There is one group of professionals that are helping to eliminate gridlock in our health care system. The nursing profession is facing a critical shortage of nursing professionals. Just as in any ecosystem of professionals, there are times when nurses are needed more in some areas of the country than others. Many of these needs are seasonal nature and some occur for reasons that are not obvious to people at work outside of health care.
Based on this concept the nursing profession is starting to embrace the rejuvenated vision of a travel nurse. This is a nurse that picks up and moves from their city or state and takes on a short to medium term contract, typically less than a year in some area within the United States outside of their normal state of residence. These nurses go where the work is in a typically pay a premium for doing that.
Promoting the Spread of Best Practices in Nursing
In many ways this can benefit the nursing profession, because it is giving nurses access to other medical facilities, nursing professionals, and doctors from areas of the country that they might not normally encounter. This in essence enables a cross-pollination of ideas, best practices and techniques and it helps to socialize nurses with other nurse professionals.
There is still a shortage in the nursing industry throughout the United States. As positive as it may be, travel nursing is not the solution to the nursing shortage. Nursing has a long history of dedicate professionals sacrificing themselves for the benefit of their patients often in thankless conditions and environments.
Nurses willing to pick up and temporarily relocate are showing the same type of dedication that has been prevalent in this profession for centuries. Just like in times past, society is benefiting from this phenomena. Nurses are better able to socialize with each other, find areas that they like, find positions in salaries to equal their own merits, and flow into those areas where they are needed most.
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