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The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page - Saint Augustine
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The Future of Medical Travel
You might have started your career path knowing you wanted to jet set and see the country (or world) using your skills as a badass medical professional. Or, you might have heard about the exciting opportunity to take “your show” on the road from another traveler you’ve encountered and though, “uh, yes please!” Either way, Business News Daily reports that traveling nurse/medical professional is one of the best jobs to scratch your travel itch.Not sure if you know this (wink), but the pay is a nice perk of the job, too. Good news, opportunities for the medical travelers, as well as the advancement of technology to (hopefully) make your job easier will continue to expand in the next several years.…
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For a Traveling Nurse, Freedom to Roam
Traveling nurses work in different locations for weeks at a time. I like the flexibility of being able to pick where I work and take jobs when I want. This work pays well. I get to work in different environments, and I’m not involved in the politics you might find in a staff job.
A Single-Hospital Study of Travel Nurses and Quality: What Is Their Impact on the Patient Experience?
Results from the large majority of tests showed no significant differences in the patient experience or quality of care on 5 specific nursing units with varying percentages of travel nurse coverage.
Breaking It Down: What is the Real Cost of a Travel Nurse?
There are a lot of myths circulating about the cost of travel nurses. Between workplace gossip, blogs and misinformed Web sites, it’s hard to tell what is real and what is an exaggeration.
Eight Truths Travel Nurses Know
If you work as a travel nurse or a nurse in general, you know it can be a great way to earn a living. From having the chance to help someone to the security of the profession, it’s often a good career choice. You probably also know that although everyone is different, nurses share some similarities. If you have been a travel nurse for a few years, you might have discovered some of the following “you know you’re a travel nurse when” truths.
Travel nursing: Is it right for you?
Travel nurses are evaluated more often than the average permanent staff nurse. They receive yearly performance evaluations from their employers and more frequent evaluations from hospital-based nurse-managers for each assignment—typically at least four evaluations each year.
Highway Hypodermics Top 10
2019 was a year of BIG mergers. Medical Solutions merged with Aureus Medical Group and Medical Staffing Solutions, LLC, merged with TotalMed, and Advanced Medical Personnel Services, Inc was purchased by American Mobile Network (AMN). One the financial side of things, bill rates have declined related to (1) Large companies promising hospitals savings by lowering the bill rate. (2) Uneducated “Newbie Travelers” accepting those low rates. (3) The increased cost to agencies in credentialing costs.
The Future of Medical Travel
You might have started your career path knowing you wanted to jet set and see the country (or world) using your skills as a badass medical professional. Or, you might have heard about the exciting opportunity to take “your show” on the road from another traveler you’ve encountered and though, “uh, yes please!”
5 Things That Can Make You a Successful Travel Nurse
If you are a nurse planning to take up a new travel assignment in the near future, then you can make use of the following tips to make it a successful stint.
Triage
At Triage, we believe sweet jobs don’t need sugarcoating. And since even the best positions aren’t 100% flawless, we’re perfectly honest about what isn’t perfect. Management consultants call it “setting expectations.” We call it giving a damn. For you, it means that even if you can’t have everything (you can’t), you can still find an awesome gig.
Highway Hypodermics
Highway Hypodermics provides quality and up to date information to travel nurses around the world to assist them in finding the adventure of a lifetime.
Nightingale
Nightingale Nurses is a healthcare staffing agency with exceptional healthcare professionals that take pride in providing excellent customer service to our clients and travel nursing employees.
RNnetwork
RN Network has become the gold standard in the travel nursing industry because of our dedication to service excellence. Our mission''to always provide the highest possible level of service''is achieved by our expert professional staff each and every day. We work hard around the clock to earn your trust with personal attention and customized solutions.
TaleMed
TaleMed believes that a successful healthcare organization must be run like any efficient, top-performing business. To do this you must have the BEST TALENT to go with your effective processes. The right employees and the utilization of sound business policies will create SUCCESS.
Travel Nurse across America
Our goal is to provide you with the highest level of service in the traveling healthcare business. Healthcare professionals nationwide depend on us to deliver great traveling job experiences. Likewise, hospital recruiters turn to us for help with their healthcare employment needs - both travel nursing jobs and surgical technician positions. If you are looking for a travel nursing agency that works harder for you, contact our company today.
TravelNursing.com
As the authority in travel nursing, TravelNursing.com makes it easy for health care professionals to discover what working as a travel health care professional is all about. Whether you're looking into this line of work for the first time or have years of experience as a traveler, this site is filled with tools, resources, advice and information that will help you make the right decisions about your travel nursing career.
Advantage RN
Advantage RN is a specialty staffing company employing healthcare professionals for travel assignments at hospitals and other medical facilities across the country. Managed by an industry-experienced team of professionals and headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, we have quickly grown to become a respected player in the travel nurse industry.
American Mobile
As a travel nurse with American Mobile Healthcare, you'll get to advance your career, earn top pay and live the adventure of a lifetime. Get started today on making your dreams come true with America's premier travel nursing company.
