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Ask a Travel Nurse: How do I use public transportation during my travel nurse job?

By David Morrison R.N. on Jan 27, 2010 in Ask a Travel Nurse, Featured, Life on the Road, Travel Nursing, Travel Nursing Career Advice

A few weeks back we discussed getting around in the city of your travel nursing assignment. In the next few posts, we’ll take a look at some of the ways that can be accomplished.
Obviously, if you are like me and drive to every assignment, transportation should not be an issue once you arrive. If you [...]

Dealing with that annoying co-worker.

By Patrick on Oct 19, 2009 in Patrick's Travel Nursing Posts, Travel Nursing, Travel Nursing Tips

Hopefully this hasn’t happened to you while you’re on a travel nursing assignment, but have you ever had to work along side a fellow nurse who just drives you batty and you find yourself at the end of the shift saying, “Calgon, take me away!” Yeah, it happens… Because nobody’s as perfect as you. Right? [...]

Decide where to move while being a travel nurse.

By Patrick on Oct 05, 2009 in Patrick's Travel Nursing Posts, Travel Nursing Fun, Travel Nursing Tips

Deciding to take your nursing career further by becoming a traveling nurse is a huge decision and one that takes careful planning. It’s not the easiest thing to just pick up and leave all that you are use to behind. You’ve established yourself and have made roots, all of which took a lot of time [...]

He who wants to change the world should already begin by cleaning the dishes.

By Patrick on Aug 31, 2009 in Patrick's Travel Nursing Posts, Travel Nursing, Travel Nursing Tips

If you are a travel nurse or a frequent traveler there are some important measures one must take to ensure that the living space you’ll be occupying is safe and sanitary. As a traveling nurse you are relocating every 13 weeks or so and it is in your best interest to start a routine for [...]

Ask a Travel Nurse: How do I find my way around on a travel nursing assignment?

By David Morrison R.N. on Aug 19, 2009 in Ask a Travel Nurse, Featured Article, Safety tips for travel nurses, Travel Nursing, Travel Nursing Life, Travel Nursing Tips, Travel guides for nurses

A reader recently asked how one finds their way around when taking a travel nursing assignment in an unfamiliar city. When I first started traveling, this would require a trip to the library or bookstore, and when available, the purchase of a street guide for the city in which I would be working. However, I’m [...]

Your Next Travel Nursing Adventure.

By Patrick on Aug 03, 2009 in Life on the Road, Patrick's Travel Nursing Posts, Travel Nursing, Travel Nursing Fun, Travel Nursing Life

When you hear the words “travel nurse” I bet you immediately think of all the exotic and beautiful locations like Honolulu, San Diego and Miami. Believe me, when it comes to traveling, I think of those places too but what I tend to forget is all the other places that have the same offerings but [...]

Consider Travel Nursing Instead of the Usual.

By Patrick on Jul 13, 2009 in Life on the Road, Patrick's Travel Nursing Posts, Travel Nursing

Right now is not the best time for job seekers and surprisingly this rings true for some in the healthcare field, specifically nurses. Unless you’ve been hiding out in a cave like Osama, you know just how severe this recession has been. It has definitely taken its toll on nursing around the nation. Many RN’s [...]

Go on tour with travel nursing.

By Patrick on Jul 06, 2009 in Life on the Road, Patrick's Travel Nursing Posts, Travel Nursing Fun

If you are a travel nurse with a passion for music, the summer months can really rock. There is no better time to hit the road. With so many summer festivals and concerts all over the country it would be difficult to see them all but if you plan accordingly you can place yourself ahead [...]

Ask a Travel Nurse: Do I have to float as a travel nurse?

By David Morrison R.N. on Jun 24, 2009 in Ask a Travel Nurse, Featured Article, Travel Nursing, Travel Nursing Tips

A reader recently contacted me with the question, “Am I required to float as a traveler?” The short answer is: Yes, welcome to the life of a traveler.
In most facilities when the unit census is low, the travelers will be the first nurses to float to other units. However, this is another one of those [...]

Hit the road with these money saving tips.

