Contracts: Articles for Travel Nurses and Healthcare Workers

As a travel nurse or healthcare worker, understanding the ins and outs of your assignment contracts can be tricky. Here are some really great articles with much of the information you will need to better understand a travel nurse or healthcare contract.
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Ask A Travel Nurse: Contract Cancellation?
Contract Cancellation: Gypsy, One of my big concerns is the possibility of contract cancellation. From your experience, how often does this happen? How does the Travel Nurse respond to the ...
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The Travel Nurse’s Do’s and Don’ts Checklist
Travel nurses are met with unique challenges as well as many benefits that a traditional nurse might not encounter. Here a few do’s and don’ts designed to help your journey ...
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Ask A Travel Nurse: Verbal Contract?
Gypsy, I’m a new Travel nurse and have a verbal contract with Company A for a position that is to start in two weeks. I have not signed a contract ...
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Ask A Travel Nurse: Working with Multiple Staffing Agencies
Gypsy, “Is it a bargaining tool when you tell your Travel Nurse Staffing Agency that you are working with multiple travel nurse staffing agencies?”  LaTonya LaTonya, Thank you for reading ...
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Ask A Travel Nurse: Cancel a Contract
Gypsy, What happens if I cancel my contract? I’ve been on contract for 3 weeks now and some recent events have made me question staying. I really just need to ...
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Ask A Travel Nurse: What’s Up With The Horrid Pay?
Gypsy, I’ve just received an offer for a travel position.  I’m a new traveler, and I really don’t understand the offer. The pay offered is $30/hour, and the company will ...
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Travel Nurse Bonus: Sign-on Completion and Referral
Many travel nursing companies offer bonuses, including sign-on, completion, and referral bonus, as well as other incentives.  These bonuses can be good, bad, or anywhere in between.  To figure out ...
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Ask A Travel Nurse: Can I expect Compensation for Pre-Employment Testing
Gypsy,Are travel companies required to reimburse you for orientation/hospital education? Specifically, I’ve been given education/assessment assignments on Healthstream.com and it’s proving to be rather time-consuming; I figure it’s going to ...
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Ask A Travel Nurse: Travel Nurse Pay?
Gypsy, What is the average Travel Nurse Pay? Thanks! Anonymous, RN Thank you for reading The Gypsy Nurse. You have taken the first step on your journey to becoming A ...
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