Nature of Job:
A travel nurse is deployed in different places or even countries to work as volunteer or work with other medical professionals and researchers who travel to do study or charity works.
Basic Tasks:
- Offers medical assistance to patients.
- Make initial assessments about the patient’s condition.
- Check vital signs.
- Prepare the medicines, equipments or any medical instruments needed for the check-up or operation.
- List down necessary information about the patient.
- Make a travel diary or journal in each destination.
- Prepare needed equipments for the travel.
Educational and Training Requirements:
- Must be a graduate of Bachelor of Science in Nursing.
- Must hold a certified license.
- Training certificate in first aid and other certification from various medical organizations.
Skills and Competency Requirements:
- Must have the knowledge and ability to perform nursing tasks.
- Must love to travel.
- Must have the ability to perform duty under pressure.
- Can work overtime.
- Must have wide range of knowledge and ability to perform first-aids and other precautionary aids.
- Must have the ability to mingle with other types of people.
- Must have good communication skills.
- Must be naturally caring and passionate.
Employment Opportunities:
Jobs in travel nursing are getting popular especially in the
Work Environment:
Travel Nurse does not have a permanent workplace for they use to move from one place to another. Most of the time, travel nurse place of work is build with tents or in public community centers. Travel nurse often feel pressured since they need to assist hundreds of patients a day most especially of they are assigned in depressed areas.
Work Hours:
Travel Nurse often works long hours. Their work time ranges at 8 to 10 hours a day.
Travel nurse can be promoted to be a head nurse or organization leader. Although, there is no specific promotion for travel nurses, the perks for travelling the world for free and receive a lot of bonuses is considered as an achievement.