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What skills or competencies do healthcare staffing companies require for travel RNs?

iStock 000013487897XSmall What skills or competencies do healthcare staffing companies require for travel RNs?The reputation of healthcare staffing companies with their clients hospitals is dependent on a lot of factors, but none is more important than the quality of nurses and allied health professionals they provide. Which is why most of them will go through great lengths to ensure that the travel nursing candidates they submit are not only highly qualified, but also good fits for your unit’s culture.

What is their screening processs?

One key thing to look for in a healthcare staffing company to see how committed they are to a thorough screening process is an outline of their nursing candidate screening process. You want to make sure that they are putting candidates through:

  • Background checks
  • Licensure verification
  • A review of appropriate skills for their clinical area
  • Experience Verification
  • Interviews to make sure they are a good fit and have the traits of a good travel nurse like being a hard worker, flexible and able to easily adapt to new environments.

Do they offer growth opportunities?

You also want to make sure that the healthcare staffing company provides opportunities for and encourages the professional growth of its nurses and allied travelers by offering things like:

  • Free CEUs
  • Specialty Certification Reimbursement
  • RN to BSN Tuition Assistance
  • And other educational opportunities
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Have a great nursing unit

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Want to make your nurses happy?

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How to recruit and retain high-value nurses

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Improve patient care?

Hire more nurses. Could it really be that simple? http://ht.ly/2JxpM

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Don't forget about the nursing shortage

The current state of the economy has masked the nursing shortage. But, don’t overlook it as you make staffing plans for 2011 and beyond. Check out some of the stats in this infographic below, which was featured at Solving the Nurse Shortage Crisis.

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Get your nurses involved in quality improvement

These tips will help you engage your RNs in the QI process at your hospital. http://ht.ly/2Jx54

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Nurses list time wasters

Are the any of these time wasters in your unit or hospital? http://ht.ly/2FQ2j

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Give your nurses a break

Research shows that nurses don’t get enough of a break during their shift. Do yours? http://ht.ly/2FPeh

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Are you a nurse manager who motivates?

Here are some tools you can use to get the most out of your staff. http://ht.ly/2FOSg

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