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Just kidding. tony and i were interviewed for a few articles about husband and wife travel teams.. here is one of them


Loving Married Life on the Road
By Debra Wood, RN, contributor
Enjoying a seemingly endless honeymoon, Angela and Tony Bono, couldn’t be happier. The two registered nurses met in a Detroit trauma center, began traveling together with leading travel staffing company O’Grady Peyton International in 2005, and married last fall.
“We get to work and play,” Angela Bono said. “You go somewhere and know you have to work for three days a week, but you base your travel on where you want to spend the time.”
Angela Bono heard about travel nursing at a job fair while still in nursing school. She decided then she would try it out, as soon as she gained some experience. Starting to feel “too comfortable” as a staff nurse at the inner-city trauma center, she decided it was time to see the country.
“Traveling forces me to learn something new,” Angela Bono said. While still working in emergency departments, “I get better experience in areas I wasn’t comfortable with before traveling.”
Tony Bono also works in the ED. They met while working at the trauma center and decided to travel together.
“I wasn’t very fulfilled doing the trauma any more,” Tony Bono said.
The couple has found most hospitals willing to accommodate their need for the same weekends off and, since they share a car, not to assign shifts in which one of the nurses is coming off duty when the other is coming on. With emergency departments plenty busy, Angela and Tony rarely spend five minutes together if assigned to the same shift.
“It has worked out well,” Angela Bono said.
Whether in suburban Boston, Flagstaff, Arizona, or Fairfax, Virginia, nurses readily welcome the pair, show them around and offer them tips about the workflow. Within a couple of weeks, Angela Bono feels like she has been at that facility a long time. She considers confidence in one’s nursing skills a prerequisite for successful travel experiences.
“The most challenging part is just when you get used to a hospital and the physical plant, you have to up and leave,” Tony Bono said. “Also you’re trying to gain the trust of the docs.”
The Bonos ask nurses who live in the area to recommend places to see and things to do on their days off. They visited the Grand Canyon during their Tucson assignment. In Boston, they soaked up the history and ambiance of the bustling city, while in Flagstaff, they enjoyed hiking or biking in Arizona’s natural environs.
“Working as core staff and living in our home state, there are things we wouldn’t have been able to do,” said Angela Bono, explaining that a typical weeklong vacation leaves little time to learn the culture. Staying three or more months presents opportunities to soak up the area’s customs and slang.
“I really like the ability to get out and see the country and get a flavor of what the entire country has to offer,” Tony Bono said.
Angela and Tony Bono plan to continue traveling for a few more years, making new friends and saving for a house. Not having to pay rent lets them sock away extra money. Then they expect to settle down near family in Michigan. Even so, Angela said she would consider accepting travel assignments within the state to learn more about what the hospitals offer. Until then, they will enjoy life on the road, discovering new places and meeting interesting people.
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