cloe’s dad). elsewhere. Through this repeated exposure to specific facilities, I have developed a little network of people and places that I can count on in a pinch. I didn’t plan it this way; I just ended up enjoying myself so much that I wanted to prolong the experiences. And since I kept getting extension requests, I guess facility representatives were happy to accommodate me. One place I just hated to “I have grown attached to a leave was Modoc Medical Center in Alturas, California. few hospitals. The welcoming Generally, I choose my assignatmosphere and excellent working ments based on contracts’ hourly rates. But that time, my conditions keep me coming back.” decision was influenced by the desire to practice at a small —Kathleen Murphy, RN hospital. The 14-bed unit to which I was assigned relied almost exclusively on mobile nurses and locum tenens physicians. We travelers grew very close, sharing experiences and stories. Several of us kept renewing our contracts because we enjoyed working together so much. We still keep in touch, and my e-mail is always full to bursting with news from my traveling friends. Sometimes, I not only fall in love with a facility and its people, but also a location. When I was on assignment at Western Arizona Regional Medical Center in Bullhead City, my husband, Eddie, and I stayed at an RV park right on the banks of the Colorado River. I enjoyed the breathtaking scenery, and Eddie got to fish every day just a few steps from our temporary home. We also did a lot of sightseeing. It was fun to experience different cultures and regional cuisine firsthand. www.healthcaretraveler.com Editorial Advisory Board Members are mobile providers nominated by their respective travel company representatives. As schedules permit, they submit story ideas and/or manuscripts and agree to be interviewed. By discussing issues with our staff, they assist Healthcare Traveler in creating a base of knowledge, experience, and insight for defining and developing editorial content. I Nursing Members Mary Jo Alessio, RN Supplemental Health Care Teresa (Terri) Allen, RN Onward Healthcare Lora Anderson, RN Banner Health Travelers Virginia Bialk, RN Bridge Staffing, Inc. Brian Bidan, RN Cross Country TravCorps Dayne Bowers, RNC RN Network Pam Campbell, RN Trustaff Rose Cousineau, RN Medical Express Nigel Day, RN MedCall NorthWest, Inc. Dorothy Del Valle, ADN, RN First Assist Christopher Freedman, RN NursesRx Katrina Geiger, RN Clinical One Tim Groves, RN American Mobile Healthcare Mary Hadsell, BSN, RN Advantage RN Casey Hall, RN Innovative Placements Terry Hall, RN Trinity Healthcare Staffting Group Jennifer Hamrick, RN, CNOR NovaPro Staffing Glenda Hardy, RN PPR Healthcare Staffing Mickey Kruse, BSN, RN, CEN, TNCC Medical Resource Network Karen LaBlanc, RN Aureus Medical Group Vicki Lawson, RN Attentive Health Care Yvonne Lawson-Thomas, RN InteliStaf Travel Jean Magnuson, RN Soliant Health Monti (“Micki”) Marsh, RN HRN Services Inc. Alan Nash, RN MedStaff Healthcare Solutions Joni Parcell, RN Favorite Healthcare Staffing Bill Pletch, RN Professional Nursing Service Rosemary Primeaux, RN Preferred Healthcare Staffing, Inc. Bonnie Richlin, RN Matrix Healthcare Services, Inc. Susan Sabatula, RN The Right Solutions Mandeep Smith, BSN, RN Procare USA Jenny Thompson, RN American Traveler Staffing Professionals Aleksey Yukhvid, RN White Glove Placement, Inc. Allied Health Members Shannon Ball, RRT Cirrus Medical Staffing Emily R. Brawner, OT American Traveler Staffing Professionals Keith Carregal, PT Sunbelt Staffing Lindsay Clark, PT PPR Healthcare Staffing Marsha Dexter InteliStaf Travel Josephine Feldman, RT TeamStaff Rx Debora Janzen, RT (R)(T) ATC Travelers Brian Koetkemeyer, ORT National Healthcare Staffing Erika Lee, PT Supplemental Health Care Richard Mahnke, PT Soliant Health Dawn Morse, PT Trinity Healthcare Staffing Group Apollone Reid, MPH, PT Destination Healthcare Staffing Joel Sauer, CNMT Favorite Healthcare Staffing Kurt VanZandt, ASCP, BS On Assignment Allied Travel Patti Witkiewicz, RPT Cross Country TravCorps Jodi Wolfgram, RDMS, RT Aureus Medical Group A little security goes a long way Over the years, I have grown attached to a few hospitals. The welcoming atmosphere and excellent working conditions at St. Francis Hospital-Memphis in Memphis, Tennessee, and Hannibal Regional Hospital in Hannibal, Missouri, keep me coming back. » 12 Healthcare Traveler June 2008 www.healthcaretraveler.com http://www.healthcaretraveler.com http://www.healthcaretraveler.com http://www.healthcaretraveler.com

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