Nurse workplace quality reflects on patient outcomes
Once thought to be a reliable measure of patient care and satisfaction, nurse-patient ratios may no longer be the prime indicator they once were. Emerging evidence suggests nurse work environments play an increasing role in quality patient outcomes, along with nurses’ perception of the type of facility they work in.
For instance, a survey published recently in Medpage Today* indicates that nurses who work in Magnet facilities perceive the level of care they provide to patients as being higher than nurses who don’t. In large part, said 50 States Staffing Recruitment Vice President, Mary Kay Hull, Magnet hospitals work hard at reducing nurse turnover by improving the quality of nursing life in the workplace.
“These exclusive hospitals tend to promote a high level of communication between nurses and doctors, deploy advanced medical technologies and are receptive to nurse input. Magnet facilities keep a close eye on nurse staffing burnout and typically offer health and wellness programs to enhance RN jobs satisfaction,” she said.
The nurse workplace is under scrutiny as of late, said Hull, with hospitals, academics and institutions all looking at ways to improve patient care levels by enhancing working conditions. One study, published in the Journal of Nursing Management, ** connects poor nurse work environments with low levels of job satisfaction, poor nurse outcomes and high RN jobs turnover.
“Creating better support services, work flow with less complexity, a nurse work environment that supports autonomous nursing practice and nurses who are committed to their care should be part of both rural and urban hospitals plans for change in order to recruit and retain nurses,” posts authors Marianne Baernholdt PhD, MPH, RN and Barbara A. Mark PhD, RN, FAAN in the study.
Hull’s company specializes in placing RNs with a track record of success in Florida travel nursing jobs, in particular at Magnet facilities. The Sunshine State is a popular destination for nurses looking to avoid Seasonal Affective Disorder common to cold weather states.
“50 States staffs one of the largest health systems in Florida and more than nine Magnet facilities across the state, including popular destinations Clearwater, Tampa and St. Petersburg. Nurses in search of hot RN jobs in ‘Paradise’ better get cracking, because travel nursing jobs are filling up fast,” she said.
* RNs Value Work Environment over Staffing Ratios Kurt Ullman, MedPage Today November 25, 2011
** The nurse work environment, job satisfaction and turnover rates in rural and urban nursing units. Journal of Nursing Management, September 8, 2009.
Med-Surg Nurses Are Being Celebrated in all 50 U.S. States, November 1-7th!
50 States Staffing is proud to place R.N.s in travel nurse jobs that top honorary lists on U.S. News & World Report’sBest Hospitals 2011-12: The Honor Roll. These registered nurses are trained in a wide variety of specialties, and include R.N.s in med surg jobs that are snagging extra appreciation this month as another National Med-Surg Nurses Week kicks off Nov. 1.
The Academy of Medical-Surgical Nurses (AMSN) is doing a fantastic job of bringing this important week in healthcare to the attention of the public at large, from hospital staff, to patients and the general public. Everyone should know the importance of med/surg nurses, as they are synonymous with urgent care.
Enjoy a Travel Nurse Lifestyle That Revolves Around a High Paying Med/Surg Job
Med/surg nurses in travel nurse jobs earn up to 50% more than R.N.s in permanent positions. They also treat a wide range of patients and focus on exciting areas like Cardiovascular, Hematology/oncology, Geriatrics, Wound Care and so much more! Perhaps the best part is the opportunity to work with groundbreaking technologies, described in some of the posts on the I love Travel Nursing blog; an important part of what makes the nursing career resources at 50 states Staffing stand apart.
Kick Off National Med/Surg Nursing Week by Calling 50 States Staffing Today!
If you’re trained for med surg nursing jobs and interested in launching a customized job search that can take you virtually anywhere in the U.S.A, offering, as part of the travel nurse lifestyle, free private housing, healthcare and other stellar benefits, call 1-800-996-2206 or apply online. The perfect Med/Surg nursing career is around the corner. What better time to get on a cutting edge career path, than during National Med/Surg Nurses Week?
Looking for Ways to Honor a Fellow R.N. on the Med/Surg Floor of Your Hospital?
