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Goals and Learning Outcomes

Travel nursing first started in the U.S. in the 1970s. It offered a temporary solution for national nursing staff shortages but did not grow in popularity until the 1990s (Abraham et al., 2020). Currently, healthcare facilities have become reliant on travel nurses in response to growing healthcare demands and nursing staff shortages. Making up about 30% of the total nurse workforce in the U.S., travel nurses have varied backgrounds and experiences (Faller et al., 2017). The U.S. travel nursing industry is worth about $17.4 billion (Longyear et al., 2020). Nurses who are interested in travel nursing should take the time to research what is involved to maximize its benefits and minimize its limitations

After taking this course, you should be able to:

  • Identify three nuances of travel nursing and how to have a successful travel nursing career.
  • Indicate how to select and negotiate contracts with travel nursing agencies.
  • Discuss the impact travel nursing may have on healthcare and how to fully integrate travel nurses into the unit.

Course Termination Date: Not yet determined

Content Expiration Date: 12/31/24

Course Originally Released On: 11/01/21

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Accreditation Information

NURSES

In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, CEP#13791

Disclaimer: Not all courses will provide California Board of Registered Nursing approval. Per California Assembly Bill No. 241, continuing education courses related to direct patient care shall address at least one or a combination of the following:(1) Examples of how implicit bias affects perceptions and treatment decisions of licensees, leading to disparities in health outcomes; or (2) Strategies to address how unintended biases in decision-making may contribute to health care disparities by shaping behavior and producing differences in medical treatment along lines of race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, socioeconomic status, or other characteristics.

 

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Relias LLC reports to CEBroker for the following boards (Provider # 50-1489): Arkansas State Board Of Nursing, District Of Columbia Board Of Nursing, Florida Board Of Nursing, Georgia Board Of Nursing, Kansas State Board of Nursing, Kentucky Board of Nursing, Michigan Board of Nursing, Mississippi Board of Nursing, New Hampshire Board of Nursing, New Mexico Board Of Nursing, North Dakota Board of Nursing, South Carolina Board Of Nursing and West Virginia Board Of Registered Nurses

 

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Disclosures

None of the planners/faculty, unless otherwise noted, for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.