Step #26 Travel Nurse Contract – The Final Week
The end of a travel nursing contract. As your travel nurse contract ends, it’s time to wrap up everything and get ready to move on. Use these tips for a smooth transition to your next travel nurse contract. Yeah…you made it through! At the end of a travel nursing contract, there is always a myriad of feelings. You may feel relieved if the job was stressful, sad if you met great friends, or excited to get on to the next adventure. You will often feel a mixture of several things during the last week of a travel nurse contract. No…
Top Ten Items For Travel Nurses
Sponsored post from Gifted Healthcare: Being on the road week after week takes So. Much. Energy. Staying organized and on top of things can easily fall to the wayside when you’re adjusting to an unfamiliar workplace with new co-workers and patients. Luckily, there are ways to make these transitions a little easier and with the right supplies, the ‘travel’ part of travel nursing can be so much easier! Here are the top ten items for travel nurses that will help your adventure be more about pursuing your passion, and less about dumping out your suitcase trying to find your…
10 Healthy Meal Planning Tips For Travel Nurses
This article is provided by Host Healthcare As a travel nurse, you are always on the go. From traveling between assignments to the fast pace work responsibilities, your days can be jam-packed. One of the things that suffer during busy days is eating healthy meals. Lack of healthy meals could lead to fatigue, lack of concentration, and more serious conditions like obesity. That is why we created these 10 healthy meal planning tips for travel nurses. Identify Healthy Meals. The first step to eating healthy is knowing what to eat. Healthy meal planning tips for travel nurses start with knowing…
10 Travel Nursing Mistakes I Made
I made a lot of mistakes early in my travel nursing career. I’m going to share my top 10 Travel Nursing mistakes. Knowledge is the key to success. We’ve all heard it before and I’m going to share mine. I was uneducated and unprepared for the life of a Travel Nurse. I headed out on my first Travel Nurse Contract without having any idea what I was doing. I ended up surviving but it could have been much smoother if I had only done a little research before I left home. I had no idea what my wants and needs…
A Travel Nurse on Assignment In An RV
I recently published a 3-part Series on Travel Nurse Housing Options. The option that I am least familiar with is RV Travel. Travel Nursing in an RV isn’t my specialty (actually, I know nothing at all about it and won’t pretend to). I consulted with long-time RV traveler Karen B. Karen has provided the following article to help clear a few things up when taking an assignment as a Travel Nurse in your RV. Karen is a solo female traveler and has been a Travel Nurse since 2000. She has worked on approximately 24 assignments in WA, OR, CA, NV,…
Treatment Plan: Homesickness
Now that you’ve been diagnosed with Home-Sickness, it’s time to work on the treatment. I’ve come up with some methods for myself that help combat the feeling of homesickness or loneliness. Don’t despair; homesickness can strike anyone at anytime. I’ve experienced it on more than one occasion. 1. Stay Positive The first few months are the hardest when staying away from home. It is important to maintain a positive frame of mind and continue telling yourself that the feeling will pass. Many people miss their families and familiar surroundings tremendously during the first couple of months, and this is normal. 2. Phone…
Making New Friends in a New Town
Travel Nurse Across America® provided this article Tips to social success as a travel nurse So you are on your latest adventure as a travel nurse…you landed the ideal job in your dream city, packed up, and settled in. Now what? Suddenly, you have some time on your hands and no one to share it with, nowhere to go, and you’re feeling a little lonely. It’s perfectly normal to go through this type of adjustment stage as a travel nurse. And, with the stressful demands of your job, sometimes it’s better to keep a more moderate schedule. However, that doesn’t…
Are you a Gypsy Nurse?
So, Are you a Gypsy Nurse? There are qualities that you might already possess that indicate travel nursing might be your next adventure. This article will help you identify the Gypsy Nurse that might be lurking inside of you. With the current economy in the dumps and jobs becoming harder and harder to find as some places are over-saturated with nurses, there is a move for more and more nurses to hit the road and leave families and friends behind to begin a life as a Gypsy Nurse. People who live like gypsies while working are a minority, but they’re not…
Volunteering in Liberia: Understanding the Risks
The Gypsy Nurse is heading to Liberia with Cross Cultural Care As you probably already read, The Gypsy Nurse is going to be 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.“Cross Cultural Care (C3) is an international non-government organization (NGO) that pairs western health care providers with medical staff in areas of the developing world to assist with medical training and health capacity building. Cross Cultural Care (C3) was founded by Dr. Robert Montana, an American Emergency Medicine physician who decided to create such a program while volunteering in…
Volunteering In Liberia – The ‘To Do’ List
The Gypsy Nurse is volunteering in Liberia with Cross Cultural Care As you probably already read, The Gypsy Nurse is going to volunteer in Liberia. I plan to bring you along with me; virtually and give you a ‘feet on the ground’ accounting of the entire process. In this post, I’m going to share with you my current “To-Do” list. “Cross Cultural Care (C3) is an international non government organization (NGO) that pairs western health care providers with medical staff in areas of the developing world to assist with medical training and health capacity building. Cross Cultural Care (C3) was founded by Dr. Robert…