Perhaps you are, in your own right, making rapid advancement on the nursing career path, and already increasing awareness about what med surg nurses bring to the healthcare landscape. Whether it’s staying ahead of the latest trends in medicine, keeping up with nursing certifications and CEUs, or going the extra mile by letting a nursing student shadow you for the day, your contribution counts!
Registered nurses and therapists nationwide know that October thru December marks another flu season. The best thing they can do, the best thing anyone can do, is to get a flu shot; then spend the winter months on increased alert, doing whatever it takes to stay healthy. The flu strains expected to circulate this flu season are identical to the 2010–2011 strains, including the H1N1 virus—so if you were vaccinated last year, only one vaccination is required this year.
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) recommends that everyone 6 months old and older be vaccinated. Health professionals are expected to provide cold and flu prevention tips among the uninitiated.
CDC Approved Flu Prevention Tips for R.N.s and Their Patients
Get your flu shot: This is your first and best defense!
Daily Multivitamin: Take a daily vitamin, particularly one that’s high in Vitamin C, it does your immune system a favor.
Use plenty of hand soap and antibacterial lotions on and after all of your shifts.
Try a Little Garlic: This natural herb is great for maintaining a healthy immune system. Travel nurses on the go may find taking garlic in the form of a daily supplement is the simplest.
Drink Plenty of Water: Up to 8 glasses of H20 a day are recommended year round, and even more important during flu season.
Get Some Exercise: It’s a known fact that when your body temperature elevates, it helps your blood do a better job of cleaning out the toxins. So get moving!
Try to Relax: When stress levels run high so do cortisol levels—not a friend to your immune system.
The Best Travel Nurse Jobs Require Proof of Vaccination
So, are you motivated to go out and get your flu shot? R.N.s who work for top staffing agencies are required to show annual proof of inoculation or flu shot via nasal spray. Find a flu shot near you by clicking on this government link. R.N.s may also want to check out flu facts, where a cool iPad app is available, in addition to other online features that let you track the rate of flu in your area, etc.
Call 1-800-996-2206 or apply online for travel nurse and therapy jobs in all 50 U.S. states that keep you healthy and wealthy during flu season and all year round. Bookmark our travel nurse career page and enjoy related blogs on maintaining a fulfilling and fit outlook. Stay healthy everyone!
Registered Nurses and Physical Therapists: Learn More Here
GPS isn’t just for cars anymore; a similar technology is coming to hospitals, tracking patient locations within a 2-yard margin of error. Impressive? Sure, but registered nurses and therapists will be interested to note that the “intelligent T-shirt” behind it all, also monitors vital signs in real time, making the patient’s temperature, relative position, and level of physical activity clear to hospital staff without the gaggle of wires.
Known as the LOBIN, short for “Locating and biomonitoring by means of Wireless Networks in Hospitals,” this smart shirt was developed by researches in Spain at la Universidad Carlos III Madrid—and its making global headlines as a game changer, given the various areas it’s changing for the better, like early diagnosis of cardiac anomalies in athletes and monitoring patients in their homes; this last item is significant for patients especially, since it lessens their time spent in the hospital.
For a better idea of how it will affect your travel nurse job, click on the University’s site detailing exactly how the intelligent t-shirt monitors hospital patients’ vital signs and movements. For R.N.s looking for the abridged version, know that the intelligent T-shirt is washable and contains a GPS unit, thermometer, accelerometer and electrodes that measure and record bioelectric signals. That means, it knows if the patient is seated, lying down, running or walking!
Hospitals can utilize the smart shirt technology in two different ways: via fixed infrastructure, meaning it’s pre-installed in the facility where you work in telemetry jobs and travel therapy jobs, or as a mobile unit, wherein LOBIN moves with the patient. In either case, it’s a gadget we’re excited to blog about because LOBIN is capable of so much, including storing all of a patient’s information for future studies, improving electrocardiograms, and creating a more effective alarm system for patients when vital signs fall outside of pre-established limits.
