How To Maximize Your Potential As A Traveling Nurse
t never fails to surprise nurses in being proactive during
me how many nurses express a job search to help find the
their frustration with the best possible assignment each
world of travel employment. Most time.
often, they wonder why they
aren't finding the assignments BE PREPARED
they want and deserve; they
wonder why placements can take so First, always be prepared to
long; and they wonder why their demonstrate your qualifications
agencies aren't doing more to at any time. Nursing placement
help. agencies will need copies of your
current Nursing, Operating-Room
It's understandable nurses feel Technician, or Allied Health
like this. Finding the right Professional licenses. You will
opportunity can be a timely, need to show experience in your
stressful, or ultimately specialized field. And you will
unfulfilling process, especially need to verify all of your
if their placement agency isn't certification, education, and
putting in a lot of time on their experience. Candidates who are
behalf. However, what many nurses not prepared to verify their
fail to realize is that to be qualifications often end up with
successful as a travel nurse, the less-desired positions.
there's some work that should be
done on their part, too! As with BE AWARE
any job, you will get out what
you put in -- your potential is Second, know what types of
directly related to your facilities are most desirable to
involvement in the placement you, and make your placement
process. In light of all this, agency aware of this too. For
here are some tips to help guide instance, do you like teaching or
non-teaching facilities? Large pay rates in the travel nursing
metro facilities or small rural business. In many cases, the
hospitals? High or low volume higher paying positions offer
staffs? If you make clear your more money for a reason. Before
preferences from the beginning, you accept a big pay position,
you are more likely to find make an attempt to understand why
placement in the type of work it is big pay. For some nurses, a
environment that best suits you. pay increase is not worth working
at hospitals with low
BE TIME CONSCIOUS nurse-to-patient ratios, extended
emergency hours or extremely
Third, do your best to have a needy facilities. If you do this
grasp of the time frame you are research before you accept an
planning to remain. Although the available position, you are less
industry standard for nursing likely to step into something
assignments is a thirteen week unexpected.
period, many assignments may be
shorter or longer. Know when you BE INFORMED
plan to leave, or if you'd like
to apply for one or more Fifth and finally, read the
extensions. When you give your entire contents of your contract.
placement agency this type of Although, in the past, many
information, you give them the travel nurses often worked around
time they need to find you a verbal agreements, contracts are
position that fits your future absolutely necessary. Read over
and moving schedule. yours carefully. Contact your
recruiter with any questions or
BE REALISTIC concerns before signing. If
anything is not specific enough,
Fourth, understand the concept of ask for changes. The more
specific you are on contract everything they need to ensure
details, the more control you you the best travel nursing
have over your job assignment. experience possible. Most
importantly, you will be
If you supply all this satisfied to know that your extra
information, you will give your commitment to your job future did
placement agency the tools to be indeed help you to maximize your
able to effectively go to work potential as a successful travel
for you and be there every step nurse.
of the way. They will have
About the Author:
Janet Fikany is a "Senior Placements Specialist" for HealthCare Staffing Network. For travel nursing advice, please visit HSN online at http://www.hcstaffingnetwork.com/?Travel_Nurse_Jobs , or call toll free at 1-800-388-2610.
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