WHO AM I?
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Well, I suppose the first thing I am is a writer who cannot stand when others refer to themselves in the third person, so I will refrain from doing so here. I am currently a travel nurse who is on assignment in Phoenix, Arizona. I started my nursing career in critical care after attending Mount Carmel School of Nursing in Columbus, Ohio. My first assignment was in winter 1995 and I still recall the conversation I had with my recruiter. I told her, “I’m sure that no other traveler has requested this before, but I would like to go to Hawaii.” Thirteen weeks spent on the beaches of Hawaii, versus shoveling snow in Ohio, and I was hooked.
I have since completed over thirty separate travel contracts and have worked in Florida, California (from San Diego to L.A. to San Francisco), Arizona, and Hawaii. I currently hold nursing licenses in over half a dozen states and travel anywhere from six to twelve months every year. During this time, I have had contracts cancelled, worked in large teaching facilities licensed for over 1000 beds, arrived on assignments to find trashed housing, received over $10,000 in bonuses in a single year, worked in facilities facing strikes and facilities bought by other healthcare systems, and even had the CEO of a major travel company fly me to their home office to talk about ways the company could improve its traveler services. Does all this make me feel special? No, but it does make me believe that I can offer a great deal of advice to anyone wanting to become a travel nurse. It is my hope that after reading my book, anyone considering this career would have the confidence and knowledge to experience a lifestyle that I have truly come to love.
While there may be other resources for begining your travel career, the Travel Nurse's Bible brings it all together for you from start to finish. Plus, you will never need to buy another edition due to outdated material. Any updated material can either be found on this website, in one of my many blogs (available at TravelNursingBlogs.com), or in my monthly columns within the pages of the leading travel nurse publication, Healthcare Traveler Magazine.....and all for FREE!!
I stay current in the industry by my own experiences while on assignment, or by speaking with other nurses who are either just starting their career or are seasoned travelers. I offer advice on real world situations that occur on assignments via the "Ask a travel nurse" sections on several websites including Healthcare Travelbook (a social networking site developed just for traveling healthcare professionals).
In addition to the vast amount of information included, I also extend the offer to help my readers choose a travel company that is right for them and answer all their questions along the way. There is simply no other resource with this offer to personally help get you started in the field of travel nursing. 
