Travel Nursing Insider Podcast

In this episode of Travel Nursing Insider, we explore the latest addition to Onward Healthcare's growing list of resources, The Career Guide to Travel Nursing Jobs. Steve Dobrowski, Director of Corporate Marketing, offers insight on this valulable infographic that was designed to inform both current and prospective travel nurses about this exciting industry.  

Learn what the top 5 hottest specialties are in travel nursing with advice from Onward Healthcare’s Director of Travel Nursing, Lindsay Francis. Knowing about these in-demand specialties can help you take advantage of a great market and land a fantastic new job.  

Onward Healthcare's marketing director offers up advice to travel nurses on how to successfully navigate a career fair or exhibit hall at a national conference. Learn how to maximize your time spent, navigate efficiently, and leave a lasting impression with those that you meet.

In part two of the travel nursing Fact vs. Fiction podcast, the team focuses in on the role the traveler plays when selecting an assignment and how working as a travel nurse impacts your career goals.

In the latest episode of Travel Nursing Insider, two of Onward Healthcare’s travel nursing recruiters address some of the most common misconceptions about travel nursing and set the record straight on what’s fact and what’s fiction.

A member of Onward Healthcare's marketing team discusses how travel nurses can use social media to stay connected to family and friends while on a travel nursing assignment.

Our travel nursing director and recruitment manager offer tips and advice on how to select the travel nursing job that is right for you. They discuss the difference between big city and small town assignments, as well as what to questions to ask your recruiter when searching for a job.

The travel nursing compliance and credentialing process is broken down and explained by members of the Onward Healthcare recruitment and quality management teams. They explain what forms are required, as well as what you need to have before starting a travel nursing assignment.

The process of renewing a travel nursing assignment is broken down by our travel nursing director, who explains when to begin the process and what is required. She explains how vacation time works, what happens to your benefits and what else is involved in the process.

Now that you know everything you need to secure the travel nursing job you desire, the team at Onward Healthcare describes what to expect when starting a travel nurse assignment. They break down what the typical orientation will cover, what to expect during your first week, and how your travel nurse recruiter will assist you if you run into any issues.

The recruitment team at Onward Healthcare discusses a topic on the mind of every travel nurse - pay and benefits. Learn about how and when travel RNs are paid and what standard benefits they receive.  In addition, find out about how the travel reimbursment process works and what kind of housing you will receive.

In the fourth episode of our Travel Nursing Podcast, members of Onward Healthcare recruitment team walk the candidate through the travel nurse interview process. They touch upon the preparations an RN should take to prepare before hand, the questions to ask during the phone interview, and what steps to take once the interview is complete.

In the third installment of the Travel Nursing Insider podcast, senior recruitment personnel walk us through the process of what happens after you decide to apply to a travel nurse company. This includes what to ask your recruiter when you first speak and how to get yourself submitted to a travel nursing job.

In part two of our Travel Nursing 101 podcast, Deb Shea, vice president of travel nursing and Sera Cullen, travel nursing director, of Onward Healthcare continue their introduction to travel nursing, focusing on how to get started in a travel nursing career. The two discuss the importance of the online travel nursing application and explain what happens after you submit your information to a travel nursing employment agency.

Our first episode on Travel Nursing Insider features Deb Shea, VP of Travel Nursing, and Sera Cullen, Director of Travel Nursing at Onward Healthcare. Deb gives us an intro to travel nursing, reviewing the basics of the profession, qualifications needed, and an overview of typical travel nursing assignments and opportunities. Sera describes many of the advantages of becoming a traveler nurse, as well as why nurses travel, and ends the show with insider information on hot locations and opportunities for travel nursing jobs.