Video about monitoring patients while wearing the “Intelligent T-Shirt”
Travel Nurses and Healthcare Employers Alike Learn More Here
If this all sounds like the stuff of science fiction, learn more here in the related blog entitled: New Training Programs Utilize the Virtual Hospital, and peruse our travel nurse jobs in the top rated hospitals in U.S., over 80% of our healthcare clients rank on the list of best hospitals in U.S. News & World Report. Call 1-800-996-2206 or apply online today for high paying allied healthcare and nursing jobs that come with amazing benefits and free private housing in all 50 U.S. States. Now that’s SMART!
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month is well underway throughout the month of October, giving healthcare professionals in coast to coast therapist and travel nurse jobs the unique opportunity to add something special to the usual checklist of fall activities. R.N.s in New England travel nurse jobs, for instance, can fit in “leaf peeping” with a 5K walk for the American Cancer Society.
Happily, no one is exempt from caring. No matter the landscape adding that exciting and authentic backdrop to your travel nurse lifestyle, breast cancer awareness spans all 50 U.S. states and gives everyone the chance to participate in a race to the cure—just click on NBCAM official website to find local efforts welcoming your support.
How R.N.s Are Helping Patients “Think pink“
Registered nurses are perhaps the best advocates for breast cancer awareness by disseminating timely knowledge about:
Where, if any, free breast cancer screenings are available, or information on Women’s Centers offering convenient and affordable mammography.
Preventive measures patients can take to avoid getting cancer, i.e. living a healthy lifestyle, taking care of their cardiac health, etc.
Offering tips on staying healthy when patients are in remission from breast cancer, i.e. not smoking, exercising daily to stay healthy and wealthy, as well as enjoying a nutritive diet that’s low in saturated fat and high on protein, fruits and veggies.
Everything You Need to Know About Your Compassionate Travel Nursing Career
At 50 States Staffing our career resources include everything you need to know about your travel nursing career, including relevant healthcare topics and ways to make the most of your benefits package—but it’s also your window to what the healthcare world is talking about right now, like the importance of annual mammograms for women age 40+.
Apply online or call 1-800-996-2206 today if you’re looking for a way to share your clinical training with hospitals on the cutting edge of treatments that increase survival rates of all patients, including those with breast cancer. No matter where you work as a compassionate R.N. or therapist, we want to wish you the most productive October possible, as it launches us into a new and nationalized fight against breast cancer—see you close to the finish line!
Get Tips for Staying in Shape During Your Travel Nurse Career
50 States Staffing unanimously agrees that R.N.s who stay fit and healthy make the most of their travel nursing experience; site-seeing, after all, requires a lot of get up and go, and with high paying physical therapy jobs and travel nurse jobs in all 50 U.S. states there is much to hike, jog to—perhaps even swim to; but even if you’re more the “indoors” type, getting the right amount of daily exercise is paramount to looking, feeling and performing at your best.
Travel Nurses Who Walk the Walk
According to the American Heart Association, only vigorous exercise that gets the heart pumping really counts; aim for 75 minutes a week or 150 minutes per week of more moderate physical activity. Brisk walking can fit that bill. Get those arms swinging and hips moving like a true power-walker, keeping pace at 3 to 5 miles per hour.
Days Off From the Travel Nurse Job Are an Invitation to Get Out and Move
Travel nurse testimonials are rife with accounts of just how beautiful and adventuresome your new surroundings can be. On your days off, include at least one cardiovascular activity that lasts an hour or more, such as extended walks, biking, kayaking, even horseback riding! At 50 States Staffing, our recruiters ensure that travel nurses live close to the action; as a prime example of what we’re talking about, consider New Jersey travel nursing jobs where the parks in Cape May offer great exercise potential!
Get Some Mileage Out of Your House Benefits Package
While R.N.s do enjoy the Great Outdoors, 50 States Staffing has the indoors side of things covered, with luxury apartment complexes available through your free private housing benefits package. Fitness amenities and gyms, and, swimming pools (ideal for laps!) keep our travel nurses and therapists in top shape during their assignments.
