Cross Country is extremely proud to announce that one of its travel nurses is about to begin her 100th travel assignment. Caridad Atienza, a pediatric nurse, has worked approximately four travel nurse assignments per year since she joined the company in 1

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  Cross Country is extremely proud to announce that one of its travel nurses is
  about to begin her 100<sup>th</sup> travel assignment. Caridad Atienza, a
  pediatric nurse, has worked approximately four travel nurse assignments per
  year since she joined the company in 1992.
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  Caridad has a &ldquo;whatever it takes&rdquo; attitude, which has served her
  well since she began her journey as a nurse in the Philippines, where she was
  born and graduated from nursing school with a BSN. Shortly after graduation,
  she traveled with a friend to take a nursing assignment in Canada, but quickly
  decided she wanted to work somewhere warmer that would allow her to indulge
  her love of golfing year-round. That is when she discovered travel nursing,
  and Cross Country. She also met a Cross Country recruiter she is still with to
  this day, Dijana Lesh. Caridad credits her strong relationship with Dijana as
  one of the main reasons she has remained loyal to the company for so long.
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  According to Dijana, Caridad takes things in stride and goes into every
  hospital assignment looking for ways she can personally make things better.
  Since she began her career with Cross Country, Caridad has worked at hospitals
  in Texas, Florida and California, and has stayed at some assignments for
  nearly five years. Her dedication to nursing excellence earned her a number of
  accolades from her nurse managers throughout the years, and she was recognized
  with a DAISY Award, as well. She has also overcome a number of obstacles,
  including those arising out of increasingly tighter immigration laws. She has
  taken and passed the National Council Licensure Examination (NCLEX) and the
  Commission on Graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools (CGFNS) exams and undergone
  multiple visa screens.
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  Caridad says she enjoys all the opportunities travel nursing brings, both
  personally and professionally, as well as the financial aspect that has
  allowed her to live and work wherever she chooses. She said if she could tell
  her younger self anything, it would be to start travel nursing even sooner
  than she did. Being a travel nurse, Caridad says, helped her become a better
  nurse. It also inspired her to give back, which led to her putting her six
  nieces and nephews in the Philippines through college. She wanted them to have
  the best opportunities possible in life, and to have something that could
  never be taken away from them. After they all finished school, she wanted to
  do even more. Eventually, she started a foundation to put underprivileged
  children in the Philippines, many of whom she has never even met, through
  college, too. She likes the idea of giving these kids a better life, and in
  turn, helping to create a better community.
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  Caridad says integrity and character are very important to her, and she feels
  Cross Country shares these values, which is why she loves working for the
  company. &ldquo;I love being with Cross Country. The freedom of being a
  traveler is tremendous for me. I cannot believe I have a hundred assignments!
  It&rsquo;s amazing. It shows you that I love Cross Country, because
  they&rsquo;re always there for me, no matter what!&rdquo; she added,
  emphatically.
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Cross Country Travel Nurse Embarks On 100th Travel Assignment