Healthcare Traveler - October 2008 - (Page 1) Editor’s Desk The Magazine for Healthcare Travel Professionals www.HealthcareTraveler.com 106 Milford Street, Suite 105, Salisbury, MD 21804 (410) 749-3200 • (800) 948-8728 • Fax (410) 742-3235 For subscriptions, call (877) 922-2022 Editorial GROUP EDITOR MANAGING EDITOR ASSOCIATE EDITOR EDITORIAL/SALES ASSISTANT ART DIRECTOR Patricia Stille Lederman plederman@advanstar.com Bobbi Harrison bharrison@advanstar.com T It pays to be a traveler Jennifer Samuels jennifer.samuels@advanstar.com Karen Tull ktull@advanstar.com W. Kevin Wolff Peggy K. Onstad Cary Jon Lederman, JD clederman@advanstar.com Advertising GEN MGR., SPECIALTY CARE GROUP PUBLISHER LIST ACCOUNT EXECUTIVE Renee Schuster rschuster@advanstar.com (440) 891-2613 CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING- Diane Ward RECRUITMENT diane.ward@advanstar.com PRODUCTS & SERVICES (201) 690 -5355 REPRINTS Kimberly A. 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Hewins Steve Morris Laura Wagner Teresa Kivlehan John C. Marlow, MD Articles in Healthcare Traveler are indexed in the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL). Healthcare Traveler does not verify any claims or other information appearing in any of the advertisements contained in the publication, and cannot take any responsibility for any losses or other damages incurred by readers in reliance on such content. Healthcare Traveler welcomes unsolicited articles, manuscripts, photographs, illustrations, and other materials but cannot be held responsible for their safekeeping or return. Healthcare Traveler (ISSN 1077-5676) is published monthly by Advanstar Communications, Inc., 131 West 1st Street, Duluth, MN 55802-2065. Periodicals postage paid at Duluth, MN and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Healthcare Traveler, PO Box 6000, Duluth, MN 55806-6000. Canadian G.S.T. Number: # R-124213133RT001, Publications Mail Agreement Number: # 40017597. Printed in the U.S.A. Healthcare Traveler is distributed free of charge in the United States and Canada to nurses and allied healthcare providers who travel, or would consider travel as a career opportunity. Single copies (prepaid only): $6.00 in the United States, $8.00 all other countries. Healthcare Traveler is available on a paid subscription basis to nonqualified readers at the rate of: US and Possessions: 1 year, $45.00; 2 years, $80.00; Canada/Mexico: 1 year, $65.00; 2 years, $115.00; All other countries: 1 year, $85.00; 2 years, $135.00. Back issues, if available: $11.00 in the U.S., $15.00 all other countries. Include $6.50 per order plus $2.00 per additional copy for U.S. postage and handling. If shipping outside the U.S., include an additional $10.00 per order plus $2.00 per additional copy. imes are certainly tough for Americans. Foreclosures jumped again in August, with California, Florida, and Arizona accounting for more than half of the nation’s activity. The government has stepped in to rescue Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, and most recently, insurance giant AIG. Meanwhile, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) has added to its “problem list” of troubled institutions that bear watching (117 at press time), and Wall Street’s woes—with the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropping 504, then 449 points, in 2 days—continue to make news. Hurricanes Gustav and Ike, which made landfall on the Gulf Coast states of Louisiana and Texas this month—just 12 days apart—have raised concerns about damage to life and property, as well as curtailed oil production from shuttered “Earn more, travel refineries, destroyed offshore platforms, and limited peron someone else’s sonnel due to evacuations. In wake, Americans saw dime, and enhance Ike’slargest 1-day jump in gas the your professional prices since Katrina—up 6.2 cents on September 14. Before finally starting to drop, development.” the national average had risen to $3.855 for regular. Eleven states reported prices over $4 a gallon, with Alaska ($4.399), Hawaii ($4.315), and Illinois ($4.167) recording the highest costs and New Jersey the lowest ($3.529). Fortunately, a travel healthcare career can mitigate some of these concerns. This month, Healthcare Traveler presents results from its second salary survey, and one thing is clear: It pays to be a traveler, especially in this economy. Check out findings, beginning on page 20, and don’t miss additional insights online at www.HealthcareTraveler.com. As a mobile clinician, you not only can earn more than core staff, but also travel on someone else’s dime, visit regions you may never see otherwise, and enhance your professional development by learning new and different approaches to patient care. Read about how these benefits have changed the life of a veteran traveler in Rodney Daly’s “Home Sweet Home, Sorta,” the third place winner of this year’s Faces & Places Writing Contest (page 34). And if all of his talk about New England makes you want to consider an assignment there, don’t miss Kay Pennington’s experience in Bennington, Vermont (page 46). Just interested in a leaf-peeping getaway? Look for travel tips and peak times to view at state tourism sites or through alerts like those at http://gonewengland.about.com/cs/ fallfoliage/l/blleafalert.htm. Even if your schedule won’t allow for a trip to the Northeast, you can find the best fall colors in your local area. Visit the U.S. Forest Service’s Fall Hotline and Activities site, Patricia Stille Lederman www.fs.fed.us/news/fallcolors, for the latest on national Group Editor and regional hotspots across the country. HT plederman@advanstar.com Mission Statement Healthcare Traveler and www.HealthcareTraveler.com are the most widely read and favorite resources for mobile healthcare professionals and for those who might be interested in joining this community. Dedicated to this lifestyle, Healthcare Traveler engages and encourages nursing and allied healthcare professionals through the perspectives of industry experts and travelers alike. 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