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Stetho-Scoop Fall Edition October 2016 Volume 2/Issue 3 Letter from FlexRN: We are very excited to share this Fall Edition of the FlexRN Stetho- Scoop with all of you! So many great things are going on with our company now! Summer may be gone and the kids are back in school, but Autumn has arrived and that means FlexRN is busy Nurses! We couldn’t be more delighted that the hustle and bustle of Fall is here! Did you know, Fall is the peak hiring season for Nursing professionals? Starting Now and through all the holidays and into the New Year, we consistently see an increase in demand for Nursing Needs. Lots of opportunities arise in warmer climate locations for obvious reasons, but we also see boosted demands from our clients in the local NOVA areas too, because of the cooler weather and Flu Season. With so many wonderful choices available with FlexRN and at exclusive facilities, don’t wait to contact us! If you are interested in learning more about this year’s Fall and Winter Hot Spots, please reach out to our Recruitment team at: [email protected]. Another good way to stay in the know about our Nursing assignments is to follow us on social media, which you can also learn more about on pg.6. in this publication. We highly encourage you to regularly check out the FlexRN See Our Jobs Board at: www.flexrn.com too! No matter if you are currently on contract, in between assignments, looking for per diem shifts with flexible scheduling or considering a full-time opportunity, FlexRN is YOUR link to great healthcare careers! We hope you “Fall In Love” with this edition of the Stetho-Scoop! Graciously, The FlexRN Team What’s Inside This Issue: Pg.1-Halloween Coloring Page Pg.2-FlexRN Fall Bucket List Pg.3-Spooky Nursing Stories Pg.4-October Birthdays Pg.5-November Birthdays Pg.6-News You Can Use at FlexRN Pg.7-Message from COO, Tiffany Washington Pg.8-FlexRN Fall Recipes Pg.9-Thanksgiving Crossword Puzzle Pg.10 Happy Halloween from FlexRN! Pg.11-Breast Cancer Awareness Tribute Pg.12-Fall Decorating Contest Announcement Pg.13-Happy Thanksgiving from FlexRN! Pg.14-Internal Staff Fall Photos

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Stetho-Scoop   Fall Edition

October 2016 Volume 2/Issue 3

Letter from FlexRN:

We are very excited to share this Fall Edition of the FlexRN Stetho-Scoop with all of you! So many great things are going on with our company now! Summer may be gone and the kids are back in school, but Autumn has arrived and that means FlexRN is busy Nurses! We couldn’t be more delighted that the hustle and bustle of Fall is here!

Did you know, Fall is the peak hiring season for Nursing professionals? Starting Now and through all the holidays and into the New Year, we consistently see an increase in demand for Nursing Needs. Lots of opportunities arise in warmer climate locations for obvious reasons, but we also see boosted demands from our clients in the local NOVA areas too, because of the cooler weather and Flu Season.

With so many wonderful choices available with FlexRN and at exclusive facilities, don’t wait to contact us! If you are interested in learning more about this year’s Fall and Winter Hot Spots, please reach out to our Recruitment team at: [email protected]. Another good way to stay in the know about our Nursing assignments is to follow us on social media, which you can also learn more about on pg.6. in this publication. We highly encourage you to regularly check out the FlexRN See Our Jobs Board at: www.flexrn.com too! No matter if you are currently on contract, in between assignments, looking for per diem shifts with flexible scheduling or considering a full-time opportunity, FlexRN is YOUR link to great healthcare careers!

We hope you “Fall In Love” with this edition of the Stetho-Scoop!

Graciously,

The FlexRN Team

What’s Inside This Issue:

Pg.1-Halloween Coloring Page

Pg.2-FlexRN Fall Bucket List

Pg.3-Spooky Nursing Stories

Pg.4-October Birthdays

Pg.5-November Birthdays

Pg.6-News You Can Use at FlexRN

Pg.7-Message from COO, Tiffany Washington

Pg.8-FlexRN Fall Recipes

Pg.9-Thanksgiving Crossword Puzzle

Pg.10 Happy Halloween from FlexRN!

Pg.11-Breast Cancer Awareness Tribute

Pg.12-Fall Decorating Contest Announcement

Pg.13-Happy Thanksgiving from FlexRN!

Pg.14-Internal Staff Fall Photos

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The Late Shift:

Nurses Share

their Spooky

Encounters!

‘Tis the season…Ghost story season 

that is. What better way to bid 

farewell to the month of October 

for our Newsletter, than with these 

terrifying tales from actual RN’s? 

That’s what AllNurses.com did. 

They collected the following Spine‐

tingling tales from real nurses 

across the United States.  

What about You? Have you ever 

had a spooky Nursing encounter? 

DON’T LET THEM

TAKE ME!

The best  I have heard  is  from a 

nurse  who  said  that  one  night 

she  was  floated  to  oncology  at 

the hospital she used to work at. 

