Category: Travel Nursing Questions

Ask a Travel Nurse: Should I carry my own malpractice insurance?
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Ask a Travel Nurse: Should I carry my own malpractice insurance?

My post this week comes from a traveler just starting in the industry. She said that her travel company was not providing malpractice insurance and wanted to know if I thought she should carry a policy on her own. I would have to say that the answer to this question will depend on personal preference, [...]

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Fully furnished housing for traveling nurses makes it easy to feel at home.
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Travel Nurse Housing – Why Choose Corporate Housing?

Your experience should be nothing like staying in a crowded hotel or extended stay suite. For traveling nurses, corporate housing is your home away from home. These comfortable accommodations should be nestled in secure communities and tastefully furnished to suit your needs. Living in corporate housing gives you more than peace of mind; it eases the burden of basic chores and saves you money on everyday expenses in many ways.

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Ask a Travel Nurse: How can I find a travel nursing job in my specialty?
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Ask a Travel Nurse: How can I find a travel nursing job in my specialty?

This past week I received an email from a nurse that wanted to start traveling. However, her specialty was one in which you do not find many travel positions. This week I wanted to post my advice to her should any of you find yourself in the same boat. As most of you know, if [...]

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Don’t forget these tips to find a stable travel nursing company
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Don’t forget these tips to find a stable travel nursing company

I came across an article called A Simple Guide to Start Your Travel Nursing Agency on Twitter the other day and thought of its implications for travel nurses out there, especially those just getting started in the travel nursing lifestyle. Articles like this that try to make something as complex as starting a travel nursing [...]

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Ask a Travel Nurse: How can I help in Haiti?
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Ask a Travel Nurse: How can I help in Haiti?

Last week I mentioned that this week we would be discussing how to get around while on a travel assignment. However, I wanted to postpone that discussion for another week due to a question that I received a few days ago in regard to Haiti. A traveler contacted and asked if I knew of any [...]

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14 questions to ask your travel nurse recruiter

Finding the right travel nursing recruiter is something you can either let happen by accident or you take a proactive approach and ask the right kind of questions to make sure you find the best recruiter for your personality. The relationship you have with your recruiter needs to be one based on trust and respect, so [...]

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A penny earned is a penny earned when you ask the right questions
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A penny earned is a penny earned when you ask the right questions

So far in the Ultimate Travel Nursing Questions series we have covered questions for you to ask a travel nursing company about themselves, what your travel nursing job will be like and questions to ensure you get the travel nursing housing that meets your needs. Now in this installment we are going to cover questions [...]

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Tell me a little about yourself

In this next installment of the Ultimate Travel Nursing Questions we are going to give you some questions you can ask about the travel nursing company you are considering traveling with. With the economy the way it is right now you want to make sure you are working with a financially stable travel nursing company [...]

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It's all in the details

In my last post I listed some questions you can ask travel nursing companies before you take a travel nursing job to avoid a disastrous assignment. In this second post of the Ultimate Travel Nursing Questions we are looking at questions you should ask about the specifics of when you are on the job. Travel [...]

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What's the magic formula?

Although the majority of travel nursing assignments are wonderful. There are those that don’t go so smooth. If you haven’t experienced one yourself, you have no doubt seen someone talk about one on a nursing forum, or heard stories from other travelers about “bad travel nursing assignments,”  whether it is problems with the hospital, housing [...]

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