West Virginia has a nursing shortage

Martinsburg’s West Virginia University Hospitals-East will soon undergo a $28 million expansion, which will allow the emergency department alone to treat 20,000 more patients per year, said Teresa McCabe, the facility’s vice president for marketing and development.
“We currently see about 45,000 patients a year in our emergency department, and it was not designed for that [...]

National Conference Call Thursday For 1,500 RN Volunteers For Haiti Relief Effort

More than 1,500 registered nurses from across the U.S. have responded in less than one day to the call by the nation’s largest organization of registered nurses for volunteers to provide assistance to residents of earthquake devastated Haiti -leading the RNs to now issue an urgent appeal for the public to support these efforts with donations of funds to support travel costs and medical supplies on their upcoming emergency nursing mission.

Talking about travel nursing

Travel nursing is a career choice that allows you to take short-term positions across the country. As a licensed nurse in time with a big nursing shortage you are in demand. Hospitals and clinics are willing to pay top dollar for nurses to fill in for short periods.
These nursing positions usually span 3 months to [...]

I decided to become a nurse

When Christy Jones, now 35, was a sophomore at Western Kentucky University in 1992, she witnessed a bad accident at a friend’s house.
“I felt helpless and powerless,” she said, sitting at a table in the nurses’ lounge at Greenview Regional Hospital. “And that’s when I decided to become a nurse.
“It fits me.”
While the Allen County [...]

Continue your RN to BSN

what ever we are? Registered nurse or traveling nurse. We all in nursing will face a same change, if we don’t use it we will be a looser because feel pessimistic in facing future. this case one of the challenges as a nurses to confront or fight and be sure that we will get a [...]

Dubai need a lot of nurses to work in this country

better opportunities provided in dubai and every one can get it if she/he want be placed in dubai, as a growing country in UEA dubai had a lot of hospital of cause this reasons need much nurses work on it, dubai goverment would like to serve a patient in every hospital accoured in dubai.
Dubai’s medical [...]

Best 100 sources for nursing student

This survey written By Christina Laun.
She look for 100 blog that talking about nursing she said : No doubt about it, getting through nursing school can be a challenge, especially if you’re trying to balance work, school and family life all at once. However, nursing students can find support in their fellow students, graduates of [...]

Travel Nursing Careers Spotlight Aging RNs

In an effort to retain career nurses in the workforce, more travel nursing agencies such as Joint Commission certified traveling nurse company, American Traveler, are catering to aging RNs, also known as “Baby Boomer” nurses, offering life enhancing benefits such as flexible schedules, education incentives, retirement plans and three-day work weeks.
With America’s nurse shortage worsening [...]

What is travel nursing assignment

Travelers typically work under a short-term contract (usually ranging from 4 to 13 weeks). Contract Outside of the USA can be 1-2 yrs long. Frequently, an extension or a permanent position is offered by the hospital at the end of the contract.
Assignment housing
Travel companies generally provide a one bedroom furnished apartment although other options can [...]

Medical test needed by travel nurse

Imagine you’re lying on a beach somewhere in southern California as the sun begins to settle just past the horizon, or maybe you picture yourself on horseback making your way down a mountain through the woods from a long trail ride. While you might associate these scenarios with activities you’d do while on vacation, some [...]