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New Release!
Highway Hypodermics: On the Road Again

Epstein LaRue
ISBN: 978-1-935188-02-5

There is no end in sight for the nursing shortage.  As the need for nurses grows, so does the usage of traveling nurses.  Only through education can these nurses be properly prepared for their next travel nursing assignment. 

 

Since 2005, the Highway Hypodermics series of books (On The Road Again, Travel Nursing 2007, and Your Road Map to Travel Nursing) has become an industry leader in providing quality information to traveling nurses and recruiting firms.  Whether it’s your first or fifth assignment, there is always something new to learn with this book.

 

Epstein not only takes you from the basics of the changes in travel nursing, what it takes to be a traveling nurse, what to look for in a traveling company, and helps you choose a hospital and assignment, but she also has included in this edition helps for the traveling physical therapist, occupational therapist, the traveling licensed practical nurse, and the traveling foreign nurse. 

 

This book also touches on how to prepare for emergencies on the road, keeping track of tax information, independent contracting, traveling with a family, homeschooling, traveling in a recreational vehicle, PBDS testing, JACHO certification for travel companies, and state nursing boards.  Closing out the book is a huge section with travel nursing stories from other traveling nurses and a special section with information on over seventy traveling companies.

 

There may be other books on travel nursing, but Epstein and the Highway Hypodermics series in the only one that has been a finalist in the USA Book News Medical Resources contest for two previous editions, with the last edition, Travel Nursing 2007, reaching number one on the Amazon Nursing, Issues, Trends, and Roles three different times.  Don’t leave home without the leading guide for travel nursing!

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Crazy Thoughts of Passion

Crazy Thoughts of an Online Romance
(Love At First Type: An Online Romance Based on a True Story and Crazy Thoughts of Passion)
Epstein LaRue
Fiction/romance
ISBN 10: 1-932993-85-1
320 pages / $19.99 USD

A fictional nursing duet: Crazy Thoughts of Passion (originally published in 2003) and Love At First Type: On Online Romance, Based On A True Story (originally published in 2001) with the added NEVER RELEASED Epstein’s Guide To Online Romance.

Nurse Kathy's life was changed when she met Jack over the internet. They are not only separated by 1000 miles, but also 24 years! They find themselves chatting more and more each day. Soon they begin to contemplate the idea of making their romance a reality. The odds are against them... Can they make an Internet Romance an everlasting Reality Romance? Is it worth going against all those odds? Is there really such a thing as Love At First Type?

Kaitlyn Malloy is a registered nurse with her hands full at Madison Acute Geriatric-Psychiatric Hospital. Lance Rosanthol has a mother who is having anxiety attacks, but the real panic starts when sparks ignite a passionate fire between Lance and Kaitlyn. Naturally, nursing ethics complicates this situation. An intriguing look at nursing, ethics, romance, and… Crazy Thoughts Of Passion.

In 1996 Epstein’s life changed when she met JC online. In 2004, her son continued the family tradition with the success of a three year relationship that started online, that has been successful for the past year “in reality.” It is from this experience, that she brings you not only two fictional romances, but a special section that has never been formally published, “Epstein’s Guide To Online Romance.”

Whether you’re a nurse, enthusiast of a traditional romance, prefer the sparks of contemporary romance, or want to go into the future of online romances, this is the book for you!

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Epstein LaRue

 
The writing world calls her Epstein LaRue, but reality calls her "Kay." No matter what you know her by, she is a lady of many talents. She has been a nurse since 1992, and has worked on medical, surgical, emergency, telemetry, rehabilitation, and psychiatric units.

In January 2001, Epstein’s first book, “Love At First Type: An Online Romance Based On A True Story,” was published. This fictional novel is about how she and her husband met online. This book was requested in 2005 by an independent filmmaker for possible production.

In January 2003 her second book, “Crazy Thoughts Of Passion” was compiled as an attempt to put together her medical knowledge and romance writing. It is a traditional romance about a nurse who falls in love with a patient’s son.

In January 2005 her third and most successful book, “Highway Hypodermics: Your Road Map To Travel Nursing” was published. Although only on the road for two years, everything that she learned in those two years was put into the book. In September of 2005, this book was recognized by USA Book News as one of the top finalist for professional book of the year.

In January 2007 (...notice a pattern yet?), “Highway Hypodermics: Travel Nursing 2007” was  released by Star Publish. The chapters of the first edition have been rewritten and a lot more information has been added. The previous 143-page non-fictional work grew to over 290 pages.  Recently, this novel was also recognized by the USA Book News as one of the top finalist for professional book of the year and medical reference of the year.  Twice this year, it has gained the ranked number one in the Nursing Trend, Issues, and Roles category on Amazon.

Although a little out of "January odd year" tradition, Epstein is pleased to bring you in January 2008, "Crazy Thoughts Of An Online Romance."  A collectors edition of both nursing romance novels along with a non-fictional section on how you can you have successful online relationship.
 
Other recent accomplishments include having her article, “Top 10 Reasons To Love Travel Nursing” published in one of nursing's most prestigious magazines, Nursing2004. She was also named as a Traveler of the Year by Healthcare Traveler magazine in December 2005.  In May 2007, her website is featured on Dr. Phil.com, and in August 2007 she was published in the Electorophysical Lab Digest.
 
Travel nursing is a dream that has become a reality.  She continues to travel the United States with her husband, while her son has successfully flew the nest and lives in the State of Washington.

LaRue keeps herself busy during the month by publishing a monthly eZine on travel nursing, constantly updating her travel nursing website, and visiting travel nurse companies with program on retaining nurses.  Her travel nursing informational website is her way of keeping traveling nurses updated about travel nursing happenings between the two years of publishing the book series.
 
Her plans for the future are to not only continue the Highway Hypodermics tradition, but to add books on internet marketing, successful publishing, and how to retain nurses. 

For more information about travel nursing, visit her website at:  www.highwayhypodermics.com

 
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