Author: pdrake@fidelityoncall.com

Facilities: Stay in Control

When you are working with a travel nurse agency, how do you maintain control over who is coming into your facility? Learn how the process works, whether you allow us to select the nurse for you, or you select the candidate yourself.

If you need a staffing solution, please give us a call. We’d be happy to help.
(309) 691-1500

This video is part of Fidelity On Call’s series for healthcare facilities, where we discuss all things related to filling positions with a travel nurse agency. We answer frequently asked questions and share tips on how to make sure you get the best quality medical staff for your facility.

Our series is co-hosted by: Kellie Short, Sr Recruiting Specialist and General Sales Manager; and Carla Edwards, Recruiting Specialist.

Learn About LifeLine Pilots

We asked Lindsay Kerr, Executive Director of  Lifeline Pilots, to tell us more about their organization. We believe that all the health care facilities and workers that follow us need to know about what they do.

Lifeline Pilots is a nonprofit, that provides free air transportation for people who need medical or humanitarian care far from home.

Located in Peoria, Illinois, they cover 10 states in the Midwest. Lifeline Pilots has almost 300 volunteer pilots located throughout the 10-state region, ready to fly people who need to travel, especially for for medical care.

Lindsey gave us this example: “If somebody needs to travel, from Illinois to Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota for a second opinion, our pilots can fly them for free. There is never a cost for someone to fly with us.”

Lifeline Pilots receives no government funding, and the pilots are the organization’s biggest contributors. They last year they contributed over a million dollars in free flights. They cover the cost of the fuel and their aircraft to fly it.

Lifeline Pilots raises funds and applies for grants to help support the trips, but they also need private donations from individuals and businesses.

Visit LifeLinePilots.org/Donate to support the facilitation of their mission.

Facilities: Business Development Manager

The relationship you have with your business development manager at a travel nurse agency is critical. Learn what to expect and how we assist facilities that work with us directly.

If you need a staffing solution, please give us a call. We’d be happy to help.
(309) 691-1500

This video is part of Fidelity On Call’s series for healthcare facilities, where we discuss all things related to filling positions with a travel nurse agency. We answer frequently asked questions and share tips on how to make sure you get the best quality medical staff for your facility.

Our series is co-hosted by: Kellie Short, Sr Recruiting Specialist and General Sales Manager; and Carla Edwards, Recruiting Specialist.

Facilities: First Time User

How can first time users best prepare for working with a travel nurse agency?

As a first time user, before you pick a back up team, you’re going to want to ask lots of questions. We share what those questions are – and provide our answers to them.

If you need a staffing solution, please give us a call. We’d be happy to help.
(309) 691-1500

This video is part of Fidelity On Call’s series for healthcare facilities, where we discuss all things related to filling positions with a travel nurse agency. We answer frequently asked questions and share tips on how to make sure you get the best quality medical staff for your facility.

Our series is co-hosted by: Kellie Short, Sr Recruiting Specialist and General Sales Manager; and Carla Edwards, Recruiting Specialist.

6 Ways for Travel Nurses to Manage Stress

Today, life is not what we would call normal. Prior to 2020’s pandemic, we all went about our lives without much thought to what was happening in our country and the world.  We handled the day-to-day stress of home and job in a much different way than we can right now.

Now, we no longer know what each day will bring.  In our industry, there has been extra turmoil. People are angry. They are more easily upset. Patients are combative. Things that would have previously “rolled off our backs” no longer do so.

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