Everything you need to know about travel nursing including finding travel nursing companies, negotiating pay, taxes, travel nursing jobs, and more.
The multitude of variables involved with a travel nursing pay package make it pretty complicated and difficult to understand. In addition, there are several myths about pay packages that serve to further obfuscate the matter. In this blog post, we’ll look to clarify some of the confusion that these myths leave in their wake. Read more
In Part 1 of this series we discussed the three basic variables that travel nursing companies pay attention to when determining the travel nursing pay rates for their jobs. To keep it simple, we defined these variables in very simple terms (Revenue, Cost, and Other Costs) rather than using the technical terms typically used in the business. Now let’s turn to discussing how agencies use them to determine their pay packages. Read more
Perhaps the most complex and least understood aspect of travel nursing is travel nursing pay. Most blog posts I’ve read don’t provide a completely accurate explanation of the pay package. Some of them do a good job of explaining the travel nurse’s side of the pay package, but nobody comes close to offering a full explanation of what’s happening on the agency’s side of the equation. Understanding the agency’s side of the equation is extremely important as it will help you see right through the sly sales pitches and advertising gimmicks. Read more
Many travel nurses wonder if they should work with more than one travel nursing agency to help them land their desired job. The simple answer is yes! In this article, we’ll review everything travel nurses need to know about working with multiple agencies.
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As we’ve previously written, you will most likely be able to find a large number of travel nursing agencies that can meet all your needs in terms of services, benefits and assignment locations. As a result, you will still be stuck figuring out which agencies to actually work with. That’s where finding great travel nursing recruiters comes into play.
Recruiters can make bad agencies good and good agencies bad. Unfortunately, it can be tough to find really good travel nursing recruiters. So, in this article, we’ll provide details and tips to help you find the best travel nursing recruiters.
Below is a list of over 200 travel nursing agencies. Please comment if you would like to add an agency to the list or if you find any incorrect or outdated information on the list. Read more
If you’ve read our articles about “Finding Travel Nursing Companies,” you’ll probably agree that the question becomes, “Are you finding the agency, or is the agency finding you?” If you stop to think about this, you’ll discover that your approach to finding travel nursing agencies may actually expose you to sneaky ways for agencies to find you. This isn’t necessarily bad. However, it behooves you to actually find agencies that can meet your needs as opposed to fielding random inquiries from random agencies.
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