Volume 7 Number 5 - November 30th

Susan F, RN
Orange County, California

Hi, I am a RN working for Access since September 2004. I found a great assignment in Orange County at Orange Coast Memorial Med Center. I have made some good friends who introduced me to the surf at San Onofre. Here is a picture of me before I went surfing.

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Share your adventures and travel stories with other healthcare professionals by sending in photos of your travel assignment. If your photo is chosen to be in the newsletter you will receive a special prize.

Please email your photos to travelerphotos@accessnurses.com or mail them to:

Access Nurses: Traveler Photos
5935 Cornerstone Court West #300
San Diego, CA 92121-3711

Note: Photos mailed to Access Nurses will not be returned.

Please include:
Your Name
Location of photo
Brief explanation

Disclaimer:
By submitting photos you are affirming that you own the rights to said photos and are granting Access Nurses permission to use these photos in our media with indemnification from any claims resulting from their use.

Hot Jobs

Contact your recruiter or call Access Nurses at 1-866-687-7390 to inquire about the following jobs!

Sacramento, California
Med Surg Ortho
Positions: 1
Shift: 12 hour nights
Start Date: ASAP

Baltimore, Maryland
Telemetry
Positions: 2
Shift: 12 hour nights
Start Date: ASAP

Port St. Lucie, Florida
ICU & IMC
Positions: 5
Shift: 12 hour days and nights
Start Date: ASAP

Los Angeles and Orange County, CA
Tele
Positions: 10
Shift: Days and Nights
Start Date: ASAP

Orange County and Los Angeles, CA
L&D
Positions: 10
Shift: Days and Nights
Start Date: ASAP

Marshfield, Wisconsin
ER
Positions: 1
Shift: 8 hour and 12 hour rotating
Start Date: 12/04/06

Albuquerque, New Mexico
Oncology
Positions: 2
Shift: 12 hour nights
Start Date: ASAP

Santa Fe, New Mexico
ER
Positions: 2
Shift: 12 hour nights
Start Date: January

Gainesville, Florida
ICU - Urgent Backfill!
Positions: 6
Shift: 12 hour days and nights
Start Date: 12/04/06

Rockford, Illinois
ER
Shift: 12 hour nights
Start Date: ASAP

Lake Charles, Louisiana
ICU and MedSurg
Shift: 12 hour nights
Start Date: ASAP

Greenville, North Carolina
NICU
Shift: 12 hour flex shifts
Start Date: ASAP

Los Angeles, California
ICU Float
Positions: 14
Shift: 7p-7a
Start Date: ASAP

Albuquerque, New Mexico
PICU & NICU - $5000 bonus for 6 month contract!
Positions: 6
Shift: 12 hour rotating
Start Date: 1/3/06

Portland, Oregon
OR
Positions: 1
Shift: 11a - 7:30p
Start Date: ASAP

Watsonville, California
ER
Positions: 2
Shift: 7p - 7a
Start Date: 12/11/06

North Coastal California
ICU
Positions: 2
Shift: 12 hour days and nights
Start Date: ASAP

Bremerton, Washington
L&D
Positions: 4
Shift: All
Start Date: ASAP

Featured Forum Topic

RN With No Experience

I graduated in 2005, then took and passed my nclex in 2006. I’m looking for a job mainly in New York City. I had one interview but was declined by the director of human resources saying that I need one year experience then I can call her again. I’m desperate to get a job. How can I get any experience if nobody wants to hire me?

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Humor

PARROT

A man entered a pet shop, wanting to buy a parrot. The shop owner pointed out three identical parrots on a perch and said, “The parrot to the left costs 500 dollars.”

“Why does that parrot cost so much?” the man wondered.

The owner replied, “Well, it knows how to use a computer.”

The man asked about the next parrot on the perch.

“That one costs 1,000 dollars because it can do everything the other parrot can do, plus it knows how to use the UNIX operating system.”

Naturally, the startled customer asked about the third parrot.

“That one costs 2,000 dollars.”

“And what does that one do?” the man asked.

The owner replied, “To be honest, I’ve never seen him do a thing, but the other two call him boss!”

Volume 7 Number 4 - November 23rd

Lara S, RN

Florida

This photo was taken at the Florida Aquarium in Tampa while on assignment in St Petersburg, Florida. When looking at this picture, it almost appears as if you’re looking at four turtles rather than two. I think this is a great representation of the different species you encounter while exploring the sunshine state. Enjoy!

