Everything travel nurses need to know about travel nursing jobs, including how to find them and what to expect while working them.

The Pros and Cons of Managed Service Providers for Travel Nurses

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Over the past decade, more and more hospitals have turned to one of the various Vendor Management Service models to meet their travel nursing and other contingent staffing needs. In this blog post, we’re going to take close look at one of the more common Vendor Management Service models utilized in the healthcare staffing industry, the Managed Service Provider (MSP). In doing so, we’ll discuss the pros and cons of this model for travel nurses. Read more

7 Potential Start-Up Costs for Travel Nurses

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Whether you’re just getting started as a travel nurse or taking on your next travel nursing assignment, there are potential start-up costs that you will most likely be responsible for covering. Many of these costs may be reimbursed as part of your travel nursing pay package, but travel nurses should always anticipate the need to cover some costs up-front. In this blog post, we’ll discuss some of the potential up-front costs and offer some tips for dealing with them so that you can formulate a plan. Read more

How To Never Complete Another Travel Nursing Job Application or Skills Checklist

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This short video explains how travel nurses and travel healthcare professionals can use BluePipes to reduce their paperwork burden, increase their reach in the travel nursing job market, increase their chances of landing their most desired assignments, and force travel nursing agencies to compete for their business. Over 50 agencies have already contacted us to let us know that they will accept your BluePipes documents and there are many others that are accepting them but haven’t contacted us. Read more

Networking: The Hidden Benefit of Travel Nursing

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Many benefits of travel nursing are widely touted by travel nurses and agencies. Some of the more commonly touted benefits include great pay, flexibility, travel, staying out of workplace politics, and increased variety. However, one of one of the least recognized advantages of travel nursing is the enhanced professional networking opportunity it provides. Of all the advantages, this maybe one of the most beneficial. Read more

Travel Nursing Blacklists

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When travel nurses get banned from working with a particular travel nursing employer, it is commonly referred to as blacklisting, blacklisted, or blacklists. However, employers commonly refer to the action as DNU (Do Not Use), DNC (Do Not Call), or DNS (Do Not Send). It’s important for travel nurses to thoroughly understand the issues involved with this action because it can have huge implications for their careers as travel nurses and beyond. Read more

When a Hospital Ends A Travel Nursing Agency Contract

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As we’ve mentioned previously, travel nursing companies need to have contracts with hospitals in order to send their travel nurses and other healthcare professionals there for work. These contracts take many forms. But like any contract, they can be voided if the terms are breached. When this happens, travel nurses are often left wondering what will happen to them. Read more