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

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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