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New year + New recruiter = New Travel Nursing Career

By Jeff on Dec 10, 2010 in Healthcare Traveler, Travel Nurse Company, Travel Nursing, Travel Nursing Industry

Healthcare Traveler magazine recently released its December edition which annually has its list of Recruiters of the Year (and Travelers of the Year). And with January approaching and the typical New Year’s resolutions articles beginning to make an appearance I started thinking that for some travel nurses one good resolution could be to find a [...]

A new year, a new travel nursing company

By Jeff on Jan 22, 2010 in Travel Nurse Company, Travel Nursing, Travel Nursing Career Advice, Travel Nursing Tips

Is one of your New Year’s resolutions to find a new travel nursing company?

Well, one of the best ways to find a good travel nursing company is through referrals from other travel nurses. A referral lets you get the inside scoop, beyond what their website says or what their recruiters tell you. Because face it a company’s website is not going to tell you if they are always late with your paycheck or if they will forget to call you for weeks at a time while you are on a travel nursing job.

Travel Nursing Checklist Item #17: Accepting the travel nursing job

By Jeff on Nov 06, 2009 in Travel Nursing, Travel Nursing Career Advice, Travel Nursing Checklist

At this stage in the travel nursing process you should hopefully be hearing one way or the other about the hospital’s decision to hire you. Sometimes the hiring manager will offer you on the job right on the phone, though that is more rare. Most often what will happen is that the hospital hiring or nurse manager will get back in touch with their contact at your travel nursing company who will let them know that they are interested in offering you the travel nursing job.

14 questions to ask your travel nurse recruiter

By Jeff on Oct 02, 2009 in Travel Nurse Company, Travel Nursing, Travel Nursing Career Advice, Travel Nursing Questions, Travel Nursing Tips

Finding the right travel nursing recruiter is something you can either let happen by accident or you take a proactive approach and ask the right kind of questions to make sure you find the best recruiter for your personality. The relationship you have with your recruiter needs to be one based on trust and respect, so [...]

Ask a Travel Nurse: How can I deal with the different personalities I will encounter as a travel nurse?

By David Morrison R.N. on Sep 16, 2009 in Ask a Travel Nurse, Travel Nursing

A reader emailed wanting to hear more about “bully nurses” and “bully nurses in supervisor positions”. Although the image she conjured in my mind was rather sinister, I do have to admit that there are those in nursing that will not always be cheerful and welcoming. Despite the mostly positive aspects of travel nursing, you [...]

Guest Author Series – How To Avoid Boredom On The Road

By Courtney on May 06, 2009 in Guest Author: Courtney, Life on the Road, Travel Nursing

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 [...]

Tell me a little about yourself

By Jeff on Apr 03, 2009 in Travel Nursing Life, Travel Nursing Questions, Travel Nursing Tips

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 [...]

Move to the front of the line

By Jeff on Mar 13, 2009 in Travel Nursing, Travel Nursing Tips

You have seen the stories and probably even experienced it yourself as a travel nurse. Travel nursing jobs are not as plentiful right now, but what steps can you take to make sure you stand out among the stacks of profiles on nurse managers desks? One simple way is to make sure you have completed [...]

Staying with the same travel nursing company can be beneficial

By Amanda on Jan 30, 2009 in Amanda's Travel Nursing Tidbits

Everyone wants to get the best of the best, and by switching around from one travel nursing company to another gives you the opportunity to possibly receive that. On the other hand, by staying with the same company there can be many great benefits that switching around can’t offer you.

Travel Nurse to Mission Control

By Bret on Dec 17, 2008 in Bret's Travel Nursing Posts, Travel Nursing, Travel Nursing Tips

What’s your mission? I was recently reading this article “How to converse with travel nurse recruiters” at TravelRNgab.com and it reminded me somewhat of an older post from Beth at PixelRN.com where she talked about nurses having a Mission Statement.

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