Share your stories. Send us your photos!

Share your adventures and travel stories with other healthcare professionals by sending in photos of your travel assignment. If your photo is chosen to be in the newsletter you will receive a special prize.

Please email your photos to travelerphotos@accessnurses.com or mail them to:

Access Nurses: Traveler Photos
5935 Cornerstone Court West #300
San Diego, CA 92121-3711

Note: Photos mailed to Access Nurses will not be returned.

Please include:
Your Name
Location of photo
Brief explanation

Disclaimer:
By submitting photos you are affirming that you own the rights to said photos and are granting Access Nurses permission to use these photos in our media with indemnification from any claims resulting from their use.

Hot Jobs

Contact your recruiter or call Access Nurses at 1-866-687-7390 to inquire about the following jobs!

Kansas City, Kansas
Cath Lab
Positions: 2
Shift: 7a - 3p w/ call
Start Date: ASAP

Los Angeles, California
Cath Lab
Positions: 2
Shift: 10 hour days
Start Date: 11/27 or 12/11

Phoenix, Arizona
L&D
Positions: 10
Shift: Nights
Start Date: ASAP

Las Vegas, Nevada
Med Surg
Positions: 5
Shift: Nights
Start Date: ASAP

Rockford, Illinois
OR
Shift: 8 hour days
Start Date: ASAP

Lake Charles, Louisiana
ICU and Med Surg
Shift: 12 hour nights
Start Date: ASAP

Charleston, South Carolina
PICU
Shift: 12 hour flex shifts
Start Date: ASAP

Albuquerque, New Mexico
PICU & NICU - $5,000 Bonus for 6 mo. contract!
Positions: 6
Shift: 12 hour rotating
Start Date: 1/3/06

Santa Fe, New Mexico
ICU/CCU
Positions: 2
Shift: 12 hour nights
Start Date: 12/4/06

Gainesville, Florida
ICU - Urgent Backfill!
Positions: 6
Shift: 12 hour days and nights
Start Date: 12/4/06

Baltimore, Maryland
Telemetry
Positions: 2
Shift: 12 hour nights
Start Date: ASAP

Steven’s Point, Wisconsin
OR
Positions: 1
Shift: 8 hour days
Start Date: ASAP

Warrensville Heights, Ohio
ER
Positions: 1
Shift: 12 hour nights
Start Date: ASAP

Salem, Oregon
L&D
Positions: 2
Shift: 12 hour nights
Start Date: ASAP

Colorado
OR Tech - Open Hearts/Ortho
Positions: 1
Shift: Days
Start Date: ASAP

Arroyo Grande, California
OR
Positions: 1
Shift: Days
Start Date: January 2

Port St. Lucie, Florida
ICU & IMC
Positions: 5
Shift: 12 hour days and nights
Start Date: ASAP

Featured Forum Topic

Any pediatric nurses here?

I was just curious if we had any staff RNs who work in a pediatric hospital? I’ve been a RN for almost a year now and I’m trying to plan a move in the next year or so. My kids are heading off to college and I’m considering a move to a warmer climate and wondered about pediatric hospitals in certain states. I’ve also got travel nursing in the back of my mind. Any input would be appreciated! Thanks!

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Faith

A couple of nuns who were nursing sisters had gone out to the country to minister to an outpatient. On the way back they were a few miles from home when they ran out of gas. They were standing beside their car on the shoulder when a truck approached.

Seeing ladies of the cloth in distress, the driver stopped to offer his help. The nuns explained they needed some gas. The driver of the truck said he would gladly drain some from his tank, but he didn’t have a bucket or can.
One of the nuns dug out a clean bedpan and asked the driver if he could use it. He said yes, and proceeded to drain a couple of quarts of gas into the pan. He waved goodbye to the nuns and left. The nuns were carefully pouring the precious fluid into their gas tank when the highway patrol came by.

The trooper stopped and watched for a minute, then he said: “Sisters, I don’t think it will work, but I sure do admire your faith!”

Volume 7 Number 3 - November 16th

Miles H, RN

Yosemite, CA

This picture was taken while I was visiting Yosemite National Park in July 2006, while on assignment in Bakersfield, California.

Share your stories. Send us your photos!

