A traveler must be professional. As soon as you walk into the hospital and onto your unit, your professionalism is what people see. Do you walk with your head up or down? Professionalism is probably the most critical factor in making or breaking a travel assignment. You have to remember Read more…
Remember in grade school when we had this spot on our report cards that read, “Gets along and plays well with others?” Well, that is about how things are in the big world also. Your first impression takes you a long way when it comes to getting along and working Read more…
Working as a travel healthcare provider can be a fun career that is filled with new faces and exciting adventures. Working as a travel nurse can also be a very lonely profession. Travel healthcare providers are providers who make a living traveling from hospital to medical facility, moving from state Read more…
Recently I received the following question in one of my discussion groups. “I was just wondering what many of you do for a home base when traveling. Do you sell and put the rest in storage or do you continue to pay your house payments and have someone watch over Read more…
You’ve selected a great location, your paperwork is completed, but the most crucial step is nailing the interview with the prospective hospital. We’ve compiled a list of top travel nursing interview no-no’s to ensure you avoid them and have a successful interview. #10 Travel Nurse Interview Mistake: Not Following Up: Read more…
We recently talked to Lisa Zheng, the marketing manager for Nomad Health to find out what Nomad Health is all about. These are her answers to our questions. What is the process? On Nomad, we put nurses in the driver’s seat of their job search. Once they register, they can Read more…
With the travel nursing market down at this time, some “traveling nurses” have decided to take staff positions or per diem positions. This week I want to look at the transition from travel to per diem and next week we’ll take a look at the transition from travel back to Read more…
As a travel nurse, we expect a recruiter that is honest with a great personality and one who will help us find the perfect assignment for the next thirteen weeks. We also need to realize that the road between the traveler and the recruiter is one that can be full Read more…
Although Wanderly has only been around since June of 2017, it has grown to be one of the best websites out there for traveling nurses and other travel healthcare professionals. Here at Highway Hypodermics, LLC, we place a high value on what Wanderly offers. It is our privilege to be Read more…
“There is no such thing as a pure extrovert or pure introvert. Such a man would be in a lunatic asylum.”