Don’t leave home without your family and pets. Take them along with you on your travel nursing assignment. This way you can have a little piece of home with you.
As a travel nurse, there needs to be an interview done over the phone most of the time. This is what happens when you are in a field that requires you to travel to different destinations across the country.
As a travel nurse you will have a lot of opportunities to make more money and live in a wide variety of locations, but just a quick word of caution. When you first hear the compensation packages for one area over another you may fall in love with the higher sounding per hourly travel nursing […]
I have now made it safely back to the Omaha area from my trip home, and I have learned a little bit more about the airline industry.
I recently came across an article that discussed the success that Glendive Medical Center, a health system in Eastern Montana, was having with travelers.
In today’s day and age there are quite a number of ways to connect with people you know in an instant and yes, there are still the old fashioned ways of doing things too. The h and written letter has been replaced by email, the telephone is now in your pocket as opposed to being […]
As a traveling nurse or traveling allied health professional going from city to city and state to state you have probably have heard or are seeing firsth and all the major corporations and banks declaring bankruptcy, thous and s of people losing jobs to layoffs and many other economic detriments. Now is not the time […]
I recently was fortunate enough to attend Blog World Expo 2008, the world’s largest blogging and new media conference. Part of my agenda was to meet with other health care bloggers like Kim from Emergiblog, and Dr. Val Jones from GetBetterHealth, to discuss the possibility of putting together a track dedicated to health care bloggers at next year’s conference.
There is nothing worse than being in a new city and realizing you are going to have to use a public restroom. One minute you are happily watching the local street performers and the next you are looking for relief. Uncertainty and fear strikes as you wonder, is the restroom… clean, safe, close, etc.? Well now help […]
Today I put the finishing touches on submitting information to Healthcare Traveler magazine for the Medical Solutions nominee for Traveler of the Year.
OR RN Job Details: Manchester, New Hampshire hospital seeks OR RN. Day or night shift. Starts ASAP. Excellent location, pay, and benefits, including insurance starting at just $16 per week!
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Answers to “Ask a Travel Nurse” questions are written by David Morrison, RN, a nurse with two decades of travel experience, and the author of the Travel Nurse’s Bible. His writings have been
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Ask a Travel Nurse: Should I have a travel nursing contract checklist?
Ask a Travel Nurse Question: Do you have a list of options that you make sure you spell out on a contract, sort of a guide or checklist to follow to make sure that all your needs, issues and concerns are spelled out within your contract? Ask a Travel Nurse Answer: The things that you […]
Travel Nursing Checklist Item #29: How to love travel nursing orientation
Now that you have had a good night’s sleep and started your first day out right you should be full of energy and ready to start your first day. For travel nurses this means the beginning of orientation. Each hospital has a different orientation process and some may be longer than others, but there are some […]
Travel Nursing Checklist Item #28: Starting the first day of the job off right
So you’ve had a good night’s sleep and the first day of your new travel nursing job is finally here. Tips for starting off a travel nursing job The first day of a travel assignment can definitely be stressful but it doesn’t have to be. It just takes preparation. You know you are a great nurse, but […]
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