3 Benefits of Traveling Alone
As a travel nurse, you have the freedom to travel the country. You can practice nursing in a new location every few months. While some travel nurses take their children along, a vast majority of travel nurses travel alone. Many people may not like the idea of traveling the country solo, but it can be…
3 Ways You Can Motivate Your OT Clients
“OT” or “occupational therapy” is a highly rewarding healthcare field. In this field, you have the unique opportunity to help everyone from children with disabilities to aging individuals improve their current mental and/or physical condition. Your clients will see you as the guiding force on the path to recovery; it is your job to keep…
Travel Nursing and Child Sport Injuries
Youth sports is an increasingly popular trend that offers consistent physical activity to children from a young age. According to ESPN, as many as 21.5 million kids are involved in sports between the ages of 6 and 17 in the United States. Their reports also show that by the age of 6, 60 percent of…
5 Things a Travel Nurse Must Pack
If you are considering becoming a travel nurse, get ready for life on the road! Your placements will have you in a particular American city for months out of the year. During this time you will have the opportunity to fully immerse yourself in the local culture and embrace all that travel nursing has to…
Top 3 Things to Look for in Travel Nurse Compensation Packages
Being offered the position is only the beginning. Everyone wants money, but many people find it difficult to request it. As a travel nurse, you have the unique opportunity to provide healthcare to needing individuals across the nation. This position is most fulfilling but it is vital that you pay close attention to your compensation…
4 Tips For Starting Your New Nursing Job
Congratulations on getting a new job! This is an exciting time and the beginning of a new chapter in your life. Whether you have been hired for a role in a new healthcare field you have recently studied, or are being promoted from your most recent position, there will be a period of adjustment. Although…
Who is the Founder of Professional Nursing?
The field of nursing is vast with many specialties and occupations. It’s hard to imagine that it was once a field consisting of one small team of nurses. Florence Nightingale, usually called the mother of nursing, and her team helped create the groundwork for nursing today.
3 Ways Travel Therapists Can Stay In Touch With Family and Friends
Staying in contact with friends and family while on a travel assignment is easier now than ever before. Today’s technology includes so many options to keep in touch that you never have to feel like you’re missing out on what’s going on back home. Travel therapists are constantly out and about and it can be…
Top 3 Nursing Certifications to Increase Your Value
Becoming a registered nurse is no small feat and you should be proud of your accomplishment. The next step is to find the healthcare field that allows you to put your acquired skills and passion for nursing to good use. Your job as an applicant is to market yourself in a way that sets you…
When is it Time for Permanent Placement?
Life as a travel nurse could be all that you expected it to be and more. You are enjoying the time spent at various cities nationwide and it feels like a dream come true. You have the freedom to spend months at a time at quality hospitals while pursuing your passion of healthcare. This may…