Healthcare Traveler - February 2009 - (Page 37) Frontier beauty. We continued to converse, and changed topics to healthcare. He told me that one of his favorite childhood foods was turtle soup, and he said that today every hospitalized cardiac patient in his hometown is served “cardiac” cabbage soup. Most intrigued, I asked him to mail the recipe to me. (See box on page 34.) Lessons learned I came away from my beach therapy at North Carolina’s Outer Banks totally relaxed and ready to return to work. With my new seashell book and sea sounds CD, I enjoy the ocean’s treasures and feel more empowered every day. The minor annoyances—mosquitoes, secondhand smoke, and strong winds—only added to my experience by teaching me to face life’s challenges. Of course, these lessons were just some of the many things I’ve learned since I left a permanent staff position after nearly 20 years to begin my healthcare travel career in January 2003. In addition to providing temporary services in North Carolina and Alaska, I’ve been on assignment in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Iowa, Louisiana, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, and Virginia. I would not trade travel nursing for any permanent position as it’s been very rewarding, both personally and professionally. During my career, I’ve found that possessing the quality of being observant is a benefit when Perhaps if each of us would traveling and is crucial to nursing. Perhaps if each take time out for a little of us would take time beach therapy, we could out for a little beach—or mountain or wilderness better meet the healthcare or plains—therapy, such needs of our patients. activity would strengthen our observation skills and improve our services so we could better meet the healthcare needs of our patients. HT Eva Koll, BA, BSN, RN, ONC, CLNC, a medical/surgical nurse, was on assignment at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center in Fayetteville, North Carolina, through Boca Raton, Floridabased RN Network when this article was written. Circle Career Card No. 602 www.healthcaretraveler.com February 2009 Healthcare Traveler 37 http://www.aureusmedical.com/?src=004-001-001 http://www.healthcaretraveler.com
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