September 16, 2021
The U.S. has recorded more than 100,000 new cases of COVID every day for the past 5 weeks, according to ABC News. In fact, there have been over 1 million new cases in the past week alone. Nine states — Alaska, Georgia, Idaho, Kentucky, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Washington and West Virginia — all have […]
Read More...September 8, 2021
The United States continues to be the global hot spot for COVID, with a total of 40,085,811 cases since the start of the pandemic. Overall, some hot spots, like Texas and Florida, have stabilized, but other states, like Idaho, are struggling, especially in rural areas where vaccination rates remain low. Idaho announced they will allow […]
Read More...August 30, 2021
Imagine spending an entire 13 weeks taking care of ETOH withdrawal patients and then having to float to the telemetry unit for half of your shifts. As an ICU nurse, this is absolutely your worst nightmare. So are nightmare scenarios like this what you can expect as a travel nurse? Below, we’ll explain why this […]
Read More...August 27, 2021
You may have encountered a travel nurse at work, or if you are like me, have wanted to be a travel nurse since before you even entered nursing school. You have also probably heard some horror stories and common misconceptions that go along with the travel nursing profession that have made you think twice about […]
Read More...August 25, 2021
As fall approaches, the Delta variant is showing no signs of slowing down. According to the New York Times, the death rate from COVID-19 has nearly doubled since the beginning of August, to a rate of around 800 per day. Overall cases are on the rise too, especially in the south, where vaccination levels are […]
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