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.
Travel Nursing License and Certification Reimbursements License and certification reimbursements are one of the many perceived perks of travel nursing. In fact, some agencies offer them and others don’t. The agencies that do offer them have many different methods of handling them. Most importantly, in the end, like every other item in the travel nursing pay […]
We were often asked about rental cars as a travel nursing recruiter. For various reasons, many travel nursing companies no longer offer rental cars. In addition, there are financial issues to consider when deciding whether or not they want to utilize a rental car for an assignment.
Many first time travel nurses are under the impression that travel stipends are intended to cover the entire cost of traveling to and from a travel nursing job. Unfortunately, this is usually not the case. Like all other aspects of the travel nursing pay package, the travel stipend is just one portion of the pie.
401Ks are yet another travel nursing pay benefit that many travel nursing agencies offer. As recruiters we found that many travel nurses addressed 401Ks as important variables in our original conversations and then never utilized them. This is an undesirable approach. You may potentially pass up on good agencies because they don’t have a benefit that you […]
In our last blog post, we provided some general information on travel nursing medical benefits as well as some specific information on company-provided medical benefits. In this blog post, we’ll discuss some of the advantages and disadvantages of securing medical benefits on your own and offer some tips on finding them.
Travel nursing medical benefits may seem quite simple on the surface, but the issues at play are extremely complex. Ultimately, travel nurses need to decide whether or not they want to secure their own medical benefits or take travel nursing company provided benefits. Each option has advantages and disadvantages.
Accepting travel nursing company provided housing is more complicated than it seems. Travel nurses can use these tips to ensure they get a good deal.
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