As a member of eJane, the travel nurse will more than likely assume the role of an “independent contractor.”
According to federal employment guidelines, this means you are self employed. It means you are not employed by eJane or the healthcare provider you contract with. You will have to obtain your own professional liability insurance, which [...]
Negotiation–All terms of the contract need to be agreed upon between the healthcare provider and the travel nurse such as: hourly rate, start and end dates, shift(s), housing and/or travel reimbursements, bonuses, overtime pay, time off, etc. When the travel nurse applies for an engagement, negotiation begins and continues back and forth until both the [...]
INTRODUCTION: eJane utilizes standard industry terms. Sometimes, however, these terms take on a special significance relative to eJane. This blog highlights these exceptions.
Engagement–The healthcare provider posts an “engagement” for temporary nurse staffing which includes the position name, location, start date, end date, whether or not it is a temp-to-perm position, hourly rate, reimbursements, requirements (drug test, ppd [...]
For too long, the temporary healthcare staffing industry has been using costly methods to meet the staffing needs of healthcare providers. As internet technology integrates into more business applications, the founders of eJane have envisioned and created an innovative, new approach.
The result is a direct business-to-business link between the provider and the professional, utilizing internet [...]
The heart of eJane is the relationship it creates between the travel nurse and the healthcare provider. The best way to describe it is …. “direct.”
eJane is not an agency. We are a web=based application that allows the travel nurse and healthcare provider to negotiate directly. Our specific responsibilities (and liabilities) can be found in [...]
This will begin a series of blogs which are specific to eJane. We will describe what eJane is, how it can be used, how it will benefit both the travel nurse and healthcare provider and how to negotiate terms of the contract.
This series will include the following topics:
The Company
The Travel Nurse and Healthcare Provider [...]
eJane members are responsible for all components of an engagement. These responsibilities are clearly covered in eJane’s Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. It is important that all eJane members read and familiarize themselves with these conditions.
One important responsibility is professional liability insurance. This type of insurance is available to any nurse who is in [...]
Apartments.com is a good place to start when looking for your own housing as an independent contractor travel nurse. For instance, eJane.com has travel nurse openings in Virginia Beach, Virginia so I thought I’d find out what kind of housing is available in that area. I went to the Apartments.com website and clicked on the [...]
This was our first time as an exhibitor at the ASHHRA’s (American Society for Healthcare Human Resource Administration) 44th Annual Conference & Exposition in Austin, Texas. Most attendees were corporate level Human Resource VPs and Directors. We were pleasantly surprised that nearly all the healthcare providers we spoke with were almost as excited as we [...]
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 [...]
Being as prepared as a travel nurse can be when one arrives at a new location, makes life much less stressful. Chambers of Commerce are usually very useful in this area. You can request info through their website (if they have one) or call/write them and most Chambers have more information than you thought was [...]
As a travel nurse, you know that sleeping on the job is a huge no-no - a career-ending mistake if the circumstances are there. However, a new study has shown that napping should be encouraged for nurses who work the night shift. Benefits for both nurses AND patients have been shown to exist after nurses [...]
In an effort to address the shortage of nurses in the United States and to increase the quality of care veterans receive, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has introduced the “Travel Nurse Corps”. This new program allows nurses in the VA to travel on assignment throughout the VA’s medical system.
“VA is committed to putting [...]
The nursing profession is definitely one that places great emphasis on education. Many in the profession are constantly continuing their education gaining credit and even changing specialties every few years to gain experience in different areas.
Some RNs even make the jump into a master’s degree in nursing. The program is typically 18- 24 months in [...]
Travel nurses are an interesting bunch, aren’t they? Curious about different locations, seeking adventure of different sorts all the time, enjoying varied work experiences and always meeting new people are just a few common traits of today’s travel nurse. If these traits make you stand up and say “hey, that’s me!”, you just might make [...]