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Travel Nursing News:
6 Ways to Make Working the Night Shift Less Hazardous to Your Health
Source: U.S. News Date: Dec 4, 2009
"Working 9 to 5" is a catchy song lyric, but it doesn't describe the real-life experience of about 15 million Americans. That's how many shift workers—on duty evenings, nights, or in some rotating or otherwise irregular schedule—the Bureau of Labor Statistics estimates are in the workforce (or were in 2001). On top of the sleep problems this kind of off-hours schedule produces, there is plenty of evidence that it can be hazardous to your health—a review published in 2003 lists gastrointestinal problems (specifically peptic ulcers), cardiovascular disease, cancer, and diabetes. Shift work has also been linked to obesity and depression. In fact, "every physiological system has been noted to have increased problem with shift work in general," says Elizabeth Klerman, a physician in the division of sleep medicine at Brigham and Women's Hospital and an associate professor at Harvard Medical School....
How Do I Deal with an Overwhelming Assignment?
Source: Scrubs- The Nursing Guide to Good Living Date: Dec 3, 2009
First, take a deep breath. Then another one.
Deep breathing might seem like a waste of time when you have a post-op wheeling down the hall, one patient waiting for discharge and an ER nurse on hold, ready to give you report on your new admission—not to mention your other patients who, hopefully, are holding their own. (Please let them be holding their own!)
But unless you get control of your thoughts, you're going to spin your way through your shift without ever really knowing what to do next. You'll lurch from one crisis to another, and then go home with your head still spinning, wondering if you truly did everything that needed to be done....
Reports Show Hospitals are Rebounding from Recession
Source: Scrubs- The Nursing Guide to Good Living Date: Nov 11, 2009
According to New York-based financial information company, Thompson Reuters Corp. hospitals are showing signs of rebounding from the recession....
City Profiles for Travel Nurses
Source: Healthcare Traveler By: Barbara and Jim Twardowski Date: Sep 1, 2009
You don't have to be a student to enjoy the perks of living in a university community. College towns emit a youthful energy and offer myriad sporting events, theatrical productions, and musical performances. Although university programs and facilities are designed for students, many colleges make them available to the public for free or at greatly reduced prices....
The List Issue- How to find your ideal travel nursing job location
Source: Healthcare Traveler Magazine Date: November 2009
Ever wonder where is the best locations to take a travel nursing job? A recent article in Healthcare Traveler Magazine breaks these locations down by what is most important to you when looking for a new travel nursing job....
9 Ways to Wake Up Earlier for Your Morning Shift
Source: NursingLink By: Tania Khadder Date: Unknown
....Apparently, based on your chronotype, you will be more naturally alert earlier or later in the day. And your type may dictate when and for how long you sleep. But while a natural variance in sleep patterns is natural, it appears that the early bird is indeed the more coveted of the species....
An End to Interruptions: Nurses Preventing Medication Errors
Source: American Journal of Nursing Date: 11.5.09
I have a hard time focusing when I am repeatedly interrupted. How many times have you walked down the hall to get something, met with an unexpected request or encounter, and then found you couldn’t remember where you were going or why?...
Ten Dos & Don'ts a Travel Nurse Knows
Source: Scrubs- The Nursing Guide to Good Living Date: 4.5.09
So you’ve thought about becoming a traveling nurse. You ’ve imagined yourself basking under the desert skies of Arizona, frolicking on the sun soaked beaches of Los Angeles — and not just for a vacation, but as your lifestyle....
Six Tips to Survive Your First Year as a Hospital RN
allhealthcare making it in medicine Author: Lisette Hilton Date: Unknown
The first year on the job is often the toughest for new nursing graduates, especially those who work in hospitals. In fact, new nurse graduates account for more than half of the turnover rate in some hospitals, according to a study published in 2007 by Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing researchers....
Cityscape- Where to go and what to do in Bangor, ME
Healthcare Traveler November 2009 Edition
The third largest city in Maine, Bangor is the commercial and cultural hub of the northern and eastern portion of the Pine Tree State....
9 Reasons Why It’s Great to be a Traveling Nurse
Source: Scrubs- The Nursing Guide to Good Living Date: Oct 21, 2009
...Let’s clarify some misconceptions you may have had about travel nursing, and perhaps give you reason to evaluate whether travel nursing is a career for you....
Coast-to-Coast
The Coast-to-Coast newsletter is a great resource for our travel nurse and healthcare professionals to learn about the services Clinical One provides, the latest news in the healthcare industry, and other helpful tips and fun facts.
Older versions of our Coast to Coast Newsletter are also available.
Joint Commission urges healthcare travelers to prevent medical errors
Source: Healthcare Traveler Date: Oct 1, 2009
A new Joint Commission Sentinel Event Alert urges healthcare leaders to step up efforts to prevent errors by taking the zero defect approach used in other high risk industries, such as aviation and nuclear energy. The Joint Commission is advocating greater involvement of healthcare trustees, executives, and physician leaders, contending that the overall safety and effectiveness of a healthcare facility depends on administrative and clinical leaders who set the tone, create the culture, and drive improvements....
