Choosing travel nursing companies to work with can be difficult. Ideally, you would work with every company in order to land the best deal in the best location. But with hundreds of companies in business, that’s just not possible. So, here are the top 11 factors to consider when choosing travel nursing companies to work with. Read more
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I this episode, we’re going to take an in-depth look at travel nursing pay packages from the agency’s perspective. Now, you may be wondering why we would do this…who cares about the agency’s perspective? Just tell me what I need to know about my pay package. Well, many of the most important questions that travelers have about pay packages revolve around the agency’s side of the equation. Moreover, virtually all of the mysteries that surround travel nursing pay packages emanate from the lack of information available about the agency’s side of the equation. [Please note that this is a transcript of a podcast episode. As such, grammar and spelling is not optimized for written content.] Read more
Facebook has become a fairly popular venue for travel nurses and recruiters to socialize and exchange industry related information. Of course, recruiters are always looking to recruit new candidates as well. Given that this is a relatively new use of Facebook for the industry, we thought it would be useful to discuss 13 things to know about using Facebook for travel nursing. Read more
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In this episode, we’re going to discuss travel nurse housing. This will be the first time we discuss housing on the podcast, so we’ll cover some of the basic things that you should know about travel nurse housing and then we’ll discuss some of the factors to consider when making the decision to take company provided housing or secure your own housing and take the company stipend. Read more
Quarterly revenues for the biggest healthcare staffing companies, like AMN Healthcare, steadily increased through 2015 and 2016. This is always a strong indication that the travel nursing job market is hot. Of course, this is always great news for travel nurses! However, there are at least 6 things to consider in order to maximize your potential in a hot travel nursing job market. Read more
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In this episode, we’re going to discuss the Documentation and the Compliance process. I know what you’re thinking; documentation sucks and this has got to be the most boring topic in the world! However, I think you’ll find our discussion quite interesting and we’ll definitely provide some actionable information that you can put to use to simplify this process. Read more
The benefits of travel nursing are well known and it’s fair to say that the vast majority of travel nurses are very happy with their job and the unique lifestyle it entails. However, that doesn’t mean that it’s all sunshine and daydreams. So in this blog post, we’ll take a close look at 15 things that frustrate travel nurses. Read more
