Reason Number 2,135 why Travel Nursing is Win-Win
By Christine Whitmarsh RN, BSN The number I chose may be arbitrary but the sentiment is not. There are a lot of reasons why travel nursing is a win-win situation for the travel nurse and the hospitals they are assigned to. Reason number 2,135: New technologies and techniques in the field of healthcare. With three month assignments in cities and towns across America, and in different clinical settings from small hospitals to large...
Career Opportunity: When Patient and Nurse Travel Together
By Christine Whitmarsh RN, BSN Experienced travel nurses are well accustomed to living out of suitcases, RVs, and furnished apartments from bustling Boston to lavish Los Angeles. But what happens when patients needing constant skilled nursing care want to join in the fun of travel? Companion nursing is what happens! This very special, unique niche in nursing, allows patients with disabilities and other chronic conditions requiring the...
Part II: Q&A with Travel Nurse, Best Selling Author Epstein LaRue
By Christine Whitmarsh Epstein LaRue, RN, BS, is a seasoned travel nurse and published bestselling author of several books on travel nursing. Her “Highway Hypodermics” series of books have been best-sellers on Amazon.com. I recently spoke with Epstein by phone about her experiences in travel nursing, her books and her advice for current and aspiring travel nurses. This is the conclusion of my interview with Epstein. TNS: What are the...
Traveling Nurse Reputation
Everybody appreciates a compliment and travel nurses are no different. In a post on the website Medscape.com, a nurse offers her perspective on travel nurses that she has worked with and her opinion is quite positive. The poster contends that she has heard other nurses make derogatory remarks about the competency of nurses under contract through traveling nurse agencies. This nurse takes a position quite contrary to these statements...
Travel Nursing Experience Prepares Nurse For Special Mission
An article in the Contra Costa Times (I love that name … sounds like an underground revolutionary group) describes an effort by a California nurse, native to Kenya, to bring much needed medical services to her home country. Debra Akello received her nursing degree at UCLA and desired to return to Kenya and minister to the poor. She and an associate proceeded to found a non-profit organization called Helping Hands International...
Celebrating 50 Years As A Nurse. (Not a Traveling Nurse)
Maybe I’m just a sucker for “feel good” stories but the way things are today, we could all use a dose of positive news. Marilyn Evenson, a nurse in Stanley, ND, has worked at the same facility as an RN for 50 years. She makes some observations about the way things have changed over time and it doesn’t leave you with the sense that things are better, just more complex. Fifty years is a long time to do anything...