Top 10 Best and Worst States to Be a Nurse
Source: NursingLink.com and CareerVoyages.gov Date: Unknown
There is a projected need for 1,001,000 nurses needed in the United States by 2016. Nurses are one of the most in demand professions in America, but with so many job openings, it begs the question: Where should you work?...
Future of Nursing: Overcoming Barriers to Patient Care
Source: Scrubs- The Nursing Guide to Good Living Date: Oct 19, 2009
"...I’m a physician who didn’t understand what nurses really did until I fell off a tree and broke my neck. As a patient, I saw nurses and other staff going the ‘extra mile’ to get me what I needed. The ’system’ often didn’t help, and sometimes got in their way."...
Yoga Helps Alleviate Low-Back Pain
Source: NurseWeek Nursing Spectrum Nurse.com Date: November 2009
Lower back pain can be a common ailment for Travel Nurses. Read a recent article in the Nurse.com Magazine on how Yoga can help with this...
Oh, Organization!
Source: Scrubs- The Nursing Guide to Good Living By: Prisca Smith Date: Oct 16, 2009
New nurses have several developmental tasks they have to accomplish, in my thinking. Fresh out of school, a nurse learns to adapt to stress, learns how to work in a team, figures out how to deal with doctors, other nurses, patients–the list goes on. And for myself, one of the most important and ongoing learning tasks has been to get and stay organized!...
Hand-washing detectors could help save lives
Source: DiscoveryNews By: Cristen Conger Date: Oct 13, 2009
New health care technology could sniff out one of the leading causes of death in the United States.
HyGreen hand hygiene sensors, developed at the University of Florida, can detect whether doctors and health care workers have followed hand-washing procedures before making contact with patients. If they don't, their ID badges will vibrate and alert a database that the employees failed to wash up....
Annapolis, Maryland (MD) Spotlight
Source: Healthcare Traveler HT Enewsletter Date: Sep 9, 2009
If your travel nursing assignment finds you near Annapolis, Maryland, in September or October, make sure to experience the Maryland Renaissance Faire. Comprised of 85 acres of parking and space, and attracting 280,000 guests per season, the outdoor event is the second-largest Renaissance Festival in the country....
8 Sleep Tips for Evening Nurses
Source: Scrubs- The Nursing Guide to Good Living By: Charla McMillan Date: Jan 5, 2009
...I’ve found that the clients who get sick most often are the ones who aren’t protecting their health with regular sleep habits. For my shift nurses, it’s not as easy as saying, “Get more sleep.” I’ve had RN clients who go for 12 hours on, then two days off, then five days in a row of evening shifts....
How travel nurses can demonstrate competence and character on assignment
Source: Healthcare Traveler Volume 16, Issue 7 By: Lila Johnson Date: Jan 1, 2009
When you arrive at a contract hospital or clinic, it is important to begin your assignment with your best foot forward, mindful of the impressions you'll make. While most healthcare providers inherently appreciate travelers' expertise and ability to adapt to changing environments, there may come a time when a manager or colleague tests your professionalism....
Joint Commission 2010 National Patient Safety Goals
Source: www.jointcommission.org
SAVE LIVES: Clean Your Hands
A new World Health Organization initiative
Essential Factors for Success
by Melissa Knybel, featured in Healthcare Traveler Magazine's Company Corner
Traveling Tips
Visit HealthcareTraveler.com for some helpful information and advice on travel nursing to help you get the most out of each of your travel nursing assignments.
Clinical One Travelers in the News:
Christina Lightner, RN
Christina was featured in an article in Healthcare Traveler Magazine titled "Travel Nurse's Perspective on Healthcare System"
Linda and Leonard McCormick, RN
Linda and Leonard were recently featured in Healthcare Traveler Magazine in an article titled "Travel Nurse Couple take Assignments Together"
Christopher Merkley, Speech-Language Pathologist
Completes Travel Healthcare Job in New Zealand
Kristine Kash, RN
Selected as American Staffing Association's "Face" of Healthcare Staffing
Healthcare Staffing News for Employers:
Considerations When Staffing the Cath Lab
Source: Cath Lab Digest Volume 17, Issue 9 Author: Melissa Knybel, Clinical One Date: 9.1.09
Choosing to staff a cath lab at a bare minimum, in terms of personnel and skill levels, is not sufficient to meet the variable demands placed on this department and the healthcare needs of its patients. To avoid such a scenario, cath labs should have a specific staffing plan in place to improve retention, encourage training and continuing education, drive recruitment based on facility needs, and outline the staffing ratios and required skills needed to safely and efficiently operate the cath lab. The staffing plan should take into consideration the size of the facility, type of procedures being performed, number of cases each year, and current patient-to-staff ratios (Figure 1). Yet staffing today’s cath lab is both an art and a science. Labs staff with one credential or a mix of credentials, vary in the tasks staff are permitted to perform and can employ different numbers (or types) of staff for similar situations. Following are some considerations to take into account when staffing a cath lab....
A Conversation with... Greg Coir: Reaffirming a commitment to the client
by Tom Schaffner, RT Image
Choosing a Healthcare Staffing Vendor
How do you define quality in a staffing agency? Clinical One seeks to prove to our clients our desire to become a true partner in the provision of quality patient care. Click on the above link for more information.
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