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Demand for Travelling Healthcare Professionals

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Industry experts are predicting a promising decade for those in nursing careers, with employment of nurses expected to grow at least 18 percent between 2011 and 2018, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. The traveler industry took a direct hit during the economic downturn, with many staffing firms reporting a decrease in available nursing assignments. However, with the economic rebound, the demand for travel nurses is once again on the rise. Chuck Klee, senior recruiter with RNnetwork, a nurse-staffing firm also based in Boca Raton, says the demand for temporary staffing has grown significantly from where it was two to three years ago.
Staffing representatives say this increased demand has been driven by healthcare reform as well as more nurses leaving permanent posts because they are tired of dealing with administrative issues or politics at the job. Staffing, says healthcare professionals who travel are often able to avoid burn out by continually changing their environment and learning new things at each assignment. Some healthcare professionals just get burnt out, this way they do 13-weeks or 8-weeks or whatever they want in a position and if they want to stay they can, if they are asked to stay and they want to move on, they can.
Nurses with ICU experience are the among the easiest nurses to place, That’s because hospitals across the country are continually in need of quality nurses to work in ICU departments, which creates an increased demand for travel nurses. If anything, the demand for nurses with expertise in high acuity and critical care will continue to climb steeply. Why? Because, more and more, hospital patients are only those who are very sick and require complex, technology-dependent care. That means pretty much any nurse who works in an inpatient setting will need this unique set of knowledge, skills, and abilities.


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