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Hello, Favorite Employee!

New Name, Same Great Company!

We are now known as Favorite Healthcare Staffing, Inc.

Favorite Nurses has been renamed Favorite Healthcare Staffing to best convey the full set of solutions Favorite offers to nurses, allied health and other professionals including per diem and contract assignments in hospitals, nursing homes, home health, clinical research, medical products and much, much more. Our employees will benefit from even more great opportunities as we better communicate what we have to offer.

Over the last several weeks, you likely have seen our new name and look applied on our website, paycheck stubs and virtually every piece of communication you receive from us. But rest assured - we're still the same great people providing the same great service!

401(k) Open Enrollment

Enroll in the 401(k) retirement plan or make changes to your current plan by March 31st.

Open enrollment for the 401(k) retirement plan runs now through March 31, 2006 for all employees. The open enrollment period allows both current and new employees the opportunity to join the plan. This is also the time of the year when current participants in the plan can change their payroll deferral percentage.

You can obtain the enrollment/change form and fund sheets on our website, or you can contact your local branch office to have a packet mailed to you. All forms must be signed, dated, filled out completely without error, and postmarked by March 31, 2006 in order to be accepted in this open enrollment. Changes will become effective April 1, 2006. Please check your pay stub to ensure that changes were made. The next open enrollment period will be in June 2006.

Save Money on Tax Preparation

Don't let another year of potential savings pass you by.

Make this the year you take advantage of the special benefits available to you through the Favorite Healthcare Staffing and H&R Block Employer Solutions Program. Many of our employees have already benefited from the professional advice, wide range of services, and special savings offered through the program.

Whether you want to do your own taxes or work with a tax professional, H&R Block's Employer Solutions Program can help you with these special benefits*:

• $15 off tax preparation services when you visit an H&R Block office and $30 off tax preparation services when you visit an H&R Block Premium office. Click here to print the coupon.
• File your taxes online for up to 66% off the regular cost! TaxCut Online EZ is just $4.95 (regularly $9.95), TaxCut Online Premium is just $9.95 (regularly $29.95) and TaxCut Online Signature is just $59.95 (regularly $79.95).Click here to access H&R Block's online service.
• Discounts of up to $12 off the purchase of H&R Block's TaxCut® software programs to help you with year-round tax and financial issues.

H&R Block tax professionals are ready to help you make sense of your taxes and work with you to get every refund dollar you're entitled to receive this tax season and beyond. You may even be able to save on last year's taxes by taking the H&R Block Double Check Challenge. If you had your tax return prepared elsewhere, you can have this year's or even last year's tax return double-checked for free**. H&R Block tax professionals will conduct a review of your return and then advise you of any missed opportunities.

For more information about the H&R Block Employer Solutions Program or to find out more about the latest tax news, log onto H&R Block's partner website.

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**If an amendment is necessary, additional fees will apply if you choose to prepare an amendment.

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National Patient Safety Awareness Week

Learn about improving patient safety during NPSAW, March 5-11, 2006.

National Patient Safety Awareness Week is a national education and awareness-building campaign for improving patient safety. Your assigned hospitals and healthcare organizations may be planning events to promote patient safety within their organizations. When possible take advantage of these events and/or educational opportunities and review the patient safety information in Favorite's Annual Training and Orientation Manual.

Following appropriate medication administration practices is a vital part of an overall patient safety program. Specific policies and procedures will vary between clients. It is vital that you become familiar with and understand the medication practices at the facilities you are assigned. Although procedures and equipment will vary between clients, safe medication practice can be summarized by the Seven Rights:

• Right Patient
• Right Drug
• Right Dose
• Right Method
• Right Time
• Right Education
• Right Documentation

Visit the following websites for medication safety resources: www.fda.gov, www.ismp.org, www.nlm.nig.gov and www.usp.org.

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History of St. Patrick's Day

Read about the origin of this green holiday.

St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, is one of Christianity's most widely known figures. Many of the famous stories however, including the account of his banishing all the snakes from Ireland, are false, the products of hundreds of years of exaggerated storytelling.

It is known that St. Patrick was born in Britain to wealthy parents near the end of the fourth century. At the age of sixteen, Patrick was taken prisoner and transported to Ireland by a group of Irish raiders who were attacking his family's estate. During his captivity, he turned to his religion for comfort, becoming a devout Christian.

After more than six years as a prisoner, Patrick escaped. According to his writing, a voice - which he believed to be God's - spoke to him in a dream, telling him it was time to leave Ireland. After escaping to Britain, Patrick reported that he experienced a second revelation - an angel in a dream told him to return to Ireland as a missionary. Soon after, Patrick began religious training and after his ordination as a priest, he was sent to Ireland with a dual mission - to minister to Christians already living in Ireland and to begin to convert the Irish.

Familiar with the Irish language and culture, Patrick chose to incorporate traditional ritual into his lessons of Christianity instead of attempting to eradicate native Irish beliefs. For instance, he superimposed a sun, a powerful Irish symbol, onto the Christian cross to create what is now called a Celtic cross, so that veneration of the symbol would seem more natural to the Irish.

St. Patrick's Day is celebrated on March 17, his religious feast day and the anniversary of his death. The Irish have observed this day as a religious holiday for thousands of years.

The first St. Patrick's Day parade took place not in Ireland, but in the United States. Irish soldiers serving in the English military marched through New York City on March 17, 1762. Along with their music, the parade helped the soldiers to reconnect with their Irish roots, as well as fellow Irishmen serving in the English army.

Today, St. Patrick's Day is celebrated by people of all backgrounds in the United States, Canada, and Australia. Although North America is home to the largest productions, St. Patrick's Day has been celebrated in other locations far from Ireland, including Japan, Singapore, and Russia.

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