By Patrick on Jun 22, 2009 in Life on the Road, Patrick's Travel Nursing Posts, Travel Nursing, Travel Nursing Fun

That time of year is once again upon us and you know what that means don’t you? Road trippin’! Whether you’re headed to your next travel nursing assignment or simply taking the classic family vacation, there is no better way to get to your destination than winding your way through the infinite miles of interstates, [...]

Surprise travel nursing guest author next Friday

By Jeff on Jun 18, 2009 in Featured Article, Life on the Road, Travel Nursing

Here at TravelNursingBlogs.com we love to have great guest authors come and visit us and provide our readers with a new perspective on the travel nursing industry and its wonderful surprises and challenges.
Next Friday be sure to come back to TravelNursingBlogs.com when we will have a first-time surprise guest author. The topic will be sure to [...]

Travel nursing checklist item #15 – Being submitted to a hospital

By Jeff on Jun 05, 2009 in Featured Article, Travel Nursing, Travel Nursing Checklist

Every travel nursing company’s process is a little different, but for the most part the next step in the Ultimate Travel Nursing Checklist is being submitted by your recruiter. There is not a lot of for you as a travel nurse to do at this point. By this stage if you followed all of the guidelines [...]

Cool new magazine for nurses

By Jeff on May 22, 2009 in Travel Nursing, Travel Nursing Fun

If you have ever wanted a magazine for nurses that saw you as more than a nurse, then “Scrubs: The nurse’s guide to good living” may be just want you are looking for. If you haven’t seen this online magazine before it is unlike most other nursing magazines out there. It is more like Healthcare Traveler [...]

Guest Author Series- Enjoy The Journey

By Jeff on May 20, 2009 in Featured Article, Guest Author: Courtney Childers Thornton, Life on the Road

Too often in our society, we focus on reaching the next step or conquering the next goal. Before my husband and I began traveling, we were on the same tract as most young professionals. Everything came in sequence—get the right job, buy the right house, get the right promotion, etc. Travel nursing helped us change [...]

Growing up I wanted to be a…

By Patrick on May 18, 2009 in Nursing, Patrick's Travel Nursing Posts

I can finish that sentence so many ways. While growing up in Germany, I wanted to be a professional soccer player because that’s all I knew… Germans are big into soccer, or fussball, you know. I’ve been playing the game since then and am now in a senior league, but that’s a whole other story [...]

Rating a hospital with NurseRatings.org is so easy a crash test dummy could do it.

By Jeff on May 14, 2009 in Nursing, Travel Nursing, Travel Nursing Tips

I just ran across a site that if properly used could become a huge tool for travel nurses everywhere. NurseRatings.org. I don’t know if the creator of this site, which has the tag line “Nurses helping Nurses,” meant it to be for travel nursing or just a great tool for nurses everywhere, but whatever the intent, [...]

Guest Author Series – How To Avoid Loneliness On The Road

By Courtney Childers Thornton on May 14, 2009 in Featured Article, Guest Author: Courtney Childers Thornton, Life on the Road, Travel Nursing Life, Travel Nursing Tips

One of the hardest things about being married to a travel nurse is loneliness. You leave your friends, family, and coworkers behind to hop from place to place. Sometimes you may be lucky enough to land an assignment near friends, but more often than not, you will be living somewhere where you won’t know a [...]

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

By Jeff on May 01, 2009 in Featured Article, Travel Nursing, Travel Nursing Life, Travel Nursing Questions, Travel Nursing Tips

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 [...]

Guest Author Series – Traveling Together

By Courtney Childers Thornton on Apr 29, 2009 in Featured Article, Guest Author: Courtney Childers Thornton, Life on the Road, Travel Nursing

My life was pretty much perfect. I was married to an amazing man. We worked at the same hospital, myself as an Administrative assistant, and my husband as an ER nurse. We had just purchased our first home together and were beginning to unpack, settle in, and buy furniture. We had a brand new puppy [...]

Cheesy keychain = Appreciation? What do you think of Nurses Week?

By Jeff on Apr 24, 2009 in Travel Nursing, Travel Nursing Fun

Nurses Week is just around the corner and I thought I would share an intriguing and fun Nurses Week promotional event I have seen floating around the nursing world on the web, the Advance’s Worst Nurses Week Gift Ever contest. The winner (or maybe loser more appropriately) receives a $500 gift certificate to the the ADVANCE Healthcare Shop. [...]

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