Stetho-Scoop Summer Edition

July 2016 Volume 2/Issue 2

Letter from FlexRN:

Summertime and the hot weather has arrived folks! We hope this summer is treating you well thus far. Summer is a special season for community celebrations, vacations spent with family and friends, and eventually the gradual transition to autumn. We feel there is something different about the summer. Normal routine life tends to slow down just a bit, grilled outdoor meals are aplenty and an overall relaxing feeling takes ahold of us.

While summer can be relaxing in lots of ways and maybe you too will choose to take the summer months off, keep in mind it is also a terrific time to do some exploring! We aren’t just a Northern Virginia based nurse agency; we work with clients and facilities nationwide; from coast-to-coast. So if your seriously considering summer nursing work, just know that FlexRN offers a multitude of travel contracts all over the United States that you will want to check out! You can also get details about our summer contracts at any time by contacting your personal FlexRN scheduler, or if you are new to FlexRN, please feel free to contact our recruitment team to learn more at recruit ing@flexrn.com. Just because summer is a generally slower paced season, that doesn’t mean we will be slowing down at FlexRN! We will be keeping busy for our RN’s all summer long. You can be sure that you will always be able to reach us 24/7, 365 days a year!

As always, we thank you for your readership and we hope you enjoy this summer edition of the Stetho-Scoop. Stay safe and savor your summer RN’s!

Graciously,

The FlexRN Team

What’s Inside This Issue:

Pg.1-It’s Summer Coloring Page

Pg.2-Happy 4th of July Message

Pg.3-Welcome to the Team, 10 Questions with Haley Cordle!

Pg.4-Recruiter Spotlight- Meet: Brandi Vansickle

Pg.5-July FlexRN Birthdays

Pg.6-News You Can Use at FlexRN

Pg.7-Top 5 Summer Reads About Nurses

Pg.8-Easy Summer Recipes for Busy Nurses

Pg.9-Summertime Crossword Puzzle

Pg.10-FlexRN Internal Team Summer Photos!

Getting to Know Our Newest Team

Member: 10 Questions with

Haley Cordle

1.) Where do you call home/hometown? Spotsylvania, Virginia

2.) Where did you attend school? Old Dominion University What was your major/minor? Communications with a Psychology minor

3.) How many siblings do you have, if any? Oldest of 4, 3 younger sisters.

4.) Do you have any children of your own? Current relationship status? No babies yet or married But hopeful that it may be soon!

5.) Do you have any pets? Tell us about them! My boyfriend Brandon and I currently have a kitten named Dexter, who will be a year old in October and a dog that is a beagle-harrier mix, named Arty. Both are rescues.

6.) What’s your favorite food? Any type of Mac N’ Cheese

7.) What is your dream vacation? An extended stay in Greece

8.) Any cool talents, fun hobbies or neat skills that you would like to share with us? Pretty boring but I love music, I love to sing and I am a slight Harry Potter nerd.

9.) How are you liking your new position as a Full-Cycle Staffing Specialist at FlexRN? So far, I love the position. I am looking forward to the challenges and being able to work more “hands on” with my own nurses.

10.) Anything else we should know about you? Nothing too special… I am pretty quiet until I get comfortable in a new setting and environment.

Meet Brandi Vansickle, Director

of Recruitment at FlexRN:

Brandi Vansickle is a seasoned and

successful veteran in healthcare recruiting, with over

10 years of experience. She originally acquired

involvement and understanding of recruiting

through the pharmaceutical industry. She is now a

top performer in her present role as the Director of

Recruitment at FlexRN. Brandi is involved daily in

full-cycle recruitment, business development and

account management. She works directly with PRN

nursing, contract placement, and scheduling. Her

specialty is local and nationwide travel contracts

with a focus in nationwide academia and

correctional nursing. Brandi has an exceptional

ability to fill hard to find permanent positions such

as ICU directorial positions, nursing supervisors and

educational specialists. She takes an active approach

to recruiting and especially values maintaining

exclusive and long-term relationships with her

clients and candidates. Outside of recruiting all-star

talent, her hobbies include: playing softball,

watching the Indianapolis Colts, shooting clay

pigeons, traveling, reading, and taking trips to her

home state of Indiana to spend time with her 9

nieces and nephews (with two on the way) as well as

being with her friends and family.

Great News Regarding FlexRN Employment Benefits!

FlexRN offers an array of benefits for the full time employee working 30 hours or more or who work 13 week contracts. Those eligible employees who choose to participate in our benefits programs, will pay the premiums with deductions from their pre-tax earnings. We offer a complete benefit package including: Health Insurance, 401K, Life, Vision and Dental.

With FlexRN’s fantastic compensation package and opportunities, why would you go anywhere else? You can now view both regional and national benefits offered at FlexRN, all on our website at www.flexrn.com and then by clicking on the RESOURCES TAB. There you can also find the following documents:

• 401K Information • Retirement

Information and Planning

• Life Insurance • Short Term Disability • Long Term Disability

If you are interested in learning more about any of our benefits,

please contact: benefits@flexrn.com for more

information.

Be Sure to Keep Your Payroll Information Up to Date with

FlexRN!

FlexRN knows that life happens! We also understand that means

that changes may occur with your banking account

information from time to time.

If you are actively working with FlexRN or even if you plan on

pursuing work with us at a later time, you should make efforts to always update our payroll

department with any changes to your direct deposit

information. This should be done immediately via email to: payroll@flexrn.com. This will

ensure you are always paid in a timely manner by FlexRN and to

your correct account(s).

You are welcome to access our payroll resources online via our website at www.flexrn.com and all payroll forms can be located under the RESOURCES tab at:

http://flexrn.com/resources/employee-forms/

FlexRN Has a New In-Office Phone System!

