Travel nursing offers unique opportunities to live and work in new places throughout the country by coordinating with travel nursing agencies, while expanding your professional experience. Travel nursing as an industry began in the 1980s when a few agencies began to place travel nurses at hospitals with staffing shortages as a short-term solution. Facility managers soon recognized that travel nurses solved year-round staffing frustrations. While demand was initially high in locations such as California, Texas, Arizona and Florida, today well-qualified travel nurses with experience in high-demand specialties can find travel nursing jobs all across the United States throughout the year.
What is a travel nurse?
A travel nurse is a licensed health care professional who works in short term assignments that require travel. A typical travel nurse assignment is for 13 weeks, some as short as 8 weeks. Many times travel nurses will extend their initial assignment beyond the original contract period. Usually coordinated by a traveling nurse agency, travel nurses are matched with the staffing needs of various hospitals, physicians’ offices, clinics or practically any facility that has a need for nursing services.
What is a travel nurse’s qualification?
Any RN or LPN can work as a travel nurse, although nurses who specialize in a particular area, such as an ER or surgical nurse, are particularly desirable. RNs with preferably at least 18 months of clinical experience can become travel nurses. Many people find that working as a travel nurse has invaluable benefits.
What is travel nursing like?
Benefits of working with Procare USA include free furnished housing and utilities allowing you to maximize your earnings. We also offer excellent pay rates, free medical dental and life insurance, 401(k) with company match, plus much more. A travel nurse also benefits from not having to sign a contract with any particular health care facility. Working as a travel nurse also looks great on a resume because it shows that a person is enthusiastic about his or her career, efficient and adaptable.
As a travel nurse agency, Procare USA has been recruiting and placing nurses since 1990. Let us get you started on an exciting travel nursing assignment today.
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