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In this episode, we’re going to discuss 7 pitfalls to avoid when discussing and evaluating travel nursing pay packages. These are issues that can either cause confusion, open you up for sales gimmicks, cause frustration, or weaken your negotiating power. So let’s get right to it because we have a lot to cover. Read more
Travel nursing is a challenging career with a lot of unusual demands. Many of these stem from the fact that a travel nurse’s surroundings are always changing. Already a high-pressure job, nursing is made that much more difficult when you must constantly adjust to new environments, coworkers and rules. Read below to discover 12 important tips for success when beginning a new travel nursing job. Read more
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In this episode, we’re going to discuss how to find and evaluate travel nursing agencies. New travelers are typically daunted by the number of options and experienced travelers are often overwhelmed by the marketing campaigns…getting calls, emails, and blasted on social media. Our goal in this episode is to help you find the best agencies for your unique circumstances and to do it like an expert with minimum effort that will achieve maximum results. So we’re going to discuss two main themes: Read more
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In this episode we talk about travel nursing companies. Specifically, we discuss the relationships that agencies have with hospitals, how the size of agencies can be used to generally differentiate them from one another, and the basics of your relationship with agencies. Read more
BluePipes is a professional networking website designed specifically for healthcare professionals. As such, it’s able to provide unique features that solve many of the problems healthcare professionals face when managing their careers. There are a host of features on BluePipes that are highly beneficial for travel nurses and travel allied professionals. We’ve been contacted by many travelers wanting to find out exactly what the site does, so in this blog post, we’ll discuss 10 things that travelers can do for free on BluePipes. Read more
Whether you’re a newcomer to travel nursing or a seasoned veteran, finding the best travel nursing companies to work with is important. Travel nurses count on their agencies to deliver on a broad set of crucial services so wanting to find the best is understandable. The problem is that there is a lot of disparate information on the topic. So in this blog post, we’ll dissect the 2015 “Top Travel Nurse Company” lists from the two most prominent travel nursing rating services. Read more
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In Episode 4 of The Truth About Travel Nursing Podcast, we cover 2 very important aspects of travel nursing pay packages. The first is “wage recharacterization” which is an IRS term dealing with tax-free reimbursements. We discuss the impact that this has on travel nursing pay packages. The second pertains to negotiating travel nursing overtime pay rates. More specifically, travel nursing “extra-time” pay rates. Read more
