Everything you need to know about travel nursing including finding travel nursing companies, negotiating pay, taxes, travel nursing jobs, and more.

Negotiation Tips For Travel Nurses

Negotiation Research Travel Nurses Ought To Know About

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As a travel nurse, you’ll find yourself in a position to negotiate compensation packages much more often than the average professional. In fact, all travel nursing contracts, including extension contracts, present the opportunity to negotiate. Unfortunately, many people view negotiating as a daunting and undesirable task. So in this blog post, we’ll take a look at some applicable research on the subject in an effort to help us gain greater confidence with the process. Read more

Travel Nursing Road Trip Tips

45 Tips and Tools for Travel Nursing Road Trips

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Road trips are a big part of travel nursing. When I was recruiting, it seemed like almost every traveler I worked with got to their assignment by driving their own car, traveling as little as 100 miles to as much as 3,100 miles. While it’s true that road trips are typically fun, they can also be risky, stressful and grueling. So, here are 45 tips and tools to help make your travel nursing road trips safe and enjoyable.
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22 Packing Tips And Tools For Travel Nurses

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Packing for a travel nursing job is unique relative to other types of packing. Sure, you’re traveling, but you’ll most likely be away for 3 months or more. Additionally, you’ll most likely be living in an apartment, house, or extended stay hotel. As a result, you’re sort of in limbo between traveler and permanent resident. The comforts of home would be ideal, but it’s unrealistic for you to pack everything you own every time you move. So, here are 22 packing tips for travel nurses!
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Is This The Highest Paying Travel Nursing Job Ever?

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There’s a lot of mystery surrounding how much money travel nurses make. Every now and then, a story pops up describing how some travel nurse somewhere is making hundreds of thousands of dollars per year. Stories like this tend to bolster the belief that travelers make tons of money. These stories also make some travelers wonder if they’re doing something wrong by not earning these fabled amounts. In this blog post, we’ll critically analyze one such story in an effort to decipher the details. Read more

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Top 10 Myths and Fibs In Travel Nursing

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On the surface, travel nursing is basic. Nurses take temporary assignments with hospitals all over the country. However, dig just a little deeper and travel nursing is actually quite complex. The pay packages are different, the employment process is different, the tax issues are different and so on. As a result, there are tons of different explanations and justifications which can result in misinterpretations. So in this blog post, we’ll take a look at 10 of the most common myths and fibs in travel nursing. Read more