We know a lot of nurses that were offered $10,000 bonuses or more to leave travel and work staff. Most of these bonuses came with a two year commitment and lower hourly pay but it just sounded so good – $10,000!
Well, we want you to think about that one and calculate it out. When you work full time (36 hours a week), that averages out to only 2.67/hour. Plus, you no longer have your recruiter in your corner, you no longer can stay out of the politics and you sure don’t have the freedom and flexibility we offer.
Think about it . . . then give us a call. We are here to help you achieve your goals!
Blake Lynch, AKA “Nurse Blake” graduated with a BSN in 2014 from UCF in Florida. YES, Nurse Blake is a real NURSE. Licensed, educated, and experienced! He perhaps is most famous for being a comedian, content creator, and advocate. Nurse Blake is a bit of a Nurse Influencer if you will. Saying the things that most nurses may think yet dare not say.
Primarily Nurse Blake got started by posting videos about his own personal experiences as a nurse and hoping to add some humor for others in the healthcare field. He began doing this as an outlet for the trauma he was facing working in I.C.U trauma’s and handling all kinds of challenging diseases and terrible injuries. He has estimated seeing more than 50 people die.
The videos were a bit of an outlet for that stress. Mostly humorous prior to the pandemic, he then went to a bit darker side of humor during the pandemic. Often he pokes fun at hospital executives and leadership for being part of the problem of staffing shortages. Of course, Nurse Blake has not worked directly for a hospital since 2019 and he had to try to keep in touch with current healthcare professionals ensuring he was staying up to date. The benefit, however, allowed him to say what he feels “every” nurse would say if they could.
To say Nurse Blake strikes a chord with nurses everywhere is a large understatement. Currently he has more than 3.2 M followers on social media and sells out performances all over the country. While also being an influencer he started a BANNED4LIFE to end permanent FDA gay blood ban which ultimately contributed to the lifetime ban being lifted in 2015. He also started NurseCon at Sea which is a nursing conference cruise that is filled with relaxation, excursions, and the opportunity to earn CNE’s at SEA!
Fidelity On Call may not agree with all things Nurse Blake speaks about, but we do find so much of the comedy hilarious and in jest. We think Nurse Blake coming to Central IL and giving one winner a couple tickets with a VIP experience would be a fun way for any one of our employees to relax and enjoy some downtime. If we could give every one of our team members tickets, we would certainly do so.
There are quite a few nurses who have qualified for this drawing. Keep up the good work – you have until the end of October to be in the ticket drawing.
We all read and hear that there is a shortage of healthcare workers in our workforce and the numbers leaving seem to be climbing daily. We talk about mental health, patient to provider ratios, heath system politics, and all the reasons why people are choosing to leave healthcare.
With so many healthcare workers investing so much time and money in their career path, it seems unfathomable to see them leave healthcare all together.
Perhaps there is another path to consider that would allow you to fall in love with your healthcare career again. Would you like to:
These are just a few ways to change your path or course of action to avoid burnout and frustration. Leaving a facility to work for a reputable travel healthcare agency is not a “risky” decision or just for the young, single, no kids, individual.
A successful healthcare agency, along with an experienced recruitment team, can work with most healthcare professionals and match them up with assignments that work for their individual circumstances.
In the end, a healthcare professional has nothing to lose in changing their path from staff work with corporate policies, to local or national travel healthcare. The following steps need to be taken:
✔ Always send an appropriate notice in writing with a minimum of two weeks notice. Notice should be sent to the direct supervisor and HR representative.
✔ Always remain professional and diligent in the remaining days you work and prepare to leave regardless of the reasons you are leaving.
✔ Request letters of recommendation from any members of the leadership you have worked with.
Leaving on professional terms will almost certainly ensure your ability to return to that facility should you find the need to go back down the road. But many travelers leave staff work and remain traveling until they retire. Others may travel for a while, return to their “home” base facility for a while and then return to travel. Again, they are back and forth as it suits their needs.
In the rare instance a healthcare professional finds travel is just not for them, they always have the option to go back to their home base or find another facility to work as staff or truly leave healthcare all together.
You do owe it to yourself and your career to change course and explore all options before choosing to leave all together.
Why wait, let us help YOU CHANGE the PATH you are on NOW!
One week off work sounds so nice doesn’t it? What about two weeks off? Perhaps you are more of a month off kind of person. The beauty is that one size does not fit all when it comes to time off work.
Freedom and flexibility means different things to everyone. and at At Fidelity On Call, we help find the balance that works for you as an individual. The one size that fits all has never been our approach because every healthcare professional has their very own specific set of needs. Which is why travel healthcare is such a great option for so many professionals.
As we continue to post pictures our team members send us on our “It Was a GREAT Vacation!” campaign, what we have learned is that simple word, “vacation”, means many different things to people. For example, we have a lot of BEACH people. From the Caribbean to the shores of Florida we have people that love to soak in the sun and sand, and, yes, that sounds very nice. We also have team members that enjoy spending time with family. Gathering with family they normally do not get to spend much time with and soaking up every minute with them. Who can argue about that type of vacation as time well spent? We also get so busy working and living life that we let home projects go by the wayside. We have had many team members share with us that they simply took time off work to do projects around the home – from bathroom remodels to basement cleanouts to yard landscaping projects. Decluttering your living space can be so important for peace of mind!
We cannot forget travel ball and other travel sport parents that are road warriors for in order to enjoy that time with their kiddos.
“How does this type of time off happen?” you ask…
Well, it is working with a highly qualified recruiter and who negotiates on your behalf to get approved time off in a contract. Many people take time off when the contract ends.
If you want any of the above time off, that is where the magic happens, that open communication with your recruiter who is your biggest ally in your travel healthcare career. They are the key to ensuring you are working when you want to be, and not when you do not want to be or cannot be.
Where there is a will there is a way and that is the motto of all our healthcare recruiters. If it cannot work for one client or on one unit, it may very well work for another unit or another client and their job is to ensure you are where you need and want to be.
Freedom to choose your assignments and flexibility to work when you can and are able are key to work life balance and harmony in your life.
Whether a one-week beach vacation is for you or maybe just some extended time off to take care of all the things you need to, travel nursing can provide you with that benefit.
If you feel you lack freedom and flexibility in your healthcare career, reach out to one of our recruiters and they will be sure to work with you to put them both back into your routine.
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