Being a Traveling Nurse or Allied Health professional these days has proven to be a lucrative alternative to a permanent position within many healthcare facilities. Many choose to leave their staff positions to become a traveling healthcare professional due to the slowing economy and the continuing repercussions of 9/11. As pay has plateaued for many […]

In a very concerning story published in the New York Times, nurses and other personal care workers suffer from workplace assualts at an alarming rate. In fact the Bureau of Labor Statistics report that half of all nonfatal injuries resulting from workplace assaults occur in health care and social service settings.

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 […]

Here is an interesting article about the nursing shortage and one hospital’s efforts to fight it using shift bidding. One thing that struck me was the blaming of the nursing shortage partially on travel nursing, when in reality travel nursing is a solution to the nursing shortage.
It is a strange relationship between the two because […]

If you are curious about any aspects of travel nursing I came across this “hub” about travel nursing and I must say it is a very thorough overview. It starts with a discussion of the nursing shortage and then takes you all the way through the process of becoming a travel nurse. It is a little long, […]