The History of Modern Travel Helathcare and Travel Nursing

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Traveling healthcare professionals have been around in some form or another as long as there have been people with a passion and desire to care for the health and well being of others. However, this blog is focused on the modern supplemental healthcare staffing industry in the United States. Depending on how you define the beginning, it seems fairly typical to place the genesis of this now massive industry sometime in either the 1970s, or 1980s. Read more

Managing Your Compliance Documents as a Travel Nurse

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Travel nursing documentation is one of the biggest burdens that travel nurses have to contend with when landing a new travel nursing job. When I first started as a recruiter in 2006, it was standard to provide the facility with nothing more than copies of the nurse’s licenses, certifications, basic medical records, and a unit test. Now, every facility seems to have its own packet of facility specific documentation, testing, and orientation information that must be completed prior to starting a assignment. Read more

Critical Details for Your Travel Nurse Resume

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Your travel nurse resume can possibly play a big role in landing travel nursing jobs, especially the best jobs. Despite the nursing shortage, the competition to land the best jobs is fierce. In today’s market, facilities often receive more than 50 submission profiles within 3 hours of making a job public. It’s not uncommon to see assignments closed for new submissions within an hour of opening. Read more

How to Handle References as a Travel Nurse

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Maintaining your professional references is extremely important when seeking travel nursing jobs. It will also be important when transitioning back to permanent employment. Every facility has its own requirements regarding references. For example, one common requirement for travel nursing jobs is: 2 supervisory clinical references covering 1 year of experience within the previous three years in the specialty applied for.

I’ve learned first hand that the best facilities have the most stringent requirements. For example, some facilities will not accept a travel nurse candidate without a reference from the candidate’s most recent Unit Manager. Solid references can be the differentiating factor in determining which candidate lands the travel job, or permanent nursing job. The problem is that while facilities require references, they also prohibit their employees from providing them. Read more

Better Questions to Ask Travel Nursing Companies

5 Better Questions to Ask Travel Nursing Companies

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It’s crucial for travel nurses to know what questions to ask when they are evaluating a new travel nursing recruiter or company. Asking the wrong questions can lead to ambiguous answers and confusion. In this article, we’ll take a look at some of the most common questions travel nursing recruiters receive. Then, we’ll provide some alternative questions designed to illicit explicit, clear-cut responses.
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