Despite the shortage of healthcare workers, especially nurses, it can still be difficult to find and secure a job within a reasonable timeframe. Some facilities can have up to 6 weeks of delay in contact after a candidate applies for a permanent staff position. This is unacceptable given the staffing shortages that are plaguing hospitals…
Top 10 Highest Paying RN Specialties
Registered nurses with an associate degree in nursing or a Bachelor of Science in Nursing can explore new career paths with potentially higher salaries by specializing in a niche. The nursing field is constantly evolving, so more than 100 RN specialties are currently available, and many only require an ADN or BSN. Every specialty has…
What is a Travel Nursing Tax Home?
What does Claiming a Travel Nurse Tax Home Mean? There are two ways travel nurses can be paid as a travel nurse. This also applies to other traveling healthcare workers. Travel nurses are paid a ‘blended rate’ of tax-free stipends and taxable hourly wage; or, are paid a fully taxable hourly wage taxed on the…
Interview with an ICU Nurse: Bedside Nursing & Upcoming Challenges in Healthcare
This week we interviewed an ICU nurse from the Denver area to get their thoughts on the course of the pandemic and opinions about trends in nursing and healthcare employment. They were very eager to speak their mind, but they opted to remain anonymous. Vivian: Tell us a little bit about yourself. How long have…
Introducing Our Newest Vivian Nurse Concierge: Erika Kaneko
Today, we have a different kind of Nurse of the Week to celebrate. Please say hello to Vivian’s new Nurse Concierge, Erika Kaneko! She will be joining us part time to support nurses on the Vivian platform. We asked Erika a few questions. Here’s what she had to say: Tell us about your nursing career:…
The Vivian Universal Profile & Resume Builder: Access to 1000s of Healthcare Jobs
A Vivian Universal Profile is the ticket to thousands of jobs on the platform. Vivian posts travel nursing jobs, permanent position jobs, local agency, and prn nursing jobs with transparent pay posted. Vivian not only posts nursing jobs, but also has tons of allied health jobs to choose from! When a healthcare worker fills out…
Voting as a Travel Nurse
Working as a travel nurse has its own set of challenges in addition to the constant moving and onboarding for hospitals. Travel nurses have learned to navigate their course, but occasionally questions arise about logistical obstacles. One common questions is: How do travel nurses vote? Voting as a travel nurse is easier than you think!…
What is a Magnet Facility?
Pictured above: The first facility to be awarded Magnet status in 1994 was University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle. Magnet hospitals are certified by the American Nurses’ Credentialing Center (ANCC). These facilities are driven by nurses not only in patient care, but in making decisions at high levels about changes and institutional goals. The…
Travel Nurse Pay Breakdown
One of the biggest benefits of travel nursing is being able to move around freely and explore the country, often making significantly more money than you would as a staff nurse. Travel nursing pay is often based on demand for nurses, and travel nurses need to decide if they are willing to be flexible with…
How Does Travel Nursing Work?
Travel nurses and other temporary healthcare workers are used to fill temporary holes in staffing while the facilities hire new workers, or to help cover another staff member’s leave. Hospitals, long term care facilities, home health systems, clinics, and many other sites hire travelers to help them fill their schedules. Travel nurses usually work for…
Employer Feature: University of Miami Health System
What is the University of Miami Health System? The University of Miami Health System, also known as UHealth, delivers the most advanced medical care to South Florida. UHealth’s comprehensive network includes three hospitals, and more than 30 outpatient facilities in Miami-Dade, Broward, Palm Beach, and Collier counties. UHealth’s mission is to be a: “state-of-the-art academic…
How to Avoid Nursing Burnout and Still Pay the Bills
The nursing profession has been in the spotlight for the last year and has received an enormous amount of recognition for the amazing work of nurses during the COVID-19 pandemic. But, most recently nursing has dominated in the news due to the alarming rate that nurses are leaving the bedside. Our own survey found that…
Home Health Nursing and How it Can Change Your Career for the Better
Home health nursing has always been a vital part of our healthcare system. During the pandemic, home health visits soared as patients were trying to find ways to avoid coming into the hospitals that were saturated with COVID patients. COVID-19 has accelerated the adoption of home-based care services where more non-emergent patients received treatment via…
Top Hospitals for LGBTQ+ Care
What is the Healthcare Equality Index (HEI) Survey? Last year, over 700 healthcare facilities participated in the Healthcare Equality Index (HEI) survey to help determine how the needs of the LGBTQ+ community are being served and identify what we in healthcare can do better to provide LGBTQ+ inclusive policies and practices. In 2020, healthcare institutions…
What is a Travel Nurse?
There are so many perks to travel nursing! The money, the freedom to choose when you work and when you take a break, exploring cool new locations, the added professional experiences and so many more reasons are why you should become a travel nurse. You’ll meet some amazing other nurses and learn a lot about…
How to Make the Most Money as a Travel Nurse
So many factors contribute to the income of a travel nurse. Variables like specialty, location