Travel nurses often put themselves into one of two camps; more money or more fun (caring for others is a given). Whether you are in travel nursing for the money or the experience of doing fun things while traveling you will find LivingSocial.com a useful website during your travel nursing assignments. Here’s how to get started: First, Sign up [...]
Last week I wrote about ways in which you can reduce energy use and other ways in which you can save yourself money and the planet while working your next travel nursing assignment . Today I will expand on ways you can be green by reusing, or repurposing items – taking a once useful item and using it again to suit your new need. It’s a lot easier than it sounds and all it takes is just a little creativity.
I’m not sure how new this site is, but I just came across it for the first time the other day and thought I would mention it. Healthcare Travelbook was started by a veteran traveling physical therapist and his wife, but is open to all kinds of healthcare travelers and people associated with the industry. [...]
Traveling to your next assignment without your pooch (or kitty-were not discriminating!) would seem incomplete. You come home everyday to find them waiting by the door to greet you, that it would seem like something is amiss if they weren’t along for the ride. So there’s no reason you shouldn’t take along your favorite furry friends with you on your travel nursing assignments, just as long as you set it up with the staffing agency you are working with.
And the winner is… The day has finally come and we’re proud to announce the three winners in the ‘Give It a Shot! Nurses Week T-shirt Challenge!’ The contest has concluded as of last Monday but we were unable to decide on the winning designs until Wednesday due to an unforeseen illness, which was welcomed by the judges due to high number (138) of entries! This extra time gave them a better look at all the designs and they were able to choose wisely. Read all about the contest at Fibers.com and see the top three entries, all of which have explanations of why the design was chosen as the winner.
Hopefully by now you’ve heard about and better yet, entered the ‘Give It a Shot! Nurses Week T-shirt Challenge’ that Medical Solutions and Fibers.com are co-hosting in celebration of Nurses Week 2010. The month long contest started on April 12th and will conclude at the end of Nurses Week, May 12th and as of today there are over 90 entries, filling 4 pages of various nursing inspired brilliance. All the various designs really have given me great insight to what people think about the nursing profession and what nurses think about themselves. There are some truly wonderful designs. Some more heartfelt, while the others are just plain witty! Good stuff!
If any of the readers here were wondering where I’ve been the last couple of weeks, well let me just tell you. Maybe you’ve heard of this little contest that’s going on right now – and I hope you have, otherwise those two weeks have been wasted. The ‘Give It a Shot! Nurses Week T-shirt Challenge.’ has been my focus as of late and it’s the first contest of any sort that Medical Solutions and Fibers.com has ever hosted, so I’ve been working diligently on trying to get the word out to make it as big a success as possible. So far so good! As of today we have 78 entries and counting.
One of the coolest things about travel nursing is getting the chance to do new things in new cities. However since you may be new to the area and may not know anyone who can point you in the right direction, actually finding those exciting activities can be tough. Well not if you use this new [...]
Nurses Week is still a couple of weeks away (May 6-12), but right now there are a couple of different contests and promotions going on out there celebrating it that are worth sharing. A couple are from travel nursing companies and the others are from other nursing related entities. Here are the links to them if [...]
Travel nursing is a unique profession in nature, one that enables you to take your skills and knowledge on the road for 13 weeks at a time. The nursing shortage allows you to choose from various locations around the country, some great and others, well others that might not be all that. But it is your choice and your decision to make the most out of any assignment you take on. Being a traveling nurse can give you that ability to afford a lifestyle that you may not typically be use to, say if you were a perm nurse. Of course there are pros and cons to both and we won’t get into that now… No, today we will discuss what you can do if you are in a location that might not be so glamorous.
It comes to me as no surprise that nurses may feel a little unappreciated at times… And last years contest, “My Worst Nurse’s Week Gift… Ever” was proof positive. With over 650 submissions, I’d say that nurses being unappreciated is an understatement, at least when it comes to this once a year celebration. You should read a few of them, I mean really, a bar of cellulite soap? Seriously!? I want to meet that person who thought it would be good idea to hand those out!
Awhile ago I posted about ebook readersand how they let you take a library with you on a travel nursing job. Which is a great idea if you are a techie person, but if you are a little more old fashioned love to hold the book in your hand, then another solution might be the [...]
As a travel nurse, one of the things you have to deal with on each assignment is setting up cable if you want it. If you look around you will find that some companies will pay for your cable to be set up at your new assignment, which does make it easier for you costwise, [...]
The day you decide to go forth as a traveling nurse is a monumental one. You’re saying, “Bring it on!” You’re ready to take on the unknown with little or no help, you’re a loner, a rebel. You are a special breed and there are just a few of you who are able to do so. It may be less lonely to travel with friend but it can prove to be a better experience doing it alone. Being content when you’re all by yourself is not about keeping yourself occupied until the next social engagement.
As a traveling nurse you have a greater chance at experiencing fatigue. Besides the normal workload of nurse, you a have the added stress of finding a new assignment every 13 weeks or so and on top of that, getting to your new traveling nurse job. There’s the packing, organizing, traveling and everything in between. Then you work tirelessly for 10-12 hours at a time every week. You’re on your feet constantly and you must be ready at all times to tackle whatever comes your way, no matter how you feel. All these elements can make a traveling nurse’s life seem pretty harried and the one thing that can wipe all that away is sunshine, beaches and a drink with a little umbrella in it – that’s right we’re talking vacation!