American Traveler
American Traveler is a traveling nurse company composed of experts who have over 25 years of travel nurse experience in the placement of thousands of healthcare professionals. We have travel nurse jobs waiting for you! By providing unparalleled service and the Ultimate Travel Nurse Jobs to our clients, we have become the leading traveling nurse company.
ATC Travelers
Join us at ATC Travelers to experience the true freedom of the traveling healthcare professional lifestyle. Get started today and discover what ATC Travelers can offer across the country as being one of the leaders in the travel healthcare industry. Long and short-term assignments, travel & local assignments, knowledgeable support staff, top salaries & benefits all available for you.
Bridge Staffing
Bridge Staffing specializes in travel nursing jobs and the placement of quality travel healthcare professionals at premier facilities all across the country. In addition, our Permanent Placement Division has permanent jobs throughout the country.
Canada - Select Medical Connections
We are a placement agency dedicated to sourcing and delivering healthcare professionals across Canada and the USA for a select clientele. In particular, Select Medical Connections Ltd. specializes in the permanent placement of registered nurses, physical and occupational therapists.
Canadian Travel Nurses
Permanent and Temporary Placement of Experienced and New Grad Canadian RN's in U.S. Hospitals.
Cross Country Healthcare
When you work with us you'll experience a new level of career satisfaction. We make every effort to find the travel nursing opportunity that is perfect for you. We also offer one of the best compensation packages in the travel nurse industry.
Emerald Health Services
Emerald Health Services is a premier Travel Nurse Company providing great Nursing jobs to traveling nurses throughout the nation. If you are a registered nurse (RN) interested in Travel Nursing (or Local Travel Nursing), Emerald Health Services has the right Travel Nurse Job for you! At Emerald Health Services, you will find incredible travel nursing assignments, great compensation, exceptional travel nurse benefits and fully furnished housing.
Fastaff
You work hard as a nurse, so why not earn the exceptional pay and benefits you deserve? FASTAFF works with our travel nurses to help them meet their goals - financial freedom, flexible schedules, career development and more. The exceptional pay our nurses receive is unparalleled in the industry.
Foundation Medical Staffing
Foundation is a leader in dialysis nurse and rehabilitation therapy staffing. Our goal is to be more than a job recruiter''we want to be your personal agent for your career. We focus on your specialty exclusively. We have the expertise to find the best travel opportunities and permanent positions. Let us help you find the jobs you want and get the pay you deserve.
Freedom Healthcare Staffing
We are among the most experienced Management Team in the healthcare staffing industry. FHCS provides an even greater value to our Traveling Registered Nurses and Traveling Healthcare Professionals and our Healthcare Facilities that no other travel company can match - we not only possess experience staffing hundreds of hospitals and healthcare systems, but we are also former healthcare executives ourselves.
Health Care Seeker
Travel Nurse Agency HEALTHCAREseeker.com, a JCAHO certified staffing company and the #1 fastest growing Travel agency in the US, helps Professional Travel Nurses and Allied Professionals by working with them to find exciting long term temporary assignments for 13 weeks or longer throughout the United States.
Health Providers Choice
At Health Providers Choice (HPC) we focus on partnering with our clients to provide quality patient care. Our healthcare-savvy career representatives recruit the most competent and skilled candidates from all over the United States to fill staffing vacancies due to turnover, medical leaves, educational leaves, and/or census increases secondary to seasonal peaks. Our intent is to help each of our clients reach their potential as an employer of choice.
Health Specialists
Health Specialists, Inc's. is dedicated to providing healthcare centers and associated services with the most experienced and qualified professionals on a temporary basis. Our constant goal is to exceed the expectations of our clients while fostering the career satisfaction of our employees.
Medical Solutions
With Medical Solutions, you will work with a dedicated personal Recruiter who will take the time to listen and understand your goals - both in your nursing career and life. Through our customized compensation plan, our tremendous benefits, and our ever-expanding network of exceptional healthcare facilities nationwide, you and your Recruiter will work together to help you achieve exactly what you want from your travel nursing career.
Millenia Medical Staffing
Millenia Medical Staffing offers travel nursing contracts, locum tenens, prn and permanent placement jobs to RNs, LPNs, CSTs, MDs, Mid-Level and Allied Health Professionals. We service hospitals, clinics, long-term care and government facilities throughout the United States.
NurseChoice
Working with NurseChoice gives you the power to choose. You decide when you want to work, where you'd like to work and what kind of work you'd like to do. We offer travel RN jobs that fit your choices.
NursesRx
You deserve the perfect work/life balance. You’ve trained, worked and built your job into a bona fide nursing career. You’ve paid your dues and you’ve earned the respect of your peers. Now is the time to make your career work for you by becoming a travel nurse.
USA Staffing
With our highly trained recruiters to help you in every step of your traveling nurse job, all you will need to worry about is packing a bag and arriving ready to embark on your new traveling nurse assignment.
QTS Staffing
QTS provides highly qualified nurses and other professionals on a temporary and permanent basis to healthcare facilities. We were the first to create a boutique agency specializing in dialysis travel staffing and have since expanded from there.
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