I'm one of the Co-Founders of BluePipes which provides professional networking and career management tools for healthcare professionals. I was formerly a Healthcare Recruiter and Recruitment Manager. I also have an extensive background in the financial services industry, a B.S in Finance and Risk Management and an MA in Government both from California State University Sacramento.
Many respondents to our travel nursing survey indicated that the lack of a pay raise or bonus offer was one of the main reasons they declined travel nursing contract extension offers. Our review of social media discussions regarding this topic indicates that there is sometimes a disconnect between agencies and travelers on this issue. In this […]
Distance Learning has been around as long as people could send letters. However, online degrees have gotten a lot of attention in the last 15 years. What started as online schools sprouting up as an alternative to traditional Universities has turned into respected brick-and-mortar universities offering online programs.
BluePipes recently conducted a survey of travel nurses on a wide range of topics including why they’ve chosen to engage in travel nursing, what’s important to them when choosing agencies to work with, and why they choose to extend on travel nursing assignments. The results of the survey include several details that convey actionable opportunities […]
Maintaining updated medical records is a common requirement for healthcare professionals. Doing so is only a minor burden when a healthcare professional maintains permanent employment. However, travel nurses switch employers much more often than their permanent counterparts and each new employer must obtain a full set of compliance records. So travelers could potentially duplicate their […]
Travel nursing pay packages are complex. There are many more variables to consider than your typical pay package and everyone seems to have a different way of evaluating and explaining them. As a result, important factors often get lost in translation when evaluating travel nursing pay. One of the most routinely neglected factors is Time. […]
Unfortunately, travel nursing contracts can and do get cancelled. While cancellations don’t happen too often, they can be demoralizing when they do. Cancellations happen for any number of reasons and at any period of the process. In this blog post, we’ll discuss some of the circumstances surrounding one specific cancellation scenario; when a travel nursing […]
Many agencies count on verbal agreements as binding travel nursing contracts. Here are some considerations for travelers and agencies.
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