HSN's First Blog!

Travel Nurse… Travel Allied Health Professional… Travel Physical Therapist... There, I said it! And I’ll say more…Mobile nurse… Travel RN... American-mobile nurse... Mobile- Healthcare Travel… Not done yet.

That was just a searchable string of words that brought you to me, and this is my first blog for HealthCare Staffing Network. In fact, to be open about it— I’m suddenly at a bit of a loss for words— there are so many words, and only seven of them that you can’t say on TV and radio. Doesn’t THAT leave me a huge opening? Well, hopefully I’m going to pick the right words to engage you in a conversation, you the professional healthcare traveler. Or if you don’t travel, that’s okay. Or if you used to travel, that’s great, too.

Now, I may sound vague, because I pondered ridiculously on questions like this: Do I say, “I”? Can I really talk in the first person? I’d like to take advantage of this opportunity first to answer the first question with an introduction to, “Who Are You??”… Well, we’re (Ah!) HealthCare Staffing Network: HSN, the acronym for my employer; the company for which I’m a recruiter; the rascal behind all of this noise.

After all, this is actually my first blog. It feels important, and so we have all these reasons to be here, these things to define—why am I (are we?) talking in the first place? Who am I talking to? (You). And will there be feedback? I hope so! I’d like this to acquire a shape of its’ own.

What this is supposed to be, is a BLOG on Travel Nursing. It’s quite a universe, this travel nursing and travel health professional industry. I won’t insult your intelligence with the impressive ten-year projections for growth. (I’m sure you discovered those projections when from your college recruiter.) Hopefully, this will be an interesting and truthful place in your virtual universe—a place you’ll want to visit- a place to which you’ll want to travel!

So please, kick off your traveling shoes, forget about your type-o’s, and let’s really talk about your experiences. It would be fun to introduce you to a more personal side of recruiting, as well. (By the way, I always thought it was nice that realtors put their pictures on their business cards, because then you see who they are, except that it’s always some fake retouched photograph that doesn’t look like they do, anyway). See, there I go, saying what I’m really thinking. Nonetheless, we’re here, we’re “blogging”- whatever that means...

What you won’t see here are a bunch of photos like this one:

What you will see here are opportunities for feedback, comments on real life experiences from traveler RNs, LPNs, Allied Health professionals, Physical Therapists—all of it; plus, I may sneak in the occasional story from the recruiting side of things, and hopefully we’ll evolve a forum for authentic dialogue. As a reader, and potentially, a participant—if you want to communicate with us, you can use our blog, our email or our open phone line at 800.388.2610 ; and my email is janet@hcstaffingnetwork.com. If you have ideas for our format, let us know; you’re welcome here. I hope that this serves as a valuable reference tool, a vehicle for input and feedback, and even disagreement. We’re glad you’re here, let’s talk!