Share your adventures and travel stories with other healthcare professionals by sending in photos of your travel assignment. If your photo is chosen to be in the newsletter you will receive a special prize.

Please email your photos to travelerphotos@accessnurses.com or mail them to:

Access Nurses: Traveler Photos
5935 Cornerstone Court West #300
San Diego, CA 92121-3711

Note: Photos mailed to Access Nurses will not be returned.

Please include:
Your Name
Location of photo
Brief explanation

Disclaimer:
By submitting photos you are affirming that you own the rights to said photos and are granting Access Nurses permission to use these photos in our media with indemnification from any claims resulting from their use.

Hot Jobs

Contact your recruiter or call Access Nurses at 1-866-687-7390 to inquire about the following jobs!

San Diego, California
Pediatrics, PICU, CV tele
Positions: 1
Shift: 12 hour days and nights
Start Date: ASAP

Bakersfield, California
IMC, CV telemetry, CCU
Positions: 2
Shift: 12 hour days and nights
Start Date: ASAP

Las Vegas, Nevada
IMC (tele)
Positions: 11
Shift: Days/Nights
Start Date: December

Worcester, Massachusetts
OR
Positions: 1
Shift: Days (6:45a - 5:15p)
Start Date: November/December

Albuquerque, New Mexico
Tele
Positions: 4
Shift: 12 hour nights
Start Date: ASAP

Las Vegas, Nevada
Med Surg
Positions: 8
Shift: Days/Nights
Start Date: December

Cleveland, Ohio
Neuro ICU
Positions: 4
Shift: 12 hour nights
Start Date: 12/04/06

Rockford, Illinois
OR
Shift: 8 hour days
Start Date: ASAP

Las Vegas, Nevada
CVOR Tech
Positions: 1
Shift: 5 - 8 hour days with some on call
Start Date: ASAP

Lake Charles, Louisiana
ICU and MedSurg
Shift: 12 hour nights
Start Date: ASAP

Charleston, South Carolina
PICU
Shift: 12 hour flex shifts
Start Date: ASAP

Portland, Oregon
ICU
Positions: 10
Shift: 12 hour days and nights
Start Date: ASAP

Walnut Creek, California
OR
Positions: 5
Shift: 12 hour days or 8 hour evenings
Start Date: ASAP

Washington DC
ICU
Positions: 1
Shift: 12 hour nights
Start Date: ASAP

Redding, California
Intermediate Care
Positions: 4
Shift: 12 hour days and nights
Start Date: ASAP

Orange County, California
PICU
Positions: 10
Shift: Days or Nights
Start Date: ASAP

Los Angeles and San Diego, California
L&D
Positions: 15
Shift: Days or Nights
Start Date: ASAP

Las Vegas, Nevada
ICU
Positions: 2
Shift: Days and Nights
Start Date: ASAP

Sarasota, Florida
Cardiac Stepdown & Cardiac Overflow Tele
Positions: 32
Shift: 12 hour days or nights
Start Date: ASAP through February

Featured Forum Topic

Hawaii Travel

Has anyone done a travel assignment in Hawaii? What hospital? Was it a good experience? Any suggestions? Thanks!

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Humor

The Outhouse

Once there was a little boy who lived in the country. For bathroom facilities, they had to use an outhouse. The little boy hated it because it was hot in the summer and cold in the winter, and it stank all the time. The outhouse was sitting on the bank of a creek, and the boy determined that one day he would push that outhouse into the water.

One day after a spring rain, the creek was swollen so the little boy decided that today was the day to push the outhouse into the creek. So he got a large stick and pushed. Finally, the outhouse toppled into the creek and floated away.

That evening his dad sternly told him to sit down. Knowing he was in trouble, the little boy asked why. The dad replied, “Someone pushed the outhouse into the creek today. It was you, wasn’t it, son?” The boy nodded meekly. The father said, “Because of your actions, you will have to face the consequences, which will be severe.”

Then he thought a moment and said, “Dad, I learned in school that George Washington chopped down a cherry tree and didn’t get into trouble because he told the truth.” The dad replied, “Well, son, I’m glad you told the truth, but George Washington’s father wasn’t in that cherry tree!”

Volume 7 Number 2 - November 9th

This photo was taken on my very recent road trip across the country to my new assignment in the Fort Lauderdale, Florida area. My son, Tyler, and I took the backroads through the Florida Everglades. At one point we were closer to Cuba than to the USA mainland. Adventure is where you find it.

