Are you an American Traveler and football fanatic, interested in featured travel nursing jobs? Well, if you have a Florida license in hand, you’re in luck. Our quick start positions may be just the ticket—to the Super Bowl XLIV! Our traveling nurses will have plenty of time to line up a nearby assignments, rub shoulders with Florida nurses already here for the fun, and watch the New Orleans Saints and Indianapolis Colts face off Sunday, February 7 at the Sun Life Stadium in Miami. In the days leading up to the big game, local festivities abound, and there couldn’t be a better place to enjoy them than the Sunshine State in wintertime. South Florida temperatures average in the low 70’s this time of year, making outdoor events like the Pepsi Super Bowl Fan Jam on February 5 a no-brainer! This event, hosted by Kevin Dillon of HBO’s Entourage, will take place at 8th Street and Ocean Drive, featuring singers Rihanna, DJ Irie, Justin Bieber and Nelly Furtado. If you’re looking for a free, non-ticketed affair to get in the Super Bowl mood, check out the Fort Lauderdale Beach Hotel on Saturday, the night before the [+]

Thousands of nurses across the country are responding to the call for volunteers to provide medical aid in Haiti following its devastating Jan. 12 earthquake. National Nurses United, the largest RN organization in the country, says that more than 12,000 nurses have answered the call to serve, awaiting only funds (the NNU is asking for donations) and logistical arrangements (transportation, lodging, etc.) to be deployed to Haiti. This development presents two types of opportunities for the travel nurse. First, nurses between assignments may choose to do a volunteer stint in Haiti.  American Traveler has seen many of its RNs volunteer over the years, and encourages those who wish to serve in Haiti to do so. The second opportunity involves travel nursing jobs that will become available to fill the temporary absences.  These are likely to be opening up all across the country; check our rn jobs list often for new travel nursing assignments. In Florida, there has been a particularly large response from volunteers – and thus a looming shortage of licensed nurses. That means there’s a good chance that there will be many excellent Florida travel nursing jobs opening up. To make it even easier and more desirable for a traveling nurse to [+]

This answer is for Nurse Blogger and anyone else wondering how to start working as a travel nurse. I get this question often. A travel nurse career is an option for nurses with a minimum of 12 months of acute care clinical experience. However with this being said; facilities will determine how many years they want for the position that they are posting (some may require 2 - 5 years). If you are a graduate nurse, without the required experience, the best option is to fill out an application profile and receive future travel nurse job information. Once you have 12 months of acute care clinical experience, come back and update your application profile with the latest job(s) you had in the last 12 months; then, you will be ready to apply for travel nurse jobs nationwide. Travel nurses get a chance to see new places, expand their resume and work at some of the country's top facilities. As a travel nurse you can choose jobs close to home or anywhere in the country. Come back every week to check my posts on "Ask Kristin a Question...." with helpful information about the travel nursing career. Thank you for the question [+]

Hello everyone, we want to introduce Kristin Zandee, a Senior Consultant at American Traveler. Kristin will be one of our blog contributors by helping anyone with questions about travel nurse jobs and travel nursing career related questions. Don't be shy; leave us your question and Kristin will post an answer under Ask Kristin a Question…. Learn more about Kristin here [+]

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You’ve probably noticed that the American Traveler Web site has a brighter look and more features for the travel nurse. And the feedback has been very enthusiastic! Clients find it visually appealing, more informative and easy to use. One nurse commented: “The career-resource site has long been bookmarked in my favorites; but now the expanded information and choices are even better!” Another said, succinctly: “I like the snazzy new site.” Users seem to especially appreciate the new and improved features -- such as this blog section, our traveling nurse career-resources page, the Hot Jobs list, and the social-media links (Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook). More details about the changes are available in our press release, “American Traveler Revamps Web Site to Better Serve the Travel Nurse Community.” Click here to read the entire Press Release. [+]

Life has a way of throwing a lot at us. Some of us manage with date books and scrap paper. Now there’s a better way to organize the continuous stream of data inundating us travel nurses on a daily basis, and the good news is, it’s free! With a logo of an elephant (who never forgets), Evernote.com is a digital repository service that allows the user to create notes. What kind of notes, you ask? The answer is anything under the sun: dictated audio memos, clips from webpages, photos, business card scans, attached files—all these and more can be uploaded to Evernote, consolidated and viewed without going home and digging through your PC’s filing system. You can use Evernote on an iphone, Blackberry, Windows Mobile phone, the latest palm or any major smart phone. If you’re a traveling nurse who left these devices behind, or simply don’t want a smart phone, you can still upload notes to Evernote, by setting up a free e-mail account with them; anything you e-mail to that address goes into your repository as a new note. You can also send your notes to Evernote, via Twitter. Evernote has been endorsed by the [+]

It’s a certainty that somewhere down the road, travel nurses will start to miss their families—but now, thanks to Skype.com, any vacationer or on-the-go professional can access high quality communication that’s almost as good as being there. Skype.com proves we’ve come a LONG way since Alexander Graham Bell hooked us up with telephones. Travel nursing careers are compelling stuff, and as good a reason as any to utilize Skype’s services. When traveling nurses want to share tales of their daily adventures, Skype (rhymes with pipe) almost makes it possible to literally “reach out and touch someone” for free! Skype’s video conferencing feature was developed in January of 2006, and has gained much of its notoriety from use on the Oprah Winfrey Show. Talk show hosts and traveling professionals alike use Skype to do everything but clink coffee cups with the person they’re video conferencing; the quality is that crystal clear—in fact, examples of what Skype can do include, from Oprah.com, in progress music lessons, wherein the teacher and her pupil are on opposite sides of the world! But Skype doesn’t have to be that high-tech. You can also use it to make voice calls over the internet and [+]

RNs with FL licenses call today - Jobs for those with licenses in hand. Critical Care and Telemetry immediate starts available for FL licensed RNs Location: Palm Beach County Shift: day and night 12 hour shifts available Total Compensation ranges $27.50 - $32.50  ( includes per diem, housing and insurance) Local nurses accepted. Apply Online Now or call 800-884-8788 [+]

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