In America’s Best Hospitals, Fit and Healthy R.N.s in Travel Nurse Jobs Talk the Talk
80% of the hospitals affiliated with 50 States Staffing are ranked by U.S. News & World Report as America’s best; patients in these top notch facilities are looking for a standard of care where a fit and healthy nursing staff is par for the course. Call 1-800-996-2206 or apply online today, and match your talents with healthcare facilities that prioritize nutrition and fitness, making it available to the community as a whole. For more physical activities guidelines, click the link. Here’s to staying healthy travel nurses!
Find Out where the Happiest R.N.s in America Work and How to Move There!
Travel nursing careers let R.N.s move freely around the country, following the sunrays, top pay and making friends for life. 50 States Staffing offers registered nurse jobs in some of America’s sunniest cities, which helps them dodge the winter doldrums between the months of November and April; this is the time of year Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD) hits hard up north.
Beat the Blues in These States
If you’re a travel nurse looking for longer, sunnier days, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has determined that the best cities are Miami, Las Vegas, Phoenix and LA; click the links below for sunny registered nurse jobs and therapists jobs in Florida, Nevada, Arizona, and California
The Friendliest Cities in America Welcome Travel Nurses
Psychological surveys found that states with high numbers of volunteers reported happier citizens than those who never give their time and energies to public service. 50 States Staffing is proud to offer top paying nursing jobs in states with cities that have achieved the highest statistics for volunteerism. Check out jobs offered in Minnesota, Texas, Nebraska, and Washington
Happiness is a Short Commute: Check these States for a Travel Nursing Career in America’s Best Hospitals
50 States Staffing is proud to staff R.N.s and therapists in hospitals and rehab centers ranked high on the list in U.S. News & World Report. Our travel nurse jobs provide free private housing that is close to work and exciting city life. For the urban travel nurse or therapist, living close to efficient mass transit allows more time to enjoy their new surroundings, spend time with the people they love and make the most of their career and personal life. Check out jobs offered in these states New York, Oklahoma, Wisconsin, Connecticut.
How to Live, Work and Be Merry
At 50 States Staffing, we offer a health benefits package custom fitted to those traveling with family or the single travel nurse; our recruiters help ensure that a happy work and home life are at the very center of the travel nurse lifestyle. Call 1-800-996-2206 or apply online today and discover the best place to live, work and be merry.
New Jersey travel nursing jobs are surrounded by the excitement of Atlantic City and the Jersey Shore—not to mention the Big Apple, just a short drive away. Wherever you spread a blanket or prop a lawn chair, this year’s 4th of July festivities promise loads of fun!
For Travel Nurses Who Love Atlantic City and the Jersey Shore
Enjoy a summer night, the likes of which Bruce Springsteen wrote the lyrics for his famous song “Sandy” also known as the “The 4th of July in Asbury Park”. Travel nurses who enjoy an ocean view may like to watch the Fireworks up close from the Atlantic City Boardwalk.
Big New Jersey Festivals and Fairs During the 4th of July
New Jersey’s oldest county fair, takes place July 4th-July 9th in the city of Millville with a full a fireworks display on the evening of July 4th as part of the carnival fun.
Just a short commute away and perfect for those in Pennsylvania nursing jobs, is the annual Kutztown Folk Festival. Beginning July 2nd and lasting through July 10th, the festival is a smorgasbord of great food, crafts and, fittingly, given the patriotic time of year, the best place for travel nurses who like American Quilts to find the largest quilt sale in the country! Call 888-674-6136 for more information.
New Jersey Travel Nursing Jobs Can Catch NYC Fireworks Too!
New Jersey and New York nursing jobs are so close geographically, travel nurses in both states can witness the same fireworks! Neither party will want to miss Macy’s July 4th Fireworks In Style event; it’s the largest in the United States, and can be seen from the New Jersey Waterfront.
50 States Staffing Lets You Live the American Dream
Whether our travel nurses and therapists play the slots, applaud the fireworks or shop New Jersey’s patriotic scene, we know they’re bound to enjoy the upcoming holiday weekend. Call 1-800-996-2206 or apply online today for a chance to work in high paying travel nursing jobs spanning all 50 U.S. states!
