Category: Healthcare News

Advantage Medical Professionals Provides Solution-based Approach to Healthcare Staffing Shortages Recently, 1 in 3 hospitals reported a nurse vacancy rate greater than 10 percent, and the turnover rate for nurses ranges from 9 percent to 37 percent across the United States. * While the COVID-19 pandemic is often cited as the catalyst for the shortage… Continue reading Advantage Medical Professionals Provides Solution-Based Approach to Healthcare Staffing

Now is the Time for Post-Traumatic Growth If I hear one more time about how hard the last few years have been, I think I am going to scream from the rooftops. As bedside clinicians, we have all seen and personally experienced more than our fair share of stress, fear, disappointment, death, violence, and depression.… Continue reading Now is the Time for Post-Traumatic Growth

License Renewal Requirements for Nursing Continuing Education As a DON, nurses often ask me if they need CEs to renew their state nursing license. Several years ago, the answer to this question was a simple and resounding yes. However, changes to this rule have made this a bit more confusing. A lot of these changes… Continue reading Nursing CE Requirements for License Renewals

The Unexpected Perks of Travel Nursing During the Holidays   It’s no secret that work/life balance and flexibility are some of the major benefits of travel nursing, and it’s a perk most travel nurses aren’t shy about taking advantage of. One of the most popular tactics for leveraging this benefit is taking extended breaks between… Continue reading The Unexpected Perks of Travel Nursing During the Holidays

Registered Nurse Anastasia McFarlane Receives Daisy Award   The Advantage Medical Professionals team recently held a ceremony to honor their most recent Daisy Award recipient in New Orleans, Louisiana. Inspired by the quality care he received when hospitalized, this award was created in memory of Patrick Barnes, who died from complications of Idiopathic Thrombocytopenic Purpura… Continue reading Registered Nurse Anastasia McFarlane Receives Daisy Award

Travel Nurse Submission Ready Resume Guides and Tips Unless you are a very special kind of person, you probably detest the task of composing or updating your travel nursing resume. The whole process of submitting your resume to what seems like countless agencies every time you remotely entertain the idea of starting a new travel… Continue reading A Travel Nurse’s Guide to a Submission Ready Resume

Advantage Medical Professionals Named a Winner of the Greater New Orleans Top Workplaces 2022 Award   Advantage Medical Professionals has been awarded a Top Workplaces 2022 honor, sponsored by The Times-Picayune. The list is solely based on employee feedback gathered through a third-party survey administered by employee engagement technology partner Energage, LLC. The anonymous survey… Continue reading Advantage Medical Professionals Named a Winner of the Greater New Orleans Top Workplaces 2022 Award

Advantage Medical Professionals Awarded Healthcare Staffing Services Certification from The Joint Commission   Advantage Medical Professionals has earned The Joint Commission’s Gold Seal of Approval® for Health Care Staffing Services Certification by demonstrating continuous compliance with its performance standards. The Gold Seal is a symbol of quality that reflects a health care organization’s commitment to… Continue reading Advantage Medical Professionals Awarded Healthcare Staffing Services Certification from The Joint Commission

Advantage Medical Professionals Attends TravCon 2021 Advantage Medical Professionals had a blast at TravCon 2021! After a hiatus in 2020, the largest healthcare traveler conference was back and better than ever for 2021. Travel nurses, Allied Health professionals, and other medical professionals gather each year in Las Vegas with 1,500 other healthcare travelers to earn… Continue reading Advantage Medical Professionals Attends TravCon 2021

Protect Your Nursing License: Beware of Healthcare Scams Recently, several states have been made aware of possible scams directed at licensees. I urge you to be alert for new scams targeting healthcare professionals. Several nurses in New Jersey have reported receiving calls from what appears to be the Board of Nursing’s phone number. The caller… Continue reading Watch Out For Scams Targeting Nurses