A Valentine’s Day away for travel nurses.
As a travel nurse, spending Valentine’s Day on-assignment away from loved ones and your significant other isn’t the best situation. But as a travel nurse, it’s probably a reality you’ll face if you haven’t already. Fortunately, with the Internet and a little creativity, being a travel nurse doesn’t mean [...]
If you’re a travel nurse, and you’re paying a fair amount of money each month for rent or a mortgage on a house you rarely see, you may want to consider canceling your rental agreement or selling your home - whichever applies to you. Yes, there are some tax implications to this, and many travel [...]
For some travel nurses, the idea of staffing-agency housing brings thoughts of cramped quarters, cold showers, less-than-desireable roomates and other horror stories. One way around this is to simply not travel. But why would you do that when we all know the travel nurse life can be one of the most rewarding and exciting out [...]
It’s easy to get into a groove with your career and focus on getting your work done to the best of your ability and in a way that impress each hospital you work for. But even as a travel nurse, you never truly work alone. That’s why even seasoned travel nurses can benefit from a [...]
Being a travel nurse means more than just showing up for work. So it’s no wonder why some new travel nurses get frustrated when they don’t get the greatest assignments, have to wait on agencies for their assignments, and generally wonder why their travel nurse staffing agency isn’t doing more to help.
What successful travel [...]
It seems like there’s a stethoscope for every medical specialty out there. Neonatal, gastro, cardio and the list goes on. Depending on how much you want to spend and how serious you want (or need) to be in your travel nurse assignments, you can go anywhere from a simple $10 stethoscope to what some people [...]
The travel nurse life can be a busy one, right? Well, below you’ll find two books by travel nurses who apparently found the time to write, and publish, their books about travel nursing.
Hitting the Road: A Guide to Travel Nursing by Shalon Kearney is an overview of travel nursing with guidance on how to work [...]
Last year’s Healthcare Staffing Summit in Chicago, IL brought some feedback from hospitals staffing agencies and travel nurses alike.
Here are some of the main highlights from the Healthcare Staffing Summit In Chicago, IL:
Large travel nurse agencies are paying the lowest rates
More hospitals are planning to use travel nurses
Hospitals are planning on using more travel [...]
While the nursing shortage will affect the 1.8 million nurses who work primarily in hospitals invariably, ALL healthcare settings where a nurse is employed will be affected. The shortage will require many short and long term strategies in order to avert the crisis. One thing that’s for certain is that this shortage will increase the [...]
According to a recent Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) report, hospital and healthcare spending are anticipated to grow between 2005 and 2016 at a compound annual rate of 7%. Part of this growth is being fueled by the aging of baby boomers. The U.S. Census Bureau projects 2.4% growth in the number of people [...]
There are hundreds of travel nurse staffing agencies in the United States of varying sizes and experience. These agencies place about 40,000 travel nurses in this multi-billion dollar industry. Most agencies, regardless of size, will be able to offer travel nurses assignments throughout much of the United States.
Larger travel nurse staffing agencies generally will have [...]
If you’re an experienced travel nurse, you know the game. You’ve worked with plenty of agencies and know how to get the most for your time and experience as a travel nurse. Chances are, you’re doing one or more of the following:
Be open to travel nurse jobs in plenty of locations.
You should be actively talking [...]
Sometimes, you’ll find you don’t have to travel very far to get from one travel nurse assignment to the next. But there could come a time when your next travel nurse assignment takes you from one end of the United States to the other. Some travel nurses are happy flipping through a thick map book [...]
Whenever I arrive at a new travel nurse assignment, the first thing I do (after I get groceries) is visit the local chamber of commerce. This is the best place to find local maps, telephone books, brochures and suggestions on where to eat and what to see in do while you’re in the area.
For a [...]
If you’re just starting out as a travel nurse, you may want to keep things simple and travel as light as possible, bringing only those things that you know you’ll absolutely need for your assignment.
Otherwise, there are some ‘creature comforts’ that many travel nurses simply can’t live without. These can include:
Towels, sheets, shower curtain/rod
Dishes, silverware, [...]