Health Tips for Night Shift Nurses
The night shift: can you survive it? Yes, you can! We’ve put together some of the BEST health tips for night shift nurses so you can power through each shift feeling healthy, happy, and motivated. If you’re still not feeling it, we hope to give you some real advice to get you back on track. Your career is important to you, and you’ve earned it. Pay no attention to the clock! Let’s get to work. As a nurse, one of the best things you...
Travel Nurse Housing: What to Do When You Are Struggling to Find it
There is nothing worse than landing your dream travel nurse assignment and coming up short on your housing search. Even if you spent time researching beforehand, if you are going to a popular destination for travelers, moving during a busy season, or relocating to a small town where rental options are limited, you might find yourself struggling when it comes time to actually book a place to stay. The travel nurse housing market...
Do Nurses Have a Responsibility to Physically Distance?
Do nurses have a responsibility to physically distance and how do travel nurses stay safe on the road? Here are the things nurses are thinking about and struggling with as they are travel nursing during COVID-19. Do Nurses Have a Responsibility to Physically Distance? Travel nurses and other healthcare workers are all asking themselves – what responsibility do I have to physically distance in order to keep my patients safe? Some have...
Compassion Fatigue | A Type of Burnout in Nursing
Nursing is as rewarding as it can be exhausting. Nurses of all walks of life and levels of experience eventually come up against the constant pressure. You know… longer shifts, staffing shortages, and the constant changes in healthcare regulations. Each responding in their own way. Although we’ve talked for years about nurse burnout, the term is a bit broad at times. It can include a variety of things, and it is especially...
A Glimpse into Maternity Care During COVID-19
From hearing the baby’s heartbeat for the first time to preparing for delivery, expecting mothers seeking maternity care during COVID-19 are masked up and going at it alone. Social distancing guidelines and other safety precautions are taking once monumental and sharable moments and turning them into lonely and bittersweet experiences. It too, is changing the entire experience between nurse and patient. From unique challenges to...
Travel Nursing and COVID-19 | Your Questions Answered
Every year healthcare workers navigate carefully around flu season, caring for sick patients and looking out for themselves. While that part of flu season 2020 is no different, it has been overshadowed by the onset of COVID-19 in the United States. This virus is vicious, and it is bringing a whole new level of concern for populations. It is especially concerning for the healthcare workers who must treat them. Travel nursing and...