Broaden Your World With Travel Nursing
How would you like a career that allows you to spend January soaking up the sun at the beach in Miami, hitting the slopes at Vail in March and set sail in July for a month-long cruise of the Alaskan coast? Are you looking for variety in your life as well as your job? Are you happiest when you’re immersed in new adventures? Are you a nurse, or thinking of becoming one? Then you just may find that travel nursing is the ideal career choice for you.
Travel nursing is the hottest trend to hit the profession in years. The nursing shortage has hit the nation hard, forcing medical facilities to get creative to fill positions in their staff rosters. For many of them, the real challenge is in finding a nurse who can take on a temporary position to fill in for a valued worker on medical or maternity leave, or to help set up a new clinic. What do you do when there are barely enough local nurses to fill the permanent positions? For many hospitals, the solution is turning to a staffing agency that places travel nurses – which are credentialed nurses who are willing to relocate for periods ranging from a month to a year.
If just the travel is sounding good to you, take a look at the rest of the package. Here’s what traveling nursing professionals can expect when they sign up with a placement agency that specializes in travel nursing.
- Generous pay scale
The hourly rate for travel nursing assignments varies from locale to locale, but you can expect $24-$48 hourly rates with a guarantee of 36-40 hours per week.
- Housing provided
Most agencies will provide you with a free one bedroom private apartment, with basic utilities paid for the length of your stay in the assignment. All the arrangements will be made for you before you arrive. If you choose to live in an apartment that you find yourself, the placement agency will add a generous housing allowance to your pay package. In most cases, your only residence expenses will be for things like telephone and cable television.
- Health and Dental insuranc
In most cases, your health and dental insurance package will be completely paid for by the placement agency. Many also include basic life insurance.
- Free travel
Your travel expenses will be paid or reimbursed – in most cases tax-free.
- Varied assignments all over the country
There are thousands of medical facilities around the country that regularly employ travel nurses for their nursing needs. Most assignments run from 13 to 26 weeks, and many can be extended for more than one assignment period. You’ll work with the placement agency to choose where you want to work and the kind of work you want to do. From small-town and rural settings to the glittering lights of the big city, from chronic care retirement communities to the most renowned research facilities in the world, you’ll have your choice of workplaces and specialties.
- Flexible Schedule
Since you choose your assignments, you always have the flexibility to take some time off, or schedule an assignment close to home if you want some family time. The medical world has always depended on temp staffing to help fill slots. Travel nursing is the logical extension. You can work three months and take three months off, or choose to stay in one city for a year or more. The choice is ultimately up to you.
- Career Advancement
Travel nursing offers almost unlimited opportunities to expand your resume and add to your professional experience. Spend six months working in a major teaching hospital while attending classes in surgical nursing (paid for by the agency, of course!), then bolster that with three months on the pediatric rotation at a busy trauma center. You can take on assignments in a rural setting where you’ll handle nearly all routine health care, or choose maternity in a hospital that offers the latest in alternative birthing methods to move you on your way toward a nurse midwife’s degree.
Travel nursing may be the best way to expand your professional experiences—and your personal ones as well. If you think that you have what it takes to travel the country practicing your profession, what are you waiting for? The world is waiting for you!
Rita Henry
http://www.articlesbase.com/careers-articles/broaden-your-world-with-travel-nursing-52960.html
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September 04 2010 06:18 am | Temporary Health Insurance
September 4th, 2010 at 6:18 am
is anyone interested in taking the time to read my scholarship application essay? i need opinions!?
It’s called the Alice Brader scholarship, and I am in 8th grade.
**This essay is not finished.
I just need opinions about how i should go about writing the intro-paragraph.
Do you have any ideas?
Thanks in advance to anyone who takes the time to read it.
I’m sorry its long….
I know I need transitions between paragraphs.
That’s what I need help with.
Here it is:
"intro paragraph"
I am very interested in contributing to the community. During the summer, I volunteer at Rest Haven Nursing Home, to assist and visit the elderly. It is a wonderful, rewarding experience, and it brings joy to people who do not usually receive much consideration. Similarly, I volunteer at Safety Town, to help young children learn the importance of every day safety. On a different note, I do a lot to help the environment. Twice a year, I travel to Indian Rock Elementary School to speak to a fourth grade class about the environment, and how to support the “going green” movement. I give them tips about how to reduce carbon footprints, and listen to their personal opinions about the topic. Not only am I interested in the environment, I am also involved in politics. Last March, I canvassed in York city to support the Barack Obama campaign. Because of that action, I had the opportunity to meet Barack Obama himself in Lancaster. It was an exhilarating experience to meet someone with such a presence. Animals are an interest of mine, as well. I contributed work to help an SPCA fundraiser, and do my best to lend a hand to animals in need.
As for life goals, I have always had an interest in careers relating to working with wildlife. After traveling to Hawaii many years ago and meeting people with this profession, I have aspired to be a zoologist and wildlife photographer. I am determined to attend University of Rhode Island to study zoology, art, and photography. By going to this institution, I will have the opportunity to be exposed to various careers and options in the zoology field, as well as the fine arts. These have always been dreams of mine, and I believe it is important to go to college to broaden my mind and make myself open to new ideas and concepts. The more I know, the better equipped I am to make a positive impact on the world. Most importantly, college will help me learn more about myself, and who I am. I will discover where my strengths are, and my purpose on this planet. There is a huge significance in attending college, because it teaches extreme responsibility on the students’ part, and allows students to explore who they truly are, as well as have an experience of a lifetime.
Regarding extra-curricular activities, I am very interested in the arts, as I have mentioned before. I am a part of the select singing ensemble, Sounds of Tomorrow at YSMS. In addition, I am involved in the combined seventh and eighth grade chorus. I have been in chorus all through middle school years. Likewise, all three years in York Suburban Middle School, I have participated in the annual school musical. I take private piano lessons outside of school, also. I am the student council secretary for the middle school as well. In order to receive the position of a student council officer, I had to write and present a speech to the entire school on the morning announcements, where the students would then vote for their choice of candidates.
Therefore, I am always looking for ways to better myself. I try to accomplish that objective by helping the community, the environment, and everyone I can to make myself a good human being. It would be an honor to receive an award of such accolade as this. Thank you for your time.
What do you think?
September 4th, 2010 at 1:20 pm
great
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September 4th, 2010 at 1:22 pm
its really good. just separate your paragraphs and add a few transitions.
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does YSMS stand for York Suburban Middle School? my cousin goes there.