Share your stories. Send us your photos!

Share your adventures and travel stories with other healthcare professionals by sending in photos of your travel assignment. If your photo is chosen to be in the newsletter you will receive a special prize.

Please email your photos to travelerphotos@accessnurses.com or mail them to:

Access Nurses: Traveler Photos
5935 Cornerstone Court West #300
San Diego, CA 92121-3711

Note: Photos mailed to Access Nurses will not be returned.

Please include:
Your Name
Location of photo
Brief explanation

Disclaimer:
By submitting photos you are affirming that you own the rights to said photos and are granting Access Nurses permission to use these photos in our media with indemnification from any claims resulting from their use.

Hot Jobs

Contact your recruiter or call Access Nurses at 1-866-687-7390 to inquire about the following jobs!

Ventura, California
L&D
Positions: 2
Shift: Days/Nights
Start Date: ASAP

Fort Myers, Florida
TELE
Positions: 5
Shift: Nights
Start Date: January

Albuquerque, New Mexico
ER
Positions: 3
Shift: 12 hour days
Start Date: 11/20/06

Santa Fe, New Mexico
ICU/CCU
Positions: 2
Shift: 12 hour nights
Start Date: 11/20/06

Gainesville, Florida
ICU
Positions: 6
Shift: 12 hour days and nights
Start Date: 11/20/06

Lancaster, California
ER
Positions: 1
Shift: 12 hour days and nights
Start Date: ASAP

Bay Area, California
ER
Positions: 1
Shift: 7p - 7a
Start Date: 11/20/06

Rockford, Illinois
OR
Shift: 8 hour days
Start Date: ASAP

Lake Charles, Louisiana
ICU
Shift: 12 hour nights
Start Date: ASAP

Brattleboro, Vermont
MedSurg
Shift: 8 hour days
Start Date: ASAP

San Francisco, California
L&D
Positions: 2
Shift: 12 hour nights
Start Date: ASAP

San Antonio, Texas
Cath Lab RNs & Tech
Positions: 3
Shift: 7a - 3p w/call
Start Date: ASAP

Stamford, Connecticut
Home Health
Positions: 2
Shift: M-F 8 hour days and rotating weekends
Start Date: ASAP

Chicago, Illinois
Med Surg
Positions: 3
Shift: 1 - 8 hour evening shift (3 - 11:30p) & 2 - 8 hour night shifts (11 - 7:30a)
Start Date: ASAP

St. Louis, Missouri
Trauma ICU
Positions: 2
Shift: 7p - 7a, 1 Rotating Day/Night
Start Date: ASAP

San Diego and Orange County, California
ICU
Positions: 15
Shift: Days or Nights!
Start Date: ASAP

Washington DC
ER
Positions: 2
Shift: Days and Nights
Start Date: ASAP

Bakersfield, California
CCU, Tele, CV Tele
Positions: 3
Shift: 12 hour nights
Start Date: ASAP

Rhinelander, Wisconsin
ER
Positions: 2
Shift: 8 and 12 hour nights
Start Date: 12/18/06

Redding, California
Intermediate Care
Positions: 4
Shift: 12 hour days and nights
Start Date: ASAP

Featured Forum Topic

12 Hour Shifts, How Hard are they to Work?

For those RNs who work 12 hour shifts, do you like it? How difficult is it for you to work a 12 hour shift?

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Humor

What Sound Does a Mouse Make?

A group of young children were siting in a circle with their teacher. She was going around in turn asking them all questions.
“Davy, what noise does a cow make?”
“It goes moo.”
“Alice, what noise does a cat make?”
“It goes meow.”
“Jamie, what sound does a lamb make?”
“It goes baaa.”
“Jennifer, what sound does a mouse make?”
“Errr.., it goes.. click!”

Volume 7 Number 1 - November 2nd

Alan M, RN
Mammoth Lakes, California
A spring time contract at Mammoth Lakes, CA had my wife and I facing record snowfall. Just outside town, there are geothermal areas like Hot Creek, a mountain creek that runs over a hot water vent. Decades ago, some locals built a rock tub and diverted a hot spring into it.

Share your stories. Send us your photos!

Share your adventures and travel stories with other healthcare professionals by sending in photos of your travel assignment. If your photo is chosen to be in the newsletter you will receive a special prize.

