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Travel Nursing Information – Week 12/28/20

December 28, 2020 | By Conrad Lopez | Leave a Comment

Will They Clean The White House Before Biden Moves In?

The White House has been the scene of many COVID infection transmissions during the past several months. With President-elect Biden taking the oath of office on January 20th a whole new team will be moving in to work there, and Mr. and Mrs. Biden will be moving in to live there. What will be done at warp speed is a fascinating story. (4 minute read)- Read More

Every week we scour the news for interesting tidbits about travel nurses and travel nursing. Some of it is serious, some of it is fun. I hope you enjoy it! – Conrad

Is Montana Going To Repeal Mask Mandate?

HELENA, Mont. — Incoming Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte signaled he won’t continue a statewide mask mandate in place since July, though he said he plans to wear a mask himself and get vaccinated against COVID-19. ( 3-minute read)- Read More

Are You Kidding Me, Governor?

North Dakota’s governor is allowing healthcare workers testing positive to keep reporting for work? “If hospital administrators start forcing COVID-positive staff to go to work, it’s going to be very scary. We’re trained to do no harm, and asking COVID-positive, asymptomatic nurses to return to work is putting patients at risk. It’s putting fellow staff members at risk.” (3-minute read)-Read More

FDA Investigating Allergic Reactions To Pfizer Vaccine Reported In Multiple States

“We are working hand in hand with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), and we’ve actually been working closely with our United Kingdom colleagues….”Read More

ICU capacity shrinks at hospitals as they scramble to find enough staff to manage COVID surge..Massachusets hospitals are looking for 4 x as many ICU nurses as they were a year ago. “The state defines an available bed as one that can be staffed within 12 to 24 hours.” and another quote from the article “

Some hospitals are willing to pay more than $7,000 a week for a temporary travel nurse, thousands more than usual, according to online postings by staffing companies.” (4 minute read) Read More

Info-Travel Nurse Job Salaries

November 25, 2015 | By Conrad Lopez | Leave a Comment

I recently received this information from Soliant, a nursing staffing company and I thought it might be of interest to those of you interested in travel nurse jobs salaries. While this report appears to relate mostly to regular registered nurse positions those salary structures almost always are reflected in travel nurse job salaries, too. Here is the email I received……..

As you know, nursing is the single most common profession in America, with more than 3 million RNs alone. However, nursing salaries and hourly wages vary significantly across regions, workplaces, and employment circumstances.

To help put official statistics into perspective, Soliant recently compiled a full guide for nurses to understand the average pay for nurses nationwide, which I thought you and your readers might find interesting and hopefully useful.

URL: http://blog.soliant.com/careers-in-healthcare/nursing-pay-rates-explained/

For example:

While the average American RN makes about $32 an hour, or about $66,000 a year, California is the highest paying state in the country. Median pay for RNs in California is $46.38/hour, or about $96,470/year and RNs in the modest 51,000-resident city of Watsonville, CA, typically make more than $65/hour, or about $136,570 per year.

Nursing salaries vary not only between states and cities, but also between specialized knowledge and skills, positions, and environment. For example, while a staff nurse in an occupational health department might make a medium annual salary of $78,060, a transplant coordinator can bring in an average $81,333.

-Conrad

Can I bring my dog along on a travel nursing job?

September 12, 2015 | By Conrad Lopez | 2 Comments

My dog, Marley

Just about every two or three months someone asks this question. Dogs, cats, birds…whatever.

I have a dog and understand. I can see where not being able to bring along your trusted Fido might easily put the kibosh on taking off on a travel nursing assignment. To some people, dogs are family. At the very least, finding a temporary home for a dog for a thirteen week travel nurse job would be a daunting task. I wouldn’t even know where to start.

Travel nursing agencies understand this too. Because they are in the business of trying to convince you to take an assignment with them they are going to bend over backwards to find you housing that can accommodate your pet. I would venture to say that almost all agencies can come up with some solution to this problem. There may be deposits involved but I doubt that your little buddy is going to stop you from getting the job you want.

[adsanity id=1322 align=alignleft /]My advice? Make sure you have the type of pet that can handle apartment living. Once you’re sure of this, make sure you talk to the housing manager at the agencies you are considering and get a firm answer on this before you commit.

