Healthcare Traveler - January 2009 - (Page 14) Field Notes P E R SP E C T I V E S F RO M E X P E R I E N C E D M O B I L E P RO F E S SI O N A L S time. That’s why I don’t plan my travels too far in advance. I know it’s never a coincidence when I end up in a certain place. I’m exactly where I’m supposed to be for a reason. In fact, one of my goals is to work on disaster relief efforts. Coming from New Orleans, I know how desperately nurses are needed after hurricanes and earthquakes. Recently, after Hurricane Gustav made landfall, my staffing company posted a message on its website asking anyone who was available for immediate departure to consider providing relief services. I wasn’t free at the time, but I hope I’ll be able to lend a hand when future needs arise. Travel by design In my free time, I love to sightsee and explore my surroundings, but my real passion is for interior decorating. Traveling to different parts of the country has opened my eyes to different regional styles of architecture and design. It’s wonderful to immerse myself in Victorian style for a few months and then change to something else like Spanish mission technique. “Until we retire, I give thanks I have a career that allows me to be there for the ones I love.” —Crystal Straub, RN Tom and I have renovated three houses over the years, and the entire inside of our RV is redone. Living in our fifth-wheel has taught us how to downsize. I’m proud that I can be packed and ready to leave with only an hour’s notice. When we retire, I think we’ll just live in a nice log cabin —one I don’t have to renovate—on a lake somewhere. Until then, I’ll just keep moving wherever the good Lord takes me and give thanks that I have a career that allows me to be there for the ones I love. HT As told to Julie Anne Eason, freelance writer, by Crystal Straub, RN, a med/surg and orthopedics nurse on assignment with Onward Healthcare, a staffing company located in Wilton, Connecticut. www.healthcaretraveler.com Circle Career Card No. 612 14 Healthcare Traveler January 2009 http://www.hrnservices.com http://www.healthcaretraveler.com
Table of Contents Feed for the Digital Edition of Healthcare Traveler - January 2009 Healthcare Traveler - January 2009 Editor’s Desk Contents By the Numbers Paws for Thought Field Notes In a Flash Med Ec-cerpts Dream Destinations Nursing from the Heart Drug Update Professional Update Clinical Tips On Assignment Cityscape Name It Advertiser’s Index Contest Rules When In… It’s in the Bag Dot.com Tax Facts Big Deals Starter’s Kit Going the Distance Allied Corner Classifieds Tales from the Road Healthcare Traveler - January 2009 Healthcare Traveler - January 2009 - Healthcare Traveler - January 2009 (Page Cover1) Healthcare Traveler - January 2009 - Healthcare Traveler - January 2009 (Page Cover2) Healthcare Traveler - January 2009 - Editor’s Desk (Page 1) Healthcare Traveler - January 2009 - Contents (Page 2) Healthcare Traveler - January 2009 - Contents (Page 3) Healthcare Traveler - January 2009 - Contents (Page 4) Healthcare Traveler - January 2009 - Contents (Page 5) Healthcare Traveler - 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