Healthcare Traveler - June 2008 - (Page 32) After a dozen years of working full-time, Nan and her husband, Jim, a retired cardiac ultrasound specialist, hit the road with their fifth-wheel motor home. Together, they have gone to New York, Tennessee,Arizona, New Mexico, and Montana. Currently, Nan is honoring a contract at Fresenius Medical Care Shorewood in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. “In the acute care setting, patients come and go pretty quickly. But in the chronic setting, you are able to find out more about them as individuals.” – Nan Headrick, RN, CNN “Jim and I have been lucky to go where we want,” she says. “We like to move around to see our children and grandchildren who are located all over the country.” Nan was pleased to discover she was able to make those same types of connections with patients as a mobile nurse. “I have found people just about everywhere to be very well aware of the staffing shortages, and very grateful to have travelers come in to assist,” she relates. “They are always interested in my background and ask about what I have seen and done.” Recalling how one gentleman in particular made an impression on her, she notes, “He was a Native American, who was quite respectful but typically quiet during his 3- to 4-hour procedures. One day, my husband and I stopped at a coffee shop, where I saw him at the counter. I did not want to compromise his privacy in case others recognized me as a dialysis nurse, but he just gave me a big grin and said, ‘Hello, friend.’ That just showed me how much the community had really accepted me.” What advice does Nan have to mobile practitioners interested in practicing in dialysis centers? “Get up to speed quickly on patients’ histories and putting names to faces. The permanent staff already know who is who, but it is so important to properly identify clients.” She explains, “In the outpatient center, you are delivering medications from the very start of the assignment without the assistance of ID bracelets, so you have to be confident Circle Career Card No. 603 32 Healthcare Traveler June 2008 www.healthcaretraveler.com http://www.aureusmedical.com/?src=004-001-001 http://www.aureusmedical.com/?src=004-001-001 http://www.healthcaretraveler.com
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