In today’s healthcare staffing market, tuition reimbursement, huge sign-on bonuses, and relocation packages are nothing new. Recruiting and retaining experienced healthcare professionals has become a greater challenge as the market tightens, supply outweighs demand, and recruitment efforts create competition for permanent staff.
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Insights, trends, and topics in the MSP & VMS space from FocusOne Solutions.
Supplemental Employees and the Muddy Waters of Reportable Events
Understanding reportable events for nurses can be challenging as each state can determine what violates the Nurse Practice Act. The most common reasons why nurses have their license suspended or revoked is for taking medicine or supplies, patient abuse or neglect, or breach of privacy.
Continue reading »A 364-Day Assignment
When the right traveler is placed on the right unit, a true connection is made. The manager wants the traveler to stay forever and vice versa. But after a 13-week contract and three extensions, the traveler tells the facility they cannot extend again. Why?
Continue reading »Floating: The Ins and Outs of Quality Care
Many travel nurses understand that when they begin an assignment, being placed on the list of “next up to float” is generally a standard expectation. The key to high quality patient care by a nurse who has floated to a specific area is ensuring that he or she has experience providing that level of care.
Continue reading »Why Your Medical Traveler Can’t Start Next Monday
For facilities that need help on one of their units, they need that help ASAP! It’s a frequent phrase that we hear from our hiring managers when they are making an offer.
Continue reading »Staffing Industry Analysts: How a Little Fun at Work Impacts Your Bottom Line
The bottom line is usually top of mind for most leaders in most industries. What drives and protects the bottom line? Happy, productive, and loyal employees.
Continue reading »Your Job Description Is Like a Shopping List
For most of us, our job description is more of an outline – a set of expectations if you wish. It provides a rough overview of basic functions that you are responsible for. But for FocusOne Solutions, it’s so much more than that. A detailed job description helps our Operations Consultant screen candidates for your job.
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