Travel Nurse Pay: How Do I Know I’m Getting a ‘Fair’ Offer?
This article was provided by: Aya Healthcare Determine your Minimum Worth My first advice to any traveler is to know what you feel your minimum worth is. Determine how much you need to make a travel contract worth your time and effort. We all have bills, and expenses and knowing your absolute minimum is a great place to start. Once you have figured out what your personal minimum amount is, you should consider the location that the position is being offered in. Why should the Contract Location affect my pay? The extreme differences in the cost of actually living from place…
A Travel Nurse Volunteer in Liberia: The Acclimation
The Gypsy Nurse Volunteering in Liberia. A travel nurse volunteer with Cross Cultural Care As you probably already read, The Gypsy Nurse is volunteering in Liberia. I plan to bring you along with me; virtually and give you a ‘feet on the ground’ accounting of the entire process. Acclimation Phase: The Language The first week here in Liberia has reminded me of the first week of a new hospital contract. Getting to know the staff at work and remembering names is always a challenge for me. Simply figuring out the general processes and workflow at any hospital is always a challenge. Here,…
Career Changes In Nursing: Exploring the Options, Reasons and Methods
Disclaimer: This article has corporate sponsored links. The possibility of career changes in Nursing is one of the draws to the profession. A nursing career can be anything you want it to be. The possibilities are endless. You can work in a high-energy position like ER or Trauma with all the excitement that you can handle, as a case manager in a lower key office setting, or even start your own Nursing Business as an Entrepreneur. There are thousands of positions and specialties within nursing. It all comes down to finding your own personal niche. According to the BLS (Bureau…
What?! There’s a Conference for Travel Nurses?!
Did you know there’s an Annual Conference for Travel Nurses (and travel medical professionals). If you haven’t heard about it you are missing out; I’m here to give you the ‘low-down’ the ‘scoop’ or whatever you want to call it! What is the Travelers Conference? According to the official website: “The Travelers Conference is held annually and has grown into the largest single gathering of healthcare travelers in the United States. Organized by volunteers who are themselves current or former travelers, the sole purpose of this event is to provide a relaxed setting that gives travelers an opportunity to network…
Nurse Travel with A Spouse: The Original Self-Proclaimed Tag Along
I know that many travel nurses travel with a spouse or significant other and began wondering what it was like for those that tag along. There isn’t really any support system for this unique group of people, and I wanted to provide insight into what it is like and the daily challenges for this group of people. What is a tag-a-long? I originally found the term when I was researching travel nursing blogs. I found a blog of a self-proclaimed tag-a-long and loved the term. Since the last Tag-A-Long Travel Nurse interview, I figured out where I had found the term. Ryan…