| Travel nursing is one of the fastest growing segments | | | | clients for who travel nurses are being sent. Typical |
| of the nursing industry apart from being a major | | | | assignment for a travel nurse may range anything |
| source of employment in the state of Alaska. Travel | | | | between 8 weeks and 26 weeks. These short term |
| nursing, a concept, has gained significant popularity | | | | assignments may be renewed in many cases and |
| throughout this area, because of the overall shortage | | | | may sometimes extend for longer periods as agreed. |
| of registered nurses in these parts of the country and | | | | Very often travel nursing agencies make |
| the overall stagnancy of the salary structures for | | | | arrangements for travel nursing jobs so that a travel |
| nurses. Travel nurses are usually registered by various | | | | nurse can be permanently positioned in a hospital or |
| specialized nursing agencies, which send them on | | | | nursing home if both the client and the agency agree |
| contracts to their clients. The nursing agency usually | | | | upon this. However, mostly these vacancies are |
| supplies the travel nurses with housing and travel | | | | temporary and anyone desiring to serve as a travel |
| expenses and takes care of the licensing, benefits and | | | | nurse should be mentally prepared to work in this type |
| payroll services while the hospitals, nursing homes or | | | | of agreement. In fact, the very name 'travel nurse' |
| suitable clients fills the position temporarily and the | | | | signifies a nurse who has to extensively travel to |
| nurse gets paid above market wages to work and live | | | | clients' facility to offer her expertise, and this is the |
| in a new region. | | | | benefit of being a travel nurse...you do get an |
| Most contracts are of shorter duration unlike | | | | opportunity to see places and also get paid while |
| permanently employed nurses. Moreover, the | | | | visiting the wonderful country. |
| contracts vary from agency to agency and also the | | | | |