We ask that you please bear with us while we are gaining familiarity and updating our

internal office phone system at this time. FlexRN will continue

to send out mass email notifications if we are

experiencing difficulties with the phone lines. If you wish to

be put on the mailing list, please email our marketing

department at: marketing@flexrn.com.

We also want to make sure that both are employees and clients know what to do If there is ever a time that you cannot reach us on the main toll-free line at 866-

781-0726, we ask that you please try our local telephone

line at: 540-288-4050. You may also call the following direct lines for assistance from the FlexRN Management Team:

• Ogden Cummings -703-442-2145

• Diana O’Toole -703-929-8048

• Tiffany Washington -703-929-8044

We truly appreciate your patience with us during this important transition, that will ultimately help us to serve YOU better!

5 Books About Nurses for Your

Summer Reading List

Article Courtesy of: Deborah White with the Care Connection

Blog for the American Association of Nurse

Assessment Coordination

This year, we have five new book recommendations with nurses as the main characters. Two of our picks are historical fiction. Two, are collections of true stories about nurses, and the fifth pick is a little bit of a mixture of both.

We hope you have an opportunity to enjoy a great book this summer.

Happy Reading from FlexRN!

The Nightingales of Troy

In this collection of 10 linked short stories, acclaimed American poet Alice Fulton traces the female line of ancestry of an Irish Catholic family living in Troy, New York

as each woman confronts life’s deepest dilemmas.

I Wasn't Strong Like This When I Started Out: True Stories of Becoming a Nurse

Nurses and non-nurse readers alike will be moved by this anthology of tales from the front lines of healthcare. Written by veteran nurses and nurses-in-training, this collection of true stories examines the experiences and life-changing moments in a nurse’s career that ultimately make her/him a better nurse.

Juliet's Nurse: A Novel

Reimagining one of literature’s greatest love stories, Lois Leveen blends historical fiction with a Shakespearean classic to provide a sort of

prequel to Romeo and Juliet. Beginning just before Juliet’s birth, Leveen explores a different love story — the love between a grieving nurse and the child she raised.

The Rose of Sebastopol

Katharine McMahon’s 2010 novel is a fictional account of a young nurse named Rosa who travels to the Crimean battlefield with Florence Nightingale's nursing corps. Follow Rosa’s epic journey as she leaves behind the domestic quiet of London for the foothills of Italy and then the ravaged Russian landscape of the Crimea.

We Band of Angels: The Untold Story of American Nurses Trapped on Bataan by the Japanese

When the Japanese took the Philippines during WWII, 77 American women, navy and army nurses, were caught on Bataan and later imprisoned by the Japanese. Author Elizabeth Norman interviewed 20 of these nurses, who held steady in their devotion to their patients and their country in the face of bombing, starvation, and the gruesome injuries and diseases of their charges. In his review, historian Stephen Ambrose wrote, “Americans today should thank God we had such women.”

Easy Summer Recipes for Busy

Nurses Recipes Courtesy of NurseTogether.com,

onebusynurse.com, and theliveinkitchen.com

Summer is near and as a nursing professional, you probably like to spend your time off relaxing and not having to put a lot of

energy into meals that are difficult or time consuming to

make. Here are a few great summer recipes for busy nurses

who enjoy grilling and refreshing treats but want the

preparation to be quick and simple.

Chicken Kabobs

If you have never made kabobs before, do not worry. This is a perfectly simple and delicious

recipe for those fond of chicken.

INGREDIENTS: 4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves -

- cubed

1 large green bell pepper, cut into 2 inch pieces

1 onion, cut into wedges

1 large red bell pepper, cut into 2 inch pieces

1 cup barbeque sauce (substitute with any of your

favorite marinades)

Skewers

INSTRUCTIONS: Preheat grill on high heat. Thread the chicken, green bell pepper, onion, and

red bell pepper pieces onto the skewers alternately. Lightly oil

the grill grate. Place the kabobs on the prepared grill, and brush

with barbeque sauce. Cook, turning and brushing with

barbeque sauce frequently for 15 minutes or until chicken

juices run clear.

Vanilla Berry Coconut Popsicles

These grown-up cream-sicles have everything you want in a fresh summer dessert — a hint

of tropical coconut, vanilla-kissed blueberries, light dairy

that allows the honey-sweetened pop to pause on your tongue. At just over 80 calories per pop, you can put your feet

up and bite into summer without a hint of remorse.

INGREDIENTS: 1/3 cup nonfat plain Greek yogurt

1/3 cup canned lite coconut milk

1/2 tsp. pure vanilla extract

3 tsp. raw honey, divided use

2 cups fresh or frozen blueberries

1/4 cup water

INSTRUCTIONS: Combine yogurt, coconut milk, extract, and 1 tsp. honey in a medium bowl; mix well. Pour yogurt

mixture evenly into ice pop molds; freeze for at least two

hours, or until partially set. Place blueberries, water, and

remaining 2 tsp. honey in blender; cover. Blend until

smooth. Slowly pour blueberry mixture evenly into ice pop

molds; freeze for at least four hours, or until set.

Single Serving Lemonade

This recipe makes a sweet little glass of lemonade in about five

minutes. Minimal juicing, maximum enjoyment.

INGREDIENTS: 2 Tablespoons granulated sugar

¼ cup hot water

3 tablespoons fresh-squeezed lemon juice (I used about 1½

small organic lemons)

¾ cup cold water

Ice

Lemon slices (optional)

INSTRUCTIONS: In a 2 or 4 cup measuring cup, stir together the

sugar and hot water until the sugar is dissolved. Stir in the

lemon juice and cold water. Fill a large glass or pint mason jar

with ice and several lemon.