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Working Holidays as a Travel Nurse: What You Need to Know
If you’re a nurse or other healthcare professional, it’s inevitable that you’ll have to work at least some holidays throughout the course of your career. But travel RNs in particular have to take a slightly different approach to working holidays. Today, we’re covering the basics of all you need to know about working holidays as…
Read MoreTravel Nurse 101: What You Need to Know About Contracts
Knowledge Is Power Your new chapter as a travel nurse fills you with excitement and enthusiasm. You’re keen to agree your first assignment and get started. But do you feel confident in what to look for in the small print of the contract? When you have a full-time job in a hospital, contracts are reasonably…
Read MoreWhat Do Travel Nurses Do for Transportation?
If you’re gearing up for your first travel nursing assignment, you may be wondering what to do for transportation once you arrive at your assignment location. Should you drive your own vehicle? Fly and rent a car while you’re there? Embrace public transportation? For an experienced travel RN, you may either be interested in…
Read MoreHow to Get Mail and Packages as a Travel Nurse
In such a digital age, who even thinks about mail anymore? We’ll give you one good answer — travel nurses. Working travel assignments far from home for anywhere from a few weeks to a few months long throughout the year means your official home address isn’t always where you actually spend the most of…
Read MoreWhat Contract Terms Should We Offer the Best Travel Nurses?
Reassurance, Protection, and Attraction Are Key Travel nurses are an exceptional staffing solution to your healthcare facility and team. In exchange for their skills (made available often at short notice) and with no employee benefits, what should you offer in their contract? Though you are only bound to a contract between you and the agency…
Read MoreWhat Benefits and Perks Do Travel Nurses Expect When Hired?
The Support That Gets Travel Nurses to You Travel nurses are a crucial cog in ensuring your healthcare facility is functioning properly. They provide great skills at short notice, without the need to add them to your permanent payroll. Is there a catch? The use of travel nurses is certainly being implemented by hospitals up…
Read MoreWhat Does the Future Hold for Physical Therapists?
The Diagnosis for a Career in Physical Therapy Physical therapists hold a strong position of 11th in the best healthcare jobs, according to U.S. News. You may already be enjoying your career in physical therapy, or considering starting out. But what about the future? Research from Commonwealth Fund shows that, because of the pandemic, an…
Read MoreHow Do We Improve Hiring for Specialties in Nursing Jobs?
Hire Smart to Hire Best As COVID-19 continues to take its toll, hiring for specialties in nursing jobs is becoming increasingly difficult. Research by the American Nurses Association shows that the number of RN jobs to be hired for will explode in the coming two years. According to the U.S. BLS, more than 200,000 extra…
Read MoreCan My Experience in Nursing Jobs Help Satisfy My Travel Bug?
Get Your Itchy Feet Moving and Earn, Learn, and See You’ve got great experience in nursing jobs, but after the year we’ve had – with regular COVID-19 lockdowns restricting vacations and putting pressure on you at work – all you want to do is travel. A survey by Longwoods shows that many Americans just want…
Read MoreWhy Do Hospitals Hire Travel Nurses?
The Solution to a Big Problem in American Hospitals Today Travel nurses have long been a stand-in solution for hospitals and other healthcare facilities. Today they’re in demand more than ever before. We’re all aware of the enormous pressure on healthcare providers, leaving hospitals bursting at the seams with patients in need of care. The…
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