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When you are working in a new travel nursing job in a new city, you still are going to have some of the day to day troubles that you have at home (sorry). Things like your car breaking down and needing repair or you need to find a good dry cleaner, someone to hem your [...]
I’m sure those of you who are somewhat computer/internet savvy could find most of this information on your own… Just a simple google search would do. Lucky for you, the searching has already been done for you and Terri Schmitt at Nurse Story has listed all the best user-friendly and informative sites for nurses. She [...]
Here is a new site I came across the other day: Nurses PTO.com. The stated goal of the site is to “give nurses as well as any other interested people a chance to explore new avenues for income to give you back time for family, hobbies and even mindless TV and thoughts on how to [...]
Granted things are a little different right now in the travel nursing industry and you can’t always get your dream travel nursing job quite as easily as in the past, but a good recruiter will still always ask “What is your dream assignment?” and work from there to determine your interests and at least find [...]
Carol e-mailed and asked “Do healthcare workers rent out their home base apartment, or house, to other travelers?”
Many travelers we have met, do keep a home base. On our website http://www.travel-nurse-coach.com/travel-nurse-housing.html we have covered some options for travelers regarding housing.
The problem for a traveler is to find affordable available housing. It is difficult to get information. [...]
When it comes to comparing travel nursing companies you want to make sure the reviews are fair and that you are comparing apples to apples. There are several great options online for reviewing traveling nurse agencies. There are a few simple and basic things you want to look for in a great travel nursing company review. [...]
If you are a travel nurse who hasn’t heard of Hulu.com yet, then you are missing out. You may have seen their commercial during the Super Bowl (one of the better ones this year) and wondered what it was all about. Hulu is a online video website that provides commercial-supported streaming video of TV shows [...]
Starting a new assignment takes a lot of planning. The one benefit of traveling is meeting new friends. Our daughter jokingly calls our network of health care travelers “the nurse mafia.”
When we are looking for items and or information we usually reach out to other travelers. There are other practical benefits to contacting other travelers.
Passing [...]
Janet and I traveled to beautiful Maui on our first travel nursing assignment together. Life was good and we did not think we had a care in the world.
On Dec 31 2003 all that changed when Janet and I traveled to Lahaina to see her doctor. She had discovered a small lump in her breast [...]
If you are just starting your travel nursing job search and don’t know where to start, travel nursing job boards are great place to begin the journey. They are also great if you are interested in traveling with a new travel nursing company, but don’t want to deal with sifting through the hundreds of travel [...]
I know gas prices are on the decline, but that doesn’t mean you should ignore gas mileage when it is time to choose your next car, especially with the economy looking like it does. Travel nurses can put a lot of miles on a car so you want to make sure you get one that [...]
Keeping in shape while you are on the road as a travel nurse is not the easiest thing to do, the only thing more difficult may be getting in shape while on the road as a travel nurse. It is easy to opt for fast food instead of cooking something healthy and spending your free [...]
Healthcare Traveler magazine has always had a very informative website for travel nurses, but now they have taken that a step further by launching HT Blogger. HT Blogger is written by:
Patricia Lederman
Group Editor
plederman@advanstar.com
Bobbi Harrison
Managing Editor
bharrison@advanstar.com
Jennifer Samuels
Associate Editor
jennifer.samuels@advanstar.com
If you read Healthcare Traveler magazine then you are already aware of the kind of info and quality they [...]
One important factor in deciding which travel nursing assignment to take is the quality of the hospital you will be working in. A website I recently came across, Nursyz.com, allows you, as a nurse, to rate hospitals you work at for other nurses to read. This site could be a huge help when you are deciding [...]
Over at NursingSchoolSearch.com they posted a great list of 50 Social Media and Networking Sites for the Medically Minded I’m glad to see TravelNursingBlogs.com made the list, but there are a lot of other great sites on there too. In fact, their whole site is made up of a lot of great lists of websites. Check it [...]
In an intriuging way to address the nursing shortage a new site called NurseAuction.com has launched. It is an interesting concept where the site, which is free, allows nurses to bid on shifts and shift owners to bid on nurses in a “stock exchange” like market. I commented on this on a post at PixelRN.comif you want to read it, but [...]
Highway Hypodermics is the website of Epstein LaRue and has tons of very useful info for travel nurses or nurses interested in trying out travel nursing as a career. She produces a monthly travel nursing newsletter, an annual Highway Hypodermics book, a featured company of the month, plus her own blog. If you are looking [...]
