3 Tips for Choosing a Travel Nurse Agency
Travel nurse agencies are meant to smoothly facilitate your travel nursing experience. They can help you with housing, health insurance, and customer service, and so much more. Agencies are supposed to put you, the travel nurse, first. They will help connect you with the right people and companies to make sure your travel nursing assignment is the best it can be! Even after your travel nursing assignment has begun, your travel nurse...
Beginner’s Guide to Travel Nursing
Decided to dive into the world of travel nursing? Awesome! In this travel nursing guide, we’ll explore what steps you should take to become a travel nurse and explain some of the lingo and practices in the industry. The Agency The first step to becoming a travel nurse is finding an agency that works for you, literally. An agency is meant to be your wingman. Sign up with an agency you feel comfortable with, one that will be there for...
Evaluating Travel Nursing Jobs
Travel nursing is a great way to switch up your career while also enjoying the benefits of traveling throughout the United States. There are hundreds of recruiters out there for travel nurses, as well as job boards like TravelNurseSource. There are a lot of different factors that go into helping you choose not only your agency but also which assignments you would like to accept. So what is the best way to start evaluating travel...
Put the Travel in Travel Nursing
Travel nursing is heading in a new direction, which happens to be going towards your nearest airport. Travel nurse agencies are finally starting to take the traveling needs of the elderly and sick into consideration. If you took up travel nursing for the opportunity to travel, then here is your big break! Nurse Travel Companion TNS TravelsAmerica reports that 20% of domestic passengers are over the age of 65. And that number is...
Travel Nursing Agency: 10 Aspects to Consider When Choosing an Agency
As a travel nurse, one of the most difficult and time-consuming aspects is finding the best travel nursing agency to work with. There are literally hundreds to choose from, so how do you know which travel nursing agency will provide you with the best travel nursing jobs and meet all of your needs? To help, we’ve created a checklist of some of the most important topics that travel nurses should consider when choosing an agency. 10...
Nursing the Nerves: Overcoming First Day Anxiety
Think back to the first day of kindergarten – you were probably a little nervous, but mostly excited. As you get older, “first days” become a little more anxiety inducing. You were probably worried about what to wear on your first day of high school, and who to talk to your first day at college. Honestly, first days never really get easier, and the same worries might still run through your head: Will people be nice...