 |
|
|
 |
|
Welcome to the Travel Nursing Edition of New-Grad Notes
Welcome to the latest issue of New-Grad Notes, a special travel nursing edition. As a new-graduate nurse with eight months of work experience under your belt, you are now eligible to apply with many travel nursing companies and to begin to experience the world of opportunities available to you through travel nursing. This newsletter serves as your window into that exciting world. Use it to help you navigate the road to your newest nursing adventure!
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
Take Your Experience on the Road: What to Expect Eight Months into Your New Nursing Career
By Karen Siroky, RN, MSN, contributor
As you approach the one-year anniversary of your graduation, you may find yourself wondering about other career opportunities. You may be considering changing specialties or facilities, going back to school or even going a different route. Travel nursing may be an exciting option for you to consider.
Read more
A Day in the Life of a Travel Nurse
By Christina Orlovsky, senior staff writer
It’s 7 p.m. and all is well on the fifth floor of Pomerado Hospital, in Poway, California, where travel nurse Heather Peden, RN, has just begun her 12-hour night shift tending to mothers, fathers and their brand new bundles of joy.
Read more
How to Ace Your Travel Job Interview
By Claire Brocato, feature writer
Whether you’re an experienced travel nurse or a newcomer to the field of travel health care, creating a favorable impression during your telephone interview with a hospital’s hiring manager plays an important role in securing the travel job you want.
Read more
|
|
|
|
|
 |
Many travel nursing companies only require eight months of experience in an acute care setting before setting out on an exciting professional journey as a travel nurse. APPLY NOW!
Know Before You Go: Inside Tips for Travel Nurses
By Julie Benn, contributor
The paperwork is done, the travel nursing assignment is set, and you’re ready to go. However, are you sure you’ve got everything? Seasoned travelers speak out on what some brochures and checklists don’t tell you.
Read more
Highest-Need Travel Nursing Specialties
Travel Nursing Tip: The top-five specialties in the highest need in hospitals across the country are: intensive care (ICU); medical-surgical (med-surg); telemetry; perioperative (OR); and emergency department.
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
Medication Errors Injure More than 1 Million People per Year
By Christina Orlovsky, senior staff writer
When the Institute of Medicine (IOM) released its landmark patient safety report "To Err is Human" in 1999, the health care community was awakened to the sobering statistics that as many as 98,000 people die each year in hospitals due to preventable medical errors. Since then, many health care and patient safety organizations have implemented numerous practices to improve safety and reduce mortality from errors in health care facilities. However, a new IOM report shows that not enough has been done, particularly when it comes to medication errors and adverse drug events.
Read more
Organizations Recommend Safe Medication Practices
By Christina Orlovsky, senior staff writer
In light of the recently released report by the Institute of Medicine on the staggering number of medication errors that occur each year, organizations like the Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI) and the Joint Commission on the Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations (JCAHO) are serving as valuable resources for hospitals and health care facilities as they increase efforts to prevent errors and adverse drug events.
Read more
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
Emergency Nursing
Nancy Bonalumi, RN, MS, CEN, is the 35th president of the Emergency Nurses Association. Currently the director of emergency nursing at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, she has been certified in emergency nursing for the past 20 years.
Read more
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
Alert your friends and family about your new travel nursing adventure with one of these free e-cards.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|