It’s hard to anticipate what your next travel nursing assignment will bring. It can be especially unsettling when that assignment puts you in an underserved community. Shake off the shock and roll up your sleeves, because these assignments have the most to teach the hardest workers. Plus, they give you the opportunity to do the most good!
What’s better than being able to travel the country on nursing assignments? Doing it with the person you love, working right alongside you! Check out our interview with Scott and Crystal Girard, a husband and wife team that has made travel nursing part of their shared life together.
Diabetes is a commonly known disease, but many people are not aware of how dangerous it can be, or the warning signs and symptoms of diabetes. As American Diabetes Month comes to a close, two Health Providers Choice employees talk about their experience living with type 1 diabetes, and what they want other people to know about the disease.
Midterm elections are coming up fast. If you’re on assignment far away from your polling state, it’s still important to cast your ballot. Here’s everything you need to know about online voter registration and absentee ballots, so you can do your civic duty and vote this November!
When you take a travel nursing assignment, it’s easy to trick yourself into thinking you’re on a working vacation. As caretakers, it’s important nurses ensure their own health and well-being isn’t compromised by stressful work situations. Learn some tips for maintaining an active, healthy lifestyle on the road.
Contracts help protect all parties in travel nursing assignments: the staffing agency, the health care facility, and you. Breaking a contract has repercussions far beyond you and your paycheck. Here are some things to consider when contemplating canceling a contractual agreement.
Health Providers Choice (HPC) was named #1 on the Highway Hypodermics 2019 Top Ten Travel Company List. The Top Ten Travel Company list began in 2004, when Highway Hypodermics founder Kay Slane “Epstein LaRue” began rating travel nursing agencies by the benefits they provide to healthcare professionals.
Posted on Thursday, December 13, 2018
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The late, great Fred Rodgers once said, “Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.” No place is this more evident than a travel nursing agency. What drives you to help? Whatever it is, taking action to fulfill your purpose means becoming a helper — whether it’s in the city where you live or across the country, where you’re needed most.
Life as a travel nurse means planning far ahead into the future. And while you might take care of the bigger things in life, it’s often the smaller things that fall through the cracks and cause major headaches. Case in point: forgetting to handle your mail.
Ten states and several cities require employers to offer paid sick leave. But how does that affect you as a travel nurse? You might be pleasantly surprised.
Nurses rallied in Washington this past April in an effort to bring more awareness about unsafe staffing in health care. Is anything changing? Catch up on the latest developments in the fight over nurse-to-patient ratios.
It’s not a matter of if — but when — the next pandemic will strike. Despite that dire warning, few countries are prepared to handle such an event. Is your health facility prepared? Are you?
People in differing stages of their life can find travel nursing to be a satisfying career. What are some of the benefits for nurses across various age groups?
Posted on Thursday, January 10, 2019
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Every job presents unique struggles. But not every job takes you to a brand-new place and asks you to immediately make an impact! Here are a few of the challenges you’ll face as a travel nurse and what you can do to overcome them.
This post will explore the idea of a travel nurse loving a specific assignment and wanting to go from travel nursing to a full-time position on that staff. It’ll cover things like questions to ask yourself, protocol to follow before making any decisions, and the process involved in making the shift if applicable.
Cost of living varies greatly across the United States. For travel nurses, price discrepancies between expenses such as rent and groceries can be shocking. Don’t let sticker shock fool you: As the cost of goods goes up in different areas, so will your stipend.
Calling all adventure seekers: Make the most of your summer and discover amazing sights in these five travel nursing assignment destinations. You can’t go wrong with any of these states, especially if you’re looking to spend more time outside.
Deon Hemingway wasn't always a sterile processing technician. He initially worked in the automotive industry. Learn how he got from there to health care.
Posted on Wednesday, August 30, 2017
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The experts at Health Providers Choice (HPC) have been serving traveling health care professionals with honesty and integrity for more than a decade. And those in the industry are taking notice. See why choosing HPC for your next travel nursing assignment is a smart decision.
