• Travel Nursing Tips for New Grads from Highway Hypodermics

    Hope 2015 is starting off well for everyone! It’s been a little crazy for me and so I’m slow to get back to blogging. Today, I want to share with you a great article (the first in a series) by a friend, Epstein LaRue RN, from Highway Hypodermics window.amznpubstudioTag = “daretodreampr-20”;

  • Highway Hypodermics a Premier Guide for Travel Nurses

    When nurse authors meet, they swap autographed copies of their books. Epstein LaRue (Epi also known as Kay in the real world)  and I recently met for lunch to celebrate our half birthday. We share July 27 as our real birthday. Epi is now working in So CA as a travel nurse and we just had to find time to meet face to face finally and celebrate! And to swap books and have a photo op. photo (c)Tim Quan : nurse authors Epstein LaRue and Kathy Quan The Highway Hypodermics series is the premier guide for travel nurses in my mind, and Epi is the guru. I never had a…

  • Nursing News…

    Time got away from me last week so here’s some news to catch up on… Teri Mills MS, RN, ANP, CNE announced in the National Nurse Blog last Thursday that the Oregon State Legislature has passed a resolution in support of the Office of a National Nurse. The resolution calls on the U.S. Congress to pass legislation creating this office. Oregon now joins Vermont, Massachusetts, and New York in supporting this cause. Don’t forget to sign the Office of a National Nurse Petition if you haven’t already done so. Ask your friends and family who are registered voters to sign too. Mother Jones at Nurse Ratched’s Place wrote a terrific…