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

Sample Travel Nursing Skills Checklist – Free

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Below is a sample Travel Nursing Skills Checklist created with BluePipes. This is a free service for BluePipes members and there are over 100 comprehensive skills checklists available. Members are able to download their Skills Checklists in PDF and send them to travel nursing agencies at  their convenience. What’s more, the BluePipes profile can can also be rendered as a Travel Nursing Job Application and/or Travel Nursing Resume which can be downloaded together with the member’s Skills Checklists. Together, these documents give travel nursing agencies everything they need to initiate the submission process for travel nursing jobs. It’s all free for members and will save you countless hours of paperwork! Read more

Travel Nursing Pay – Choosing Between Guaranteed Hours or a Higher Rate

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We recently communicated with a travel nurse whose agency offered her a choice between guaranteed hours or a higher pay rate. This choice had her, and many other travel nurses, perplexed. In fact, it even had many experienced recruiters perplexed. After all, guaranteed hours is a straightforward concept, isn’t it? Actually, in recent years the issue has become a bit more complex. In this blog post, we’ll provide some background on the topic and examine this choice between guaranteed hours or a higher rate. Read more

Major Delays for California RN Licenses

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The California Board of Registered Nursing’s licensing process is currently a disaster; there is no better way to put it. The problems appear to have begun in October 2013 with the roll-out of BreEZe, a new online system for licensing and enforcement. The botched roll-out of this new system is causing lengthy delays for all those attempting to secure a California RN license including new grads and license by endorsement candidates.

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Travel Nursing Contract Start Dates

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One of the many issues that can cause friction when searching for a travel nursing job is the contract start date. Sometimes, the contract start-date is set in stone by the hospital and the nurse is unable to meet the requirement. Meanwhile, some circumstances necessitate nurses to maintain, or at least consider, firm start dates of their own. In any case, understanding the issues affecting contract start-dates can help travel nurses achieve greater success during their job searches.

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