Eva Dixon is currently the VP of Communications at Scrubadoo.com, a customer-friendly, online store for medical scrubs and nursing nursing uniforms. She is a graduate of the University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts with a degree in Global Studies and French. She enjoys traveling, free-lance photography and drinking coffee (especially in the morning!).
Do you have an inspirational, charming, or just plain funny story about your career as a travel nurse? We want to hear it! Here, at Scrubadoo.com, we realize that all of you have incredible experiences that we think deserve a moment in the spotlight so we want to give you a chance to be at [...]
As a nurse, you spend a lot of time on your feet. So don’t neglect the most important part of your outfit- your shoes! What you put on your feet in the morning can mean the difference between skipping down the hallways and limping to the waiting room chairs. When looking for a new pair [...]
March Madness is almost upon us and everyone is excited to support their team. Even at the office our neighbors and friends show team spirit with their Duke jerseys and Michigan neckties. Thanks to collegiate team scrubs those of us who wear scrubs to work don’t need to feel left out! Doctors and nurses across [...]
So it’s one of those mornings and you drip coffee on your scrubs as you are walking into work. Or maybe the afternoon starts out with your pen exploding in your pocket. Or just maybe a messy splatter of [insert any number of bodily fluids here] makes its way onto your uniform. No matter the [...]
Rapid Response travel nursing can mean that you are moving with very little notice and a lot of stress. You look around your apartment and suddenly wish you didn’t have all seven Harry Potters (books and DVDs) and didn’t like shoes quite so much. I know- I’ve been there. Of course, I’m pretty sure I can blame my own procrastination for [...]
As I know from personal experience, the holidays can be a particularly difficult time for hospital patients and their families. My grandfather had a tragic accident only a few weeks before Christmas last year and was in the hospital for over a month- including Christmas day. Luckily, the hospital staff was wonderful about the holidays [...]
With the end of hurricane Sandy in sight, and the destruction surfacing from underneath the floodwaters, I thought I would take a moment to mention an incredible story that also emerged from the rubble. As a token of gratitude to all the nurses who stayed to help and a salute to all the rescue workers [...]
Although I am not a travel nurse, I have traveled a lot over the past few years- living in Europe last year and traveling around the globe from there. The one thing I learned throughout my travels was how to pack light. I was always tempted to stuff every bit of clothing I owned into a suitcase, [...]
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Travel Nursing Checklist Item #29: How to love travel nursing orientation
Now that you have had a good night’s sleep and started your first day out right you should be full of energy and ready to start your first day. For travel nurses this means the beginning of orientation. Each hospital has a different orientation process and some may be longer than others, but there are some [...]
Travel Nursing Checklist Item #28: Starting the first day of the job off right
So you’ve had a good night’s sleep and the first day of your new travel nursing job is finally here. Tips for starting off a travel nursing job The first day of a travel assignment can definitely be stressful but it doesn’t have to be. It just takes preparation. You know you are a great nurse, but [...]
Travel Nursing Checklist Item #27: Getting a good night’s sleep
Whether you are on your first travel nursing assignment or twentieth there is nothing more important than getting a good night’s sleep before your first day. Actually you need great sleep before each shift too, but for this post we are just focusing on your first day of an assignment. Your first day at your travel nursing [...]
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