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Article #82: Where Do You Want Travel Nursing To Take You?

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Selecting Assignments Where You Desire picture on my first travel nursing book,
No one else can tell you where to go as a Highway Hypodermics: Your Road Map to
travel nursewell, not unless youre Travel Nursing.
married. You are free to fly with the While on assignment in Iowa, we toured
wind to the most exotic and the bridges of Madison County and John
out-of-the-way places like the rural Waynes birthplace on one road trip, and
areas of Oklahoma, Texas, Nebraska or later made a trip to Minneapolis,
Iowa, or enjoy an assignment in the Minnesota to watch the Twins play
metropolis of New York City, Miami, Los baseball and visit the Mall of America.
Angeles, or Phoenix. Travel to the One assignment in Tupelo, Mississippi not
beaches of Southern California, Atlantic only took us to the site of Elviss
City or Hawaii. Assignments can also be birthplace, but a day adventure took us
found ranging in areas from the Virgin to the place where he lived and died, at
Islands to the great state of Alaska. Graceland, in Memphis, Tennessee. On a
You might have to change companies, but bigger adventure, we spent some time a
so far I have gone every place that I week before Christmas at the Opryland
have wanted to visit. This is easier Hotel in Nashville and had the
done if you have more than one specialty, extraordinary experience of Christmas in
like medical intensive care, surgical Nashville. While in Nashville we
intensive care, cardiovascular intensive explored many sites, such as the Ryman
care, and emergency room, or telemetry, Auditorium, the Country Music Hall of
medical, surgical, step-down and rehab. Fame, and took in a show at the Grand Ole
What other career will allow you to be a Opry.
snowbird when you are thirty-five years See The United States
old instead of sixty-five years old? When I started out as a traveling nurse,
When it comes time to make a move, my I had been east of the Mississippi River
husband selects what state he would like once, and that was for less than
to go to, then I put my state into the twenty-four hours. Now I can say that I
mixture and we submit to those hospitals have not only crossed the mighty
and see who gives us the best deal. My Mississip, but I have even made it to the
son would have a choice, but he just Eastern Time Zone. In the last two years
wants to go to Washington, where his alone I have been from the beaches of
girlfriend is. For the summer, I wanted Pismo, California to Southern Miami
Nebraska and hubby wanted Iowa; we went Beach, and from the swamps of Louisiana
to Iowa. For the winter, I wanted to the lakes of Minnesota.
Florida, hubby wanted southern Texas: Im If water and beaches are not your thing,
writing this chapter in Florida. And then how about an amazing sunset in the
yes, next summer we plan on spending it Arizona sky? Or you can take in the
in Washington State. breath-taking view from the top of the
Miniature Vacations Colorado mountains.
One of my favorite aspects of travel How about a goal of seeing all the
nursing is the mini-vacations. These are National Parks that the United States has
little two nights away to some place a to offer? You can visit the Everglades,
little farther than you could go on a day the Appalachians, The Rocky Mountains,
trip. Yellowstone, The Grand Canyon, and
When I was in Central California, my Yosemite.
family and I went to San Francisco one Are you into history? How about a trip
day then up the Pacific coast highway to through the history of the United States,
the Redwoods. The first night we stayed from Washington D.C. to the Battle of New
at a small motel on the outskirts of San Orleans, the Battle of Shiloh, or the
Francisco in an older fishing village. Alamo. Dont forget to visit the many
The second night we stayed in the military museums, including the
Redwoods. The trees were gorgeous, with Smithsonian, the Air Force Museum in
their red and green colors. The Redwood Pensacola, FL, and there are several
Trail is also the site of the road battleships to visit.






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