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5 Reasons for Travel Nurses to Consider Pursuing Their BSN

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It’s widely accepted that travel nurses are highly experienced and proficient in their skill sets. However, as a traveler you might still be thinking about continuing your education in hopes of advancing your nursing career. And it’s no secret that many hospitals have started requiring Registered Nurses to complete their Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSN) degree. With that in mind, here are five reasons for travel nurses to consider pursuing their BSN. Read more

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The Best Travel Nursing Companies – 2016

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Finding the best travel nursing companies to work with is a priority for most travel nurses. To help with this endeavor, websites Travel Nursing Central and Highway Hypodermics release annual lists of the top travel nursing agencies based on ratings received from travel healthcare professionals. In this article, we’ll take a detailed look at the similarities and differences between the lists for 2016. Read more

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TTATN 036: How To Avoid And Resolve Travel Nursing Paycheck Errors

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Hello and welcome to another episode of The Truth About Travel Nursing Podcast. This is your host, Kyle Schmidt. Thank you so much for joining us for episode 36 of the podcast. In this episode, we’re going to discuss one of the most important aspects of travel healthcare, getting paid. Specifically, we’re going to discuss how payroll works, how and why paycheck errors occur, how you can resolve payroll errors and, better yet, how you can avoid paycheck errors altogether. Read more

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TTATN 035: What Is The Annual Salary Of A Travel Nurse?

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Hello everybody! Welcome to another episode of The Truth About Travel Nursing Podcast. This is your host, Kyle Schmidt, and I want to thank you so much for joining me for episode 35 of the podcast. In  this episode we’re going to have a highly detailed discussion about a question that every travel nurse and potential travel nurse will ask at one point or another, “How much money do travel nurses make?” Read more

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TTATN 034: What Travel Nurses Ought To Know About GSA Tables

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Hey everyone! Welcome to The Truth About Travel Nursing Podcast. I’m your host, Kyle Schmidt, and I want to thank you so much for joining me for episode 34 of the podcast. In this episode, we’re going to take an in depth look at the General Services Administration Per Diem Tables. These are often called the GSA Tables, GSA being the acronym for the General Services Administration. These tables are commonly referred to by agencies and travelers alike when discussing the tax-free stipends that are a part of travel nursing pay packages. Read more

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10 Things Travel Nurses Wish Hospitals Would Do

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Hospitals utilize travel nurses when in need of highly experienced professionals to cover short-term staffing needs. Of course, temporary work situations always pose challenges for all parties involved and there are many unique challenges when it comes to travel healthcare. In this blog post, we’ll take a look at 10 considerations that travel nurses would share with hospitals in an effort to achieve the primary goal of efficiently providing exceptional patient care. Read more

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TTATN 033: The Top 11 Myths and Fibs in Travel Nursing

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Hey everyone! Welcome to The Truth About Travel Nursing Podcast. This is Kyle Schmidt. I’m your host and I want to thank you so much for joining us for episode 33 of the podcast. In this episode, we’re going to discuss 10 of the most common myths and fibs about travel nursing. We’ve touched on a few of these throughout previous episodes, but my hope is that exposing these myths and fibs in great detail will help us gain a better understanding why they exist, what to watch out for and ultimately help us approach travel nursing with greater confidence so that we can get more out of our travel experience. [Please note that this is a transcript of a podcast episode. As such, grammar and spelling are not optimized for written content.] Read more