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July 24, 2017

In the world of travel nursing, maintaining your own Continuing Education Units (CEU’s) is of utmost importance. You can no longer rely on your pesky nurse educator to hunt you down making sure you complete all of your required learning for the year; it is up to you to make sure you stay up to […]

July 17, 2017

Travel nursing allows you to see the country, gain new personal and professional experiences and help fulfill the needs of medical facilities that may be underserved. This type of work can be immensely gratifying and quite lucrative, but many people are hesitant to dive into travel nursing because they don’t want to have to worry […]

July 10, 2017

This is it! It’s time to get on the road. You turned in the 7,000 single pieces of paperwork and gave your two-week notice. Fingerprints: check. Drug screen: check. Cancel cable and internet: check. Your entire life is packed snugly in the back of your car and the travel snack bag is sitting in the […]

July 3, 2017

Orientation as a traveler is going to be very different than as a permanent staff nurse. Since you are only at one location for 13 weeks and the hospital is probably desperately short-staffed, it isn’t uncommon to receive only 1 to 2 days of orientation or none at all. I find it helpful to ask […]

June 26, 2017

Being a travel nurse is exciting and possibly one of the most memorable things you will do in your nursing career. With that said, it seems that with all good things in life, there’s the possibility that bad things will follow. Travel nursing is fun and very adventurous but without taking certain safety precautions, your […]