Travel nurses make a positive impact by assuring the staffing levels are safe, thereby ensuring better patient care. Nursing shortages are a threat to quality patient care and travel nurses are filling these positions in a time of great need.

Freshness helps fight burnout. Travel nurses are new to a facility and unit and therefore have a different perspective. Easing the tight staffing levels can also help coworkers with burnout. Nursing is a stressful job. Burnout can take its toll and can increase the chance of error.

Travel nurses can be an inspiration to others. You get to pick where you want to work and when. I agree that healthcare travel is a rewarding and inspirational career. You get to travel to places you have always wanted to visit, expand your horizons and learn new things in your career as well. It's a win-win scenario!

Flexibility is another of the great assets to travel nursing assignments. Travel nurses can go to any facility, anywhere in the country, and have a positive impact on their surroundings and the patient care in the facility. Travel nurses have the ability to go with the flow and make it work.

A fresh perspective on anything is always a good thing. Travel nurses have a different perspective as their travels have exposed them to many different situations and other ways of doing things. Travel nurses aren't there to shake things up so much as to help with their new and fresh perspective, all the while learning more with each day.

Traveling allows the healthcare professional to gain a vast amount of knowledge, much more than what can be taught in school. This experience makes you a more marketable candidate for your next travel assignment or permanent job.

Are you ready to join the ranks of healthcare travelers enjoying all the great opportunities available today? Click here for more information and to get you started on your next adventure! You too can have a positive impact and advance your career all at the same time!

Mary Crawford, HealthCare Employment Network