She was given a patient who was 

passing  away  and  had  been 

unconscious for several days. At 

one  point  during  the  night  the 

nurse  went  into  the  room  and 

the patient was at the top of the 

bed and looked at her and said, 

“don’t  let  them  take  me!”,  the 

nurse was freaked out and asked 

her who was  going  to  take  her 

and she said that black thing up 

there and pointed up in the air. 

This patient died within minutes. 

I THINK I’LL GO WITH

HIM.

I  got  called  to  a  code  in  the 

hallway.  A  patient  was  being 

transferred  from  the  ER  to  the 

floor.  She  passed  away  in  the 

hall.  Per  the  tech,  they  were 

carrying  on  a  conversation,  the 

lady  looked  up,  said”  Oh,  here 

comes God, I think I will go with 

him.”  She  passed  away  right 

then. 

THERE GOES THAT LITTLE

GUY.

Growing  up,  my  best  friend’s 

Dad  worked  in  LTC.  He  told  us 

about  a  blind  resident  who 

would  occasionally  become 

agitated  and  then  say  “there 

goes that little guy”, from out of 

nowhere.  Every  time  he  said 

that,  another  resident  on  the 

floor would pass away.

THE BLACK SHAPE

STANDING OVER THE BED.

One night I was caring for a dying 

male patient. He was scared and 

I  spent  quite  some  time  with 

him, trying to calm and reassure 

him. Eventually he calmed and I 

left  the  bedside  and went  over 

to the nurses’ station which was 

about  15  feet  away.  As  I  sat 

down I glanced over to him and 

there was a black shape standing 

over  the  bed,  looking  down  at 

the patient. I was terrified, and I 

am  sure  to  this  day,  it  was 

something evil. 

TIME TO DIE?

I don’t know if this qualifies as a 

ghost  story but here  it  is.  I was 

taking care of a 12‐year‐old with 

aplastic  anemia. A week before 

she died, every day, at 12:15PM 

I would get a cold chill across the 

back  of  my  neck  and  the  hair 

would  stand  up.  I mentioned  it 

to  the  evening  nurse,  who was 

convinced she would die at that 

time.  Several  days  later,  her 

parents  decided  to  cease  all 

treatment.  She  lapsed  into  a 

coma.  At  12Noon,  she  woke, 

asked  me  to  hold  her  up,  said 

goodbye  to  her  parents, 

grandparents  and  siblings.  And 

died in my arms. It was 12:15PM. 

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We Are Looking for FlexRN 

Nurses Interested in Writing for 

Our Online Blog! 

Have you looked at the FlexRN Blog 

lately, located on our website at: 

www.flexrn.com/blog? If not, then 

you should! We are now routinely 

writing a lot of exciting and 

informative articles! There you can 

find our posts about workplace 

safety topics, FlexRN specific career 

tips and advice, and holiday and 

event announcements! 

Right now we are looking for YOUR 

expertise! Do you enjoy writing 

about Nursing? Would you like to 

share your Nursing stories with 

other RN’s? We are looking for 

FlexRN Nurses who would like to 

share their Nursing stories, 

professional/educational 

knowledge and thoughts/advice 

right on our blog at: flexrn.com! 

No writing experience necessary. 

We just are looking to make our 

FlexRN Blog more appealing to all 

our Nurse readers and followers by 

offering posts written by actual 

RN’s! 

If you are currently an actively 

working FlexRN nurse and this 

sounds like something you would 

be interested in, please be sure to 

contact our marketing team today 

at: [email protected]

 

 

 

Connect With Us Through 

Social Media! 

 

We invite you to Follow FlexRN on 

social media to keep up‐to‐date 

with the latest company news, 

announcements, Nursing and 

industry highlights, 

contests/giveaways, and more!  

We want to stay in touch with our 

Nurses and It’s a great way for you 

to keep in touch with us and show 

your support of your Nursing 

Agency! 

We post regularly every day and 

you can find us on the following 

social media platforms: 

https://www.facebook.com/FlexRN/ 

https://twitter.com/flexrn 

https://www.linkedin.com/company/fle

xrn 

https://plus.google.com/+FlexRNStaffor

https://www.pinterest.com/flexrn/ 

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC

wfqOrLWCfGn‐aD5vxGJsAQ 

https://www.instagram.com/flexrn/ 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FlexRN’s Nurse Referral Bonus 

Program Wants to Recruit YOU! 

Become a referral ambassador for 

FlexRN! Introduce us to your 

talented friends, current co‐

workers, family members, or 

former colleagues and start earning 

cash for FREE! The best part is there 

are no limits to the number of 

people you can refer! Not currently 

working for us, No Problem! If you 

have EVER worked for us and are 

not working for another agency, 

you are still eligible for the referral 

bonus for referring FlexRN a nurse! 

Here’s how it works: Refer an RN or 

Allied Health Professional and 

receive $250 for every referral that 

completes 200 hours. For the 

candidate to qualify, the applicant 

must: 

* List YOU as their referral source on 

their application form. 

