Travel Nursing + Allied Health Blog

Picking the Right Location for Your Travel Nursing Assignment

November 29, 2012 Uncategorized

The question of selecting a travel nursing assignment location comes up often in conversations with travel nurses. With so many staffing agencies offering travel assignments all over the country, nurses who are new at travel nursing might feel overwhelmed with options. Generally speaking, most nurses already have an ideal location in ...

New to Travel Therapy? Make a List Before Heading Out to Your First Assignment

November 27, 2012 Uncategorized

Leaving for your first travel therapy assignment can be stressful and quite a challenge. It’s not like going on vacation for a short period of time or going off on a business trip for a week. When you move to a different city or state for an assignment, you really ...

Travel Nursing: Celebrating the Holidays Away from Home

November 16, 2012 Uncategorized

Thanksgiving is fast approaching and many travel nurses won’t be able to join their family on turkey day. Being a travel nurse on Thanksgiving, or any holiday really, can be a challenge. The loneliness that one normally feels on a regular day somehow gets magnified on holidays if you’re not ...

Using the iPad to Make Your Travel Therapy Life Easier

November 14, 2012 Uncategorized

With the recent release of the fourth generation iPad and the much-publicized iPad Mini, more and more travel therapists are utilizing the Apple device not only for daily living but also for clinical work. No surprise there since there are hundreds, if not thousands, of apps in the Apple Store ...

Travel Nursing: Making the Most Out of Your Day Off Adventure

November 9, 2012 Uncategorized

In general, nurses take their job seriously. They are passionate about taking care of patients and living up to their fullest potential in the workplace. Travel nurses in particular are exceptional employees. Their patients, superiors and coworkers expect nothing less. As such, because nurses work hard, they deserve to play ...

Reasons to Consider Becoming a Travel Therapist

November 7, 2012 Uncategorized

There are hundreds of healthcare staffing companies operating in the US right now and hundreds, if not thousands, of healthcare jobs up for grabs. Many of these jobs are in the travel healthcare industry. If you’re a physical or occupational therapist, then considering a career as a traveler might be ...

Techniques to Fight Aging and Improve Your Overall Health

October 31, 2012 Uncategorized

There’s no getting around aging. Everyone goes through it. It’s just nature letting our bodies know who’s boss. As travel nurses we’re all too aware that our bodies undergo tremendous changes on a daily basis. Some of them are good. As we get older, we get wiser, gain better perspective ...

Travel Therapy: What Do Hiring Managers and Recruiters Look for in a Resume

October 29, 2012 Uncategorized

Research online and you’ll find different answers to the question, “how much time do hiring managers and recruiters spend reviewing new resumes?” The optimistic sources will say that hiring managers and/or recruiters take about four to five minutes. The more pessimistic ones will say between ten to fifteen seconds. In fact, ...

Achieving a More Rewarding Travel Nursing Career and Increased Job Satisfaction

October 26, 2012 Uncategorized

Remember when you were in nursing school and managing a career seemed like something that had nothing to do with you. In fact, careers and job prospects are things that “real” adults needed to do, not you. Then, of course, you graduated and took on travel assignments. Suddenly, you found yourself ...

How To Wind Down After a Hard Day at Your Travel Therapy Job

October 24, 2012 Uncategorized

Everyone has bad days. That’s just part of working for a living. Travel therapists may find that they get more bad days than most because adjusting to a new assignment every few months adds to the stress level. There's the moving factor. They have to learn to constantly build new ...