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 [...]
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 [...]
If there’s one thing you get to do as a travel nurse, it’s a great way to see a lot of this beautiful country that, quite frankly, most people don’t. But as a traveler, you have expenses that come with life on the road. And whether you’re traveling in your RV or your Honda CRV, [...]
Healthy Active Nurses
Travel nurses have a career that involves more than just long hours, stressful shifts and hectic schedules. Add int he travel between assignments and life on the road in general, and you’ve got a recipe for poor health and high stress. It’s easy for us to fall into the habits that cause [...]
Earlier this year, we made comments on the trend of travel nurses using RVs to see the country and as a place to call home while on the road. One of the details we didn’t touch on at that time was the effect that RVing has on the housing that you would normally be offered.
One [...]
Summer’s here. Officially. If you’re in the south like those of us at eJane, you might try to tell us that summer started two months ago, but if you by the calendar there’s no way out of it.
And if you’re like thousands of other travel nurses, you’ve got your eyes on some nice beach locations [...]
I know plenty of travel nurses who love to visit the beach as a way to relax, refresh, soak up some sun and just ‘be.’
Dr. Beach (www.drbeach.org) has released the top 10 beaches in the U.S. for 2008 - If you’re not a travel nurse in one of these areas, you might want to plan [...]
Whether you travel cross country as a travel nurse by plane, by car or by RV, there’s one little thing you should always have handy: A quality pillow. Since the times of ancient Egypt, pillows has been filled with just about everything humans could get their hands on - cotton, plastic, down and even buckwheat.
And [...]
The nurse shortage isn’t something that’s only going on in the United States. Countries around the world, including Canada, are feeling the pain. Even with Canada’s socialized medicine where everybody has health coverage, nurses are scared off, burnt out, and leaving a huge gap in their wake. And while travel nurses can act as a [...]
Located on the western slope of the continental divide, and just a short drive from Denver, Winter Park, CO is full of year-round skiing, shopping, dining, lodging and golfing. Travel nurses can find their thrills whitewater rafting on one of Colorado’s raging rivers. Winter activities for travel nurses include cross-country and downhill skiing, snowshoeing and [...]
Provided all of your required paperwork is in order—and you have a current, active license and no encumbrances—you ca receive a temporary license through a ‘walk through’ system in as little as one day in:
California, Colorado, Delaware, Idaho, Kansas, Maine, Maryland, Missouri, Nebraska, North Carolina, South Carolina, South Dakota, and Vermont.
Depending on each [...]
Many of us - travelers and non-travelers - are working more and more hours. It’s easy to wonder who’s out there watching out for your profession and making sure Congress and other regulatory agencies are behind your best interests. The good news is the ANA (American Nurses Association) is taking care of your industry.
According to [...]
The next time you walk into your travel nurse placement and cringe at the nurse-to-patient ratios, think of one word for your next assignment: California. The Golden State’s safe hospital staffing law has recently seen its latest phase-in period thanks to relentless advocacy by the California Nurses Association/National Nurses Organizing Committee (CNA/NNOC). The new ratios, [...]
As part of the NLC, a travel nurse can hold a home state license in only state at any given time. If a travel nurse changes their permanent residence from one NLC state to another , then the travel nurse has to relinquish their license in the former state of residence and apply for [...]
Today’s travel nurse destination is a place that many travel nurses dream about - the Hawaiian island of Molokai.
About Molokia
Molokai is a small Hawaiian island that many say time simply forgot about. With its rich Hawaiian roots and cultural activities, Molokai s a place to truly get away from it all. Surrounded by the [...]