Beat Jet-Lag with These Healthy Caffeine Alternatives
According to LiveScience’s caffeine info-graphic, as Americans we are the top consumers of coffee. Drinking caffeine has many benefits such as decreased risks of head and neck cancer, avid coffee drinkers have a slightly smaller likelihood of developing depression than those who avoid consumption, and most of all it boosts our mood and provides us with the energy we need to keep motivated throughout the day. As a traveling nurse...
When Death is Knocking: Caring for Patients in Their Final Moments
The basics. Caring for a dying patient can be very difficult and emotionally unsettling. You may not know what to say, how to act, or help them along at their end of their journey. As your patient reaches the end of their time, your duty as their nurse encompasses being present, providing comfort, and reassuring him or her with soothing words and actions that help maintain their comfort and dignity as he or she approaches death....
Traveling Nurses Are Valuable to Healthcare
By Erica Ronchetti It’s no secret that the healthcare industry is becoming increasingly demanding for nurses and traveling nurses, who must now care for the rising numbers of aging baby boomers and other health care demanders. In contrast, the number of prospective nurses and nursing students who will become professional nurses and travel nurses is decreasing, despite the growing community of people who require health care and...
LPN Travel Nursing | Know Your Options
Sometimes names can be deceiving. For example, a lot of people ask us if we only offer travel positions to registered nurses because we are called TravelNurseSource. Well, the good news is that we have travel jobs for LPNs, too! What’s even better is that there are many types of LPN travel nursing jobs for you to choose from. That’s right, contrary to popular belief in nursing, there is a world of opportunities for...
Characteristics of the Ideal Travel Nurse
By Christine Whitmarsh, RN, BSN If you’re a regular reader of the blogs here on travel nurse source, please give me some credit that I’ve been a TNS blogger for several months now and this is my first “top ten list”. During that time, I have had the opportunity to research travel nursing, speak with and receive feedback from veteran travel nurses and those who have just gotten their feet wet in this exciting area of nursing. As a...
Insurance Companies: Finally Flexible?
By Christine Whitmarsh, RN, BSN Preexisting conditions are a part of life. In fact, some say that simply being born qualifies as a preexisting medical condition. Yet it has been a traditional part of health insurance practice to charge higher premiums for individuals with any significant medical history and in some cases deny them coverage all together. This type of policy has been a long standing source of tension between insurance...