Category: Professional Development

How Much Experience Do I Need to Start My Travel Nursing Journey? Contributed by: Angela Totora, MBA/HA, CHP, RN – Director of Nursing   I recently came across a question a nurse posted to a travel nursing Facebook group. The nurse asked, “Why do I need recent experience to work on a less critical unit?” She… Continue reading How Much Experience Do I Need to Start My Travel Nursing Journey?

From Submitted to Accepted: A Travel Nurse’s Guide to Landing the Offer   The temporary staffing world for nurses and healthcare professionals has always been competitive. Now that we are moving out of those crisis assignments and back to some form of normalcy, it is only becoming more so. Even if you’re confident that your… Continue reading From Submitted to Accepted: A Travel Nurse’s Guide to Landing the Offer

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 Dos and Don’ts of Using Social Media as a Travel Nurse   It’s difficult to imagine a time before social media. From staying connected with friends and relatives, meeting new people, or even finding new travel nursing assignments, social media connects everyone like never before. However, it’s essential to bear in mind that this… Continue reading The Dos and Don’ts of Using Social Media as a Travel Nurse

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

10 Ways to Make New Friends as a Travel Nurse It’s no secret that a perk of being a travel nurse is to meet new people across the country. Making new friends can sometimes be the most intimidating part of your travel nursing journey. It’s easier to make friends when working at a static staff… Continue reading 10 Ways to Make New Friends as a Travel Nurse

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

Addressing Workplace Violence in Healthcare: Legislation and Progress Workplace violence is a major concern for nurses and other healthcare providers. Statistics from a 2019 nurse survey showed that 1 in 4 nurses experienced some form of assault.  Being a nurse of over 35 years, I can recall several times being hit, bit and kicked by… Continue reading One Step Closer To Nurse Workplace Violence Protection