July 2023 – Mader MedX Legends

July 2023 – Mader MedX Legends

Mader MedX Legends
July 2023 – Mader MedX Legends

Congratulations Sonya and Macsima!

TWO LEGENDS THIS MONTH!

This month we’re highlighting a pair of skilled friends who met on an assignment a few years ago and were able to reconnect through their current assignment with MedX!

Sonya and Macsie met many years ago on an assignment and instantly became close friends! However, when their assignment came to end, they had to part ways…until recently where they ended up on the same assignment!

Since then, they’ve been working together in Philadelphia, helping each other through the process and catching up!

About Sonya

Sonya is a very experienced OR Travel nurse who is has specialized in Adult and Pediatric Cardiovascular OR. She also has a strong background in General OR and Trauma OR! Her experience has heled her get many contracts and extensions including many highly regarded medical centers on the East Coast!

Specialty

Adult/pediatric cardiovascular OR

About Macsima 

Macsie is an expert Travel RN who specializes in Adult and Pediatric Cardiovascular OR, but also has vast experience in adult and pediatric general OR cases.  Macsie’s expertise has earned her many contracts and extensions at prestigious hospitals all over the US! 

Specialty

Adult and Pediatric Cardiovascular OR

 

  • What inspired you to start travel nursing?

    Sonya

    I decided to start traveling because I wanted a better work-life balance. I wanted to be in charge of when and where I wanted to work and get paid my worth.

    Macsima 

    I started traveling so I could have more control over my schedule allowing me more vacation time, and time off in general to spend more time with my family, especially around the holidays!

  • What is your biggest piece of advice to fellow clinicians interested in starting their travel journey?

    Sonya

    You have to find the right agency with a great recruiter. Don’t underestimate that. It is one of the most important things on your list. You don’t want to get stuck in an assignment and feel like you are on your own, that’s the worst and most isolating feeling being in a new state alone in a new hospital with no support.

    Macsima 

    The most important advice that I can give is to prepare yourself before starting your journey, and don’t box yourself in with only one specialty. If you work in the general OR, try to get trained in different specialties, and if you work CVOR also general. That will open you up to more career and travel opportunities. If you are on assignment and you are offered to go to a different specialty, take advantage of it and go learn!  After all, we are all nurses and we are there to take care of our patients!

  • What has been your favorite part about working in the Philadelphia area?

    Sonya

    Philadelphia has just the right amount of hustle without the fuss and a ton of diversity. Great food and great people.

     

  • What has been the best part about working with Mader MedX?

    Sonya

    My recruiter Annie as been the best part about Mader Medx. She’s been so supportive and she has made sure to create consistent open lines of communication. 

    Macsima 

    I can tell you by far that Medx has been the best travel company that I worked for.  Annie, my liaison, is amazing, always on top of every single detail before, during and after the contract. I wish to continue working with Medx after this contract is over!

  • In a few sentences or less, how cool it was to run into an old travel friend through this contract?

    Sonya

    It was great to reconnect with an old travel friend on a new assignment!! Our world is pretty small since it’s so specialized so I knew one day we would see each other again!!

    Macsima 

    It was great to know that someone I worked with 7 years ago while on a contract, was there waiting for me to help me get settled on this new assignment with the same company and same recruiter. It’s like having a sister at work; we are always there to help each other during the process. This is why, as a traveler, you are always friendly and do your best because you make great friends while on assignment.

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