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Earn FREE CEU!!

Bring your Travel Nurse questions and we’ll try to get them answered.

Where: TWITTER
When: EVERY 3rd Sunday of the Month:  8-9pm (est)
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FREE CEU’s

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing.
Provider Number CEP 3511
For 1 Contact Hour (per monthly meeting)

Program Overview:

This program is designed to facilitate job-related performance in a travel nurse setting by providing current information about the role of the experienced Registered Nurse in a Travel Nurse setting.

Goal:

The goal of this program is to facilitate the experienced RN during the transition to a career as a Travel Nurse.

Objectives:

- Identify personal travel nursing career goals.
- Recognize key items to improve job transition.
- Understand how to prepare a professional Travel Nurse Portfolio.
- Identify key factors to consider when working with Staffing Agencies.
- Describe the differences between a traditional interview and a phone interview.
- Identify key items to include in Travel Nurse contract.
- Recognize the importance of contract negotiations.
- Discuss the key ‘safety’ factors of traveling alone.
- Identify tools to organize and track the required paperwork.
- Identify Licensing and regulatory issues that specifically affect the travel nurse.
- Discuss the timeline for job submission, application and contracting.

We will be following the Treatment Plan for Hypertravelosis.  Following the steps, The Gypsy Nurse will guide you on your way to becoming a successful Travel Nurse.

Schedule:

January:

Step #1:  Determine Why You want to Travel
Step #2:  What Do You Want/Need Out of Travel Nursing

February:

Step #3:  Where and When Are You Willing to Go.
Step #4:  Understanding the Myths
Step #5:  Know Your Deal-Breakers

March:

Step #6:  Building your Travel Portfolio

April:

Step #7:  Researching Travel Companies
Step #8:  Submission of Your Profile

May:

Step #9:  Working With Your Recruiter (s)
Step #10  Prepare For the Interview
Step #11  Preliminary Contract Negotiations

June:

Step #12: Determine if The Job is A Good Fit
Step #13: Sealing the Deal

July:

Step #14: Get Ready for the Journey
Step #15:  Packing for the Travel Nurse
Step #16: Prepare Your Vehicle

August:

Step #17: Keeping Track of the Paperwork

September:

Step #18: Make It A Great Road-Trip
Step #19: Arrival On Location
Step #20: Settling In (unpacking and finding the necessities)

October:

Step #21: The countdown Begins:  Your Travel Nurse Assignment Day One
Step #22: It’s 13 Weeks (How to Make the Most of Your Time)

November:

Step #23: 8 Weeks Left (Time to start Preparing)
Step #24: 4 Weeks Left

December:

Step #25: 2 Weeks Left
Step #26: The Final Week
Step #27: Wash….Rinse…Repeat!!

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TheGypsyNurse

Owner at The Gypsy Nurse

As a travel nursing educator, Candy aka Gypsy Nurse, RN has worked in healthcare for nearly 20 years, working up the ranks from CNA to LPN to RN. For the past eight years, she’s worked as a travel nurse, allowing her to practice and live in 14 states throughout the U.S. She regularly shares advice for those interested in travel nurse jobs on her website at: www.thegypsynurse.com.

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