Patient care can often come with challenges, especially when the patient isn’t receptive to that care. As travel nurses navigate new facilities and treat an unfamiliar patient population, it’s easy to feel the brunt of combative or antagonistic patients. Thankfully, there are ways to deliver exceptional care despite challenging patients — and to do so with confidence.

Understanding residency is essential for a successful travel nursing career. Discover what residency means, why it’s important, and how defining your home base impacts everything from your taxes to your ability to vote in elections.

Patience is crucial for travel nurses when they’re connecting with patients. It helps build trust, foster effective communication, and improve patient outcomes — all of which are critical in achieving optimal health outcomes. Discover what travel nurses need to remember about patience even when they’re running out of it.

Electronic health records (EHRs) are a critical staple in today’s healthcare environments. But simply having technology doesn’t equate to a better patient experience — the key is how it’s used. In the case of EHRs, the onus falls to nurses to input data accurately and thoroughly into the system, a task that becomes more complex for travel nurses who may encounter several EHR systems across their various assignments. Here are some tips for improving the accuracy of EHR data.

Compassionate healthcare is all about ensuring every person feels safe and seen in their time of need. Yet healthcare is a field with staggering gaps in equality in several areas. Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) initiatives seek to identify and close these gaps. Travel nurses often find themselves in a position to be stewards of DEI policies. Taking the time to be mindful of the people they’re caring for will help fulfill the core mission of these initiatives. Here are a few tips.

The right care is crucial to a positive patient outcome, but it’s not the only critical factor. A nurse’s care delivery is equally vital to the patient experience, and delivery is where soft skills come into play.

Meet HPC’s next honoree for National Nurses Week 2022! Tara Miller is from Drummond Island, Michigan. She’s been an RN for 22 years and just recently became a nurse practitioner as well. Tara’s specialties include critical care, open heart, and intensive care, and she holds PALS and CCRN certifications.

Meet HPC’s next honoree for National Nurses Week 2022! Taylor Cunningham is an RN from Monroe, Michigan. She holds BLS, ACLS, and NIHSS certifications and specializes in the ICU.

Meet HPC’s next honoree for National Nurses Week 2022! Andrea Brown is originally from Toledo, Ohio, but she’s lived in Milan, Michigan for the past 11 years. Andrea is an RN with over 14 years of experience working in the ICU.