NEW: Mobile Travel Nursing Jobs Site

April 3, 2014 | By Conrad Lopez | Leave a Comment

If you have been reading my AskConrad blog or are a previsous visitor to TravelnursingUSA.com you have no doubt

noticed some dramatic changes. We have merged the sites and launched a new updated site with lots of new content and great features.

One new feature is the mobile version. Many of you have struggled to read the site on your iPhone or other smart phone and I am happy to tell you that you will be very pleased with the new mobile version. TravelnursingUSA.com can now detect what sort of device you are visiting on and it will automatically put up a very readable version, whether you are on a small screen phone or a larger tablet.

Go ahead, pull out your phone and try it. You are going to love it.

BTW, over the next couple of weeks I will be adding hundreds and hundreds of new travel nursing jobs so keep checking back as it just gets better and better.

Virgin Islands, Wine Country, Reno and more….

November 28, 2013 | By Conrad Lopez | Leave a Comment

Here is a Dialysis RN travel nursing job in the Virgin Islands just posted DETAILS.

An Emergency RN travel nursingjob just went up in Woodland, CA. This is close to historic Sacramento, the state capital, and driving distance to California’s famous wine country. DETAILS.

Reno

Another travel nursing agency just posted an ICU RN travel nurse job in Reno, Nevada. Reno is close to Lake Tahoe and lots of really great ski resorts. Very nice climate all year round. DETAILS.

You can find lots of other travel nursing jobs in my weekly newsletter which you can subscribe to in email form.

Good luck!

Conrad

What locations are available for travel nursing jobs

October 25, 2012 | By Conrad Lopez | Leave a Comment

Good question. After all, this is what it’s all about right?

The fact is, in this day and age of the notorious “nursing shortage” your options are almost without boundary. (I’m talking about the United States right now but we’ll address international assignments in later postings.)

Some of this is just common sense. Larger metropolitan areas will have bigger needs for healthcare pros such as yourself. Communities with greater proportions of retired people will also have greater needs. But think about this. Todays retirement population of baby boomers are leaving the workplace in greater numbers then before and at younger ages where they are active and interested in having fun, active lives. They are going to places that lots of people want to live, (or go on travel nursing assignments.

Near Yosemite

Places like Florida, California, and Hawaii have tons of travel nursing jobs for this reason. But they aren’t alone. Virtually any of the larger cities in all fifty states have traveling nurse jobs. Many smaller communities face staffing problems because the younger folks are bailing out to go to the “bright city lights.” There are many pearls out there….small, friendly towns with lots to offer an adventurous soul.

So what I am trying to say is that there are almost unlimited choices. Keep an open mind and consider places you’ve never been to. Research the areas you think you might be interested in. Check the various seasons weather patterns and what the region may offer you on your times off.

One of my goals on my travel site, www.travelnursingUSA is to provide that kind of information along with the contact information for state nursing boards. If you want to see what is there for an area you are interested in you can go to www.travelnursingusa.com/resources and click on the state you want information about.-Conrad

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Some interesting travel nursing destinations

January 20, 2012 | By Conrad Lopez | Leave a Comment

I have just put up a bunch of new travel nursing jobs from a couple of travel nursing agencies and you may want to take a look.

There is an OR RN job listed in Baltimore, a great community in Maryland at a major facility.

Glendale, California is near Los Angeles (in fact very near Dodger Stadium if you like baseball!). Being in the LA basin it means you are close to beaches, Hollywood, mountains and entertainment venues such as Disneyland and Universal Studios. I’ve put up a critical care RN travel nursing job with a 13 week assignment.

I also put a CVICU travel nursing position in Reno, Nevada. Reno is a fun, fun town with very good access to skiing going along with everything else there. Check it out.

If these don’t tickle your fancy look for something that does travel nursing jobs. I’ve got over 500 travel nursing jobs listed there.

Some new jobs are going up this week

November 14, 2011 | By Conrad Lopez | Leave a Comment

I am going to be putting up a lot of new travel nursing jobs this week at two of my sites…….Nursetown and also my newsletter Weekly Top 25.

The picture in this post is one that I took last Spring….June to be exact. It is in Yosemite National Park. For those unfamiliar with the area, this wonderful place is driving distance from places like San Jose, San Francisco, Merced, Fresno and Sacramento. There are very regularly travel nursing jobs at all of these locations listed on mys sites.

Happy travel nursing!