Please email your photos to travelerphotos@accessnurses.com or mail them to:

Access Nurses: Traveler Photos
5935 Cornerstone Court West #300
San Diego, CA 92121-3711

Note: Photos mailed to Access Nurses will not be returned.

Please include:
Your Name
Location of photo
Brief explanation

Disclaimer:
By submitting photos you are affirming that you own the rights to said photos and are granting Access Nurses permission to use these photos in our media with indemnification from any claims resulting from their use.

Hot Jobs

Contact your recruiter or call Access Nurses at 1-866-687-7390 to inquire about the following jobs!

Stamford, Conneticut
Home Health
Positions: 2
Shift: M-F, 8 hour days and rotating weekends
Start Date: ASAP

Chicago, Illinois
Med Surg/Rehab
Positions: 1
Shift: Two - 12 hour day shifts (7a-7p) and Two - 8 hour evening shifts (3-11p)
Start Date: ASAP

Albuquerque, New Mexico
ER
Positions: 1
Shift: 12 hour nights - $1500 Completion Bonus!
Start Date: 11/06/06

Santa Fe, New Mexico
ICU/CCU
Positions: 2
Shift: 12 hour nights
Start Date: 11/13/06

New York City, New York
ICU
Positions: 2
Shift: 11.5 hour days and nights
Start Date: 11/20/06

Bay Area, California
ER
Positions: 1
Shift: 7a - 7p
Start Date: ASAP

Tucson, Arizona
NICU
Positions: 1
Shift: 12 hour nights
Start Date: ASAP

Albuquerque, New Mexico
ICU
Shift: 12 hour nights
Start Date: ASAP

Dayton, Ohio
ACU House Float (medsurg/tele)
Shift: Any
Start Date: ASAP

Portland, Oregon
Surg Tech
Positions: 12
Shift: All
Start Date: ASAP

San Diego, CA and Phoenix, AZ
TELE
Positions: 15
Shift: Days or Nights!
Start Date: ASAP

Los Angeles, CA and Phoenix, AZ
ICU
Positions: 15
Shift: Days or Nights!
Start Date: ASAP

San Luis Obispo, California
ICU
Positions: 1
Shift: 12 hour nights
Start Date: ASAP

Paris, Texas
Med Surg
Positions: 2
Shift: 12 hour nights
Start Date: ASAP

Atlanta, Georgia
Psych
Positions: 4
Shift: 8 hour days, evenings, or nights
Start Date: 11/6/06

Baltimore, Maryland
PACU, Tele, Med Surg
Positions: 3
Shift: day/night
Start Date: ASAP

Lancaster, California
ER
Positions: 1
Shift: 12 hour days and nights
Start Date: ASAP

Elizabeth City, North Carolina
Tele
Positions: 2
Shift: 12 hour days and nights
Start Date: ASAP

St. Louis, Missouri
Tele
Positions: 3
Shift: 7P - 7A
Start Date: ASAP

Redding, California
Telemetry
Positions: 2
Shift: 12 hour days and nights
Start Date: ASAP

Oakland, California
PICU
Positions: 2
Shift: 12 hour nights
Start Date: 12/18/06

Marshfield, Wisconsin
Home Health
Shift: 8 day/evening rotation
Start Date: 11/13/06

Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
ICU
Shift: 12 hour nights
Start Date: 11/27/06

Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Medsurg
Shift: 12 hour nights
Start Date: 11/13/06

Featured Forum Topic

The Next Adventure

I’ll be completing my first assignment in January in San Diego. So far I really loved the weather and outdoor activities. I’d like to travel somewhere else, but am not sure what place would match up with my interests.

I’m looking for a place that has mild winters and <90 degree weather in the summer. I want to be around nature of some sort - big trees, mountains, water, beach, etc…Definitely a place where I can go hiking or exploring. If anyone has advice, please let me know.

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Humor

Tooth Fairy

While working for an organization that delivers lunches to elderly shut-ins, I used to take my four-year-old daughter on my afternoon rounds.

She was unfailingly intrigued by the various appliances of old age, particularly the canes, walkers and wheelchairs.

One day I found her staring at a pair of false teeth soaking in a glass. As I braced myself for the inevitable barrage of questions, she merely turned and whispered, “The tooth fairy will never believe this!”