* Complete 200 hours of billable work. 

* Once your referral is hired and they 

complete the required assignment 

hours, you will receive your bonus. 

* Refer us high need specialties such as: 

Labor & Delivery, Operating Room, 

and/or Cath Lab nurses and get $500 

for the first 200 hours your referral 

works in the first 6 months! 

*We also do additional incentives each 

month for certain specialties. 

For more details or if you have 

questions, you may also email us at: 

[email protected]

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  As we enter Fall, which is my favorite season, I am fondly reminded of my beginnings at FlexRN. Maybe 

because it is the season for Thanksgiving, and which I find myself grateful to be a part of such a wonderful 

organization.  Although it has only been 6 years, I have seen tremendous growth within FlexRN from the 

diversification of clients, to the unique opportunities we have found for those Nurses seeking alternatives in the 

agency market.  I easily recall knowing my vision for the company since the Day 1 was to maintain the integrity and 

reputation that I had always know FlexRN to be when I was on the hospital side.  Our mission is true to form.  We 

want to stay candor, reliable, reachable and continue to develop excellence in customer service.   

  My motto has always been – “We do not want to be the biggest but we want to strive to be the best at 

what we do.”  We take a lot of pride in our Nurses and do our best to listen to their voices as they represent us in 

the market.  I truly apply myself to get to know individually, each nurse that works for FlexRN.  We want everyone 

in our company to know that they are important, from our administrative team to our Nurses, whom are truly a 

reflection of our business. 

  A few notable things about myself – I was born and raised in Kansas City, MO, and went to college at both 

Xavier University in New Orleans as well as KU in Lawrence, Kansas.  I am a Chiefs and a Royals Fan.  I do not get 

much time to read or do personal activities, as I raise young children but I do enjoy cook‐books, cooking, and 

watching great TV series shows.  Like I mentioned earlier, Fall is my favorite season, and I always look forward to 

the crisp weather and scents of the season like fire pits. My husband and family are my complete inspiration and I 

am very happy being the Chief Operations Officer for a Wonderful company. 

 

Respectfully,

   

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Fabulous Fall Comfort 

Food for Our Nurses. 

Fall is famous for being the 

season of comfort food. Rich, 

silky, seasoned ingredients that 

slowly converge into delicious 

stews, casseroles and more. 

Here are 3 Easy recipes for 

Nurses who are always on the 

go, directly from our FlexRN 

Internal Office Staff!  

 

Brandi’s White Chicken 

Chili 

Who doesn’t enjoy a warm bowl 

of chili when the temps outside 

start to get cooler? With easy 

and low‐cost ingredients, you 

just can’t mess up this chili! Can 

we say seconds, please? 

INGREDIENTS:  

1 packet White Chicken chili mix 

1 Cup Chicken Broth  

2 Cans Chicken Drained  

1 Can Rotel  

1/2 Bag of Frozen Corn  

1 Can Great Northern Beans  

8oz Monterrey Jack Cheese 8oz sour cream 

INSTRUCTIONS:  

Mix everything together except 

the sour cream, over medium 

heat on stove or in a crock‐pot. 

Add the sour cream once the 

cheese is melted and…Yum! 

Team FlexRN’s Crockpot 

Mac N’ Cheese 

We all love a creamy Macaroni 

and Cheese. And nothing tops 

this crazy good homemade 

version from our team! This 

delicious recipe is so easy and 

can serve as a terrific side dish 

for a Thanksgiving meal. 

INGREDIENTS:  

1 Box Medium Macaroni Shells  

4 Sticks of Butter  

1 Block of Velveeta Cheese  

3 boxes of Cream Cheese     

 Salt and Pepper to liking       

And a little milk here and there to keep it creamy. 

 INSTRUCTIONS:  

Combine all ingredients 

together in crock‐pot. Cook on 

low until noodles are done 

(about 3 hours). Voila! 

 

Colleen’s Butternut 

Squash Soup 

Eat your veggies! This recipe is a 

serious crowd pleaser from 

Compliance Manager, Colleen! 

This is a super‐filling yet healthy 

soup that is quick to make and 

can be stored easily for 

leftovers.  

INGREDIENTS:  

1 Butternut Squash 

1 Sweet Potato 

2 sweet onions 

3 Granny Smith Apples 

2 Large Carrots 

1 Can Pumpkin  

1 Can Veggie Stock 

INSTRUCTIONS:  

Peel and cut all the veggies then 

toss in olive oil, salt, pepper, 

minced ginger, and rosemary. 

Roast @ 425 for 40 minutes 

until squash is soft. 

Blend all veggies in food 

processor until smooth. Then 

simmer in large pot and add in 

pumpkin and veggie stock. Add 

any additional seasoning as 

desired. (e.g. Nutmeg, curry, 

etc.) Serve and Enjoy! 

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   Our FlexRN Team Proudly wore pink to Celebrate National Mammography Day on October 21st in honor of 

Breast Cancer Awareness! 

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