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Ask a Travel Nurse: Why do travel nursing companies require a year of experience for travel nurses?
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Ask a Travel Nurse: Why do travel nursing companies require a year of experience for travel nurses?

I was once asked why the travel nursing companies require a year of experience before a nurse may travel. A recent email I received should illustrate the answer to that question.

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Get to know your Nurse Manager.

As a traveling nurse you have to be quick to get acclimated to your new surroundings and nothing can be more difficult than finding your place among the existing staff. If you’re a seasoned veteran of the traveling scene, you probably already have a good grasp as to what it takes to blend in, but [...]

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Introducing "Ask a Travel Nurse"

Here at TravelNursingBlogs.com we are excited to have teamed up with David Morrison, RN, author of the Travel Nurse’s Bible, to be a regular blogger and answer your travel nursing questions as only an experienced travel nursing vet can. Enjoy and be sure to send him a plenty of questions. (You can read the column by clicking [...]

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Guest Author Series- Enjoy The Journey

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 [...]

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

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, [...]

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Guest Author Series – How To Avoid Loneliness On The Road

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 [...]

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Guest Author Series – How To Avoid Boredom On The Road
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Guest Author Series – How To Avoid Boredom On The Road

When we first decided to start traveling, I was pretty excited about quitting my job. Spring was in the air, I had cabin fever, and let’s be honest—the idea of sitting beside a sparkling, blue swimming pool all summer sounds great to all of us. But when we reached my husband’s first assignment, it was [...]

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

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 [...]

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Guest Author Series – Traveling Together

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 [...]

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Tell me a little about yourself

In this next installment of the Ultimate Travel Nursing Questions we are going to give you some questions you can ask about the travel nursing company you are considering traveling with. With the economy the way it is right now you want to make sure you are working with a financially stable travel nursing company [...]

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