What is Travel Nursing? A travel nurse is a registered nurse who works in a temporary role in multiple locations to assist with staffing needs. When healthcare facilities need staffing, they frequently call on travel nurses to fill these vacancies, from patient fluctuations to planned employee time off such as for maternity leave. You typically […]
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What is Travel Nursing?
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Best Places to Work as a Travel Nurse
Travel nursing is hard work. If you’re going to make relocation a part of your career, you may as well aim to hit some of the best places in the country. So where are the best places to work as a travel nurse? It depends on your preferences and expertise. If your goal is to […]
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How Long Does it Take to Find a New Job?
When I was living on Maui and trying to move back to the mainland, I felt frustrated by just how slow the job search was going. I scoured the job boards almost every day, just waiting until my ‘perfect’ opportunity came along. I put in one application after another, just to hear nothing back, even […]
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Top Health News of 2021
As in 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic was ever-present in the news in 2021. Although more than half of the population of the United States is vaccinated against, new variants pose a threat as they may be more easily spread than the original virus. The pandemic has also halted progress toward the elimination of other diseases. […]
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The Pros and Cons of Float Pool Nurse Travel Assignments
What is one of the biggest benefits to being a float pool nurse? When a new assignment starts to feel like it’s sink or swim, they float instead! Float pool nurses are registered nurses who switch, or “float” between different departments within a healthcare institution to fill in staffing shortages. Float nurses are a key […]
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Lessons Learned As A Travel Nurse
Without a doubt, becoming a travel nurse has a strong learning curve and no guidebook! Everyone’s path is sure to be different, but in this article I’ll cover a few lessons I learned the hard way, and hopefully make your path a little easier. Be Confident in Yourself Since you will be in unfamiliar environments […]
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Frequently Asked Questions About Travel Nursing
Travel nursing and staff nursing are vastly different for a number of reasons. As this career becomes increasingly popular, the curiosity of how travel nursing works is a common topic. Below are a few common questions I receive regularly. What is the purpose behind hospitals hiring travel nurses? Hospitals are short staffed and struggling to […]
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What Practice Settings Are Available to Pharmacists?
In a previous article, I talked about where a lot of the pharmacy jobs are and brought up the Aggregate Demand Index (ADI), which aims to measure demand in each individual state as well as the nation as a whole. It also aims to measure demand in multiple traditional settings, which I’ll discuss, as well […]
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5 Certificates to Increase Your Medical Imaging Salary
Your travel medical imaging salary can be dependent on a slew of various factors that encompass both your experience. Along with the nature of a given job opportunity on your career path. You cannot control external factors affecting the median annual salary for travel medical imaging jobs. But you can, however, control how you position […]
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Understanding Your Travel Nurse Package
Now is a great time to be a travel nurse. You probably have heard of the perks including great pay, bonuses, and the experience of exploring new locations. Reviewing your travel nurse package isn’t glamorous, but it’s a big part of your career as a travel nurse. It’s important to have a good understanding of […]