If you’ve read through some of our previous blogs, you’re familiar with eJane. Specifically that eJane.com is a website where independent contractor travel nurses can find open engagements posted by healthcare providers and negotiate directly. In my previous blog I recommend that nurses have at least one year experience in one location before taking their first travel assignment. Well, with eJane.com, the travel nurse is an independent contractor–this means the nurse is self-employed and obtains their own housing, furniture, health insurance, professional liability insurance, pays their own taxes, etc. So, with this, I would also recommend that a nurse not only have at least one year nursing experience before traveling, but also have one year of travel nursing experience prior to using eJane.com. If the first few travel engagements are with an agency, the travel nurse will have the chance to learn what to expect and what to do upon arriving at their new location housing and starting orientation with a new hospital. When you feel comfortable with these two items, it will be much easier and less stressful to take over making the arrangements yourself. I would even recommend that for one or two of your travel assignments with an agency, that you take the housing stipend the agency offers and find your own housing and furniture to familiarize yourself with what works best for you. And on those nights away from home on your travel engagement when you’re wondering what to do–get online and visit eJane.com’s Help link and Support Services, join forums, read blogs and/or browse the internet for information on being an independent contractor.

Actually, you can do all this and travel with eJane.com without having experience as a travel nurse–I was just thinking of Maslow’s Heirarchy of Needs where one’s security and protection needs must be met before one’s need for fun!

Here at eJane.com, we want you to be a successful AND happy independent contractor travel nurse!!!