A Great Time to Apply for Rewarding Travel Nurse Jobs Across the USA
For nurses, Springtime is a season full of recognition and appreciation, with Oncology Nursing Month one of several national healthcare events that’s celebrated throughout the month of May. For R.N.s guiding patients through cancer treatment and recovery, the theme chosen by the Oncology Nursing Society couldn’t ring truer: oncology nurses ARE exceptional people, providing extraordinary care.
We’re Dedicated to Staffing Exceptional Nurses
50 States Staffing is dedicated to finding exceptional nurses and placing them in rewarding R.N. jobs in all fifty U.S. states! Take advantage of our online career resources that put you on the fast track to unlimited free continuing education credits, salary, testing information and more! If you love mixing travel with high paying nursing careers in a sub specialty, or area of advanced practice nursing, exploring the possibilities in travel nursing careers is a great way to do that, as well as touch a lot of lives and help a lot of people.
And While You’re At It…
Don’t forget to check in with the Oncology Nursing Society for more ideas on how to spread the word in your community about this special month in healthcare. You can also wear, tote along or decorate your office with ONS necessities in honor of Oncology Nursing Month.
While May is a time for R.N.s trained to lead in the transformation of cancer care, it’s also an ideal time for a fresh start in a variety of professional nursing roles. Find out today why so many professionals choose 50 States Staffing as their travel nursing agency. And, it’s simple to get started, simply apply online !
Florence Nightingale was born on May 12th. For decades now, International Nurses Day has been celebrated on this date, and for R.N.s across the United States, it’s the caper on National Nurses Week, beginning on May 6th. The American Nurses Association (ANA) ensures that this 7-day event is widely publicized and honors R.N.s for their hard work 365 days a year. 50 States Staffing joins ANA in their congratulations and support, and would like to help spread the word on ways to increase awareness of this special event for over 2 million R.N.s in nursing jobs nationwide.
You are encouraged to celebrate National Nurses Week in a multitude of ways, whether it’s by hosting a small reception for R.N.s in your community, or submitting a story about nurse pride to a local news source. ANA has published ideas that help us get in full celebration mode on the ANA site, with suggestions ranging from getting local politicians more interested in healthcare, to working cooperatively with public schools and hospitals, reminding them what May 6th thru the 12th is all about.
Travel Nurse Jobs in Every U.S. State Recognize National Nurses Week!
It’s good news for travel nurses that the Bureau of Labor Statistics anticipates massive job growth for travel nurses and therapists, who answer the call to an adventurous travel nurse lifestyle, and earn high pay and benefits wherever it takes them. Gaining special event information during National Nurses Week happens when you take advantage of one of 50 States Staffing’s most informative career resources: a page providing direct links to each of the 50 U.S. nursing boards; find out what’s happening in your state of employ for National Nurses Week and the other 51 weeks this year!
Embody the Theme: “Nurses Trusted to Care”
At 50 States Staffing, travel nurse jobs in some of the most exciting destinations in the country are ripe for the picking; work in as many as 4 different high paying assignments a year or enjoy a permanent position. Call 1-800-996-2206 or apply online today to grow your nursing career into the American dream you know it can be. Happy National Nurses Week everyone!
Footnote:Wearing an official R.N. pin is just one of the many ways travel nurses can proudly display their profession during this important week. The pin is offered with other promotional items (affiliated with ANA) on
of care they provide to patients as being higher than nurses who don’t. In large part, said 50 States Staffing Recruitment Vice President, Mary Kay Hull, Magnet hospitals work hard at reducing nurse turnover by improving the quality of nursing life in the workplace.
Travel nurse testimonials
Beat the Blues in These States
Enjoy a summer night, the likes of which Bruce Springsteen wrote the lyrics for his famous song “Sandy” also known as the “The 4th of July in Asbury Park”. Travel nurses who enjoy an ocean view may like to watch the Fireworks up close from the Atlantic City Boardwalk.
50 States Staffing is dedicated to finding exceptional nurses and placing them in rewarding 
You are encouraged to celebrate National Nurses Week in a multitude of ways, whether it’s by hosting a small reception for R.N.s in your community, or submitting a story about nurse pride to a local news source. ANA has published ideas that help us get in full celebration mode on the 
