In my last post about nursing burnout, I gave some tips to regain control over your life which can help you manage stress. These can work to prevent burnout for those who are starting to feel the effects. But what if you are already in the midst of burnout and need help to recover from it?
Last week I wrote about recognizing the signs of burnout. Now I’d like to give you some tools and tips for beating burnout. I’m going to address this in two parts: Prevention and Recovery. Today we’ll deal with ways to prevent burnout.
We’ve been doing some research lately about burnout and how it affects nurses. Many nurses today have been working harder and taking extra shifts for vairous reasons but mainly due to the economy. While all this hard work and overtime can help a family stay afloat, one cannot keep up that pace forever. It’s this pace that unfortunately can lead to burnout.
Recently, Jeff added this post about the importance of your resume, Travel nursing checklist item #14 – Knockout resumes hospitals love. There is a lot of great information there about what you need to have on your travel nursing resume. But it got me thinking about those nurses who may want some help from a professional to write their resume.
What’s your mission? I was recently reading this article “How to converse with travel nurse recruiters” at TravelRNgab.com and it reminded me somewhat of an older post from Beth at PixelRN.com where she talked about nurses having a Mission Statement.
So you’re coming up on the end of your travel nursing assignment in Minneapolis, MN and your starting to plan your route to get to your next assignment in San Diego, CA. Wouldn’t it be great if there was an easy way to get directions, calculate the distance of your drive, how long it will take to drive, and how much fuel will cost for your trip?
I want to share a link to a nice blog from a couple that is travel nursing together and blogging about the challenges and the rewards of their experience. Their blog site is called Adventures in travel nursing.
I recently came across an article that discussed the success that Glendive Medical Center, a health system in Eastern Montana, was having with travelers.
Today I put the finishing touches on submitting information to Healthcare Traveler magazine for the Medical Solutions nominee for Traveler of the Year.
In a very concerning story published in the New York Times, nurses and other personal care workers suffer from workplace assualts at an alarming rate. In fact the Bureau of Labor Statistics report that half of all nonfatal injuries resulting from workplace assaults occur in health care and social service settings.
If you’re a seasoned traveler you’re well aware that being organized is critical to being a successful travel nurse. Keeping track of all your paperwork, licenses, and contacts is no easy task.
I thought it was a well-done look into the lives of 3 doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital. They did a nice job of focusing on the human element in healthcare rather than the techonoligical side.
Have you ever watched a show and been disappointed in the portrayal of a nurse character? The Center For Nursing Advocacy works to increase public understanding of nursing.
Many travelers go on their travel nursing assignment with their RV. So I wanted to point out an online tool that we use to help locate RV parks for them.
Could your next patient be a mystery shopper hired by your facility to provide feedback on the care he or she received? I just read an article that the American Medical Association’s ethics counsel is considering this.
ABC will air a six part series titled ‘Hopkins’ about the lives of the people who work at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore, MD. The show kicks off on June 26th at 10e/9c. Hospital dramas on TV are nothing new as fans of ER and Grey’s Anatomy can atest, but what should make this show interesting is that it is real.
One great thing that a travel nursing career affords you is the ability to visit some great destinations. As great as it is to visit and see fantastic sights, sharing what you’ve seen and experienced with friends and family is especially rewarding.
Last time I posted a couple websites you can use to map your running course while on a travel nursing assignment in a new location. I thought it would be good to review some running safety tips before you go for your run.
I came across 2 great websites that help you map out a running course no matter where your travel nursing assignment takes you.
www.mapmyrun.com
www.favoriterun.com
Both sites utilize Google Maps, which allows you to customize and know the distance of your route. Other options include elevation display and libraries of running routes that other users have created. FavoriteRun.com [...]
