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  • What if I go to an Assignment and I Just Don’t Fit in?

    It’s always scary going to a new place and to adjust to a new work environment where you’re surrounded by people you don’t know. However, from my experience as a travel nurse, it usually didn’t take long to find people that I felt comfortable with who helped me get up to speed quickly. However, if you continue to feel that the assignment is not a good fit for you, it isn’t that bad because you

    published: 4/25/2008 9:45:00 AM - Read Post
  • Feel Like You're in a Rut? Travel Nursing Could be the Answer

    Travel nursing is definitely a great way to get out of a rut. As a travel nurse, you will be on the road to a world of new adventures and opportunities, and will get to see places you never imagined . With travel nursing, everything changes. Your work place, technology, culture, living space, colleagues, daily routine, activities—even your drive to work— all change at the same time. It’s

    published: 4/21/2008 3:05:00 PM - Read Post
  • Is Travel Nursing Best Suited to Any Specialty?

    Nurses are in demand across the country and that includes travel nurses in practicalluy every specialty, including areas such as the ICU, ER, OR, telemetry, labor and delivery, progressive or step-down care, the neonatal unit, pediatrics, post-anesthesia care, med-surg and oncology. Dialysis is also a specialty that has seemed to flourish over the last few years. The nurses that sometimes have

    published: 4/10/2008 10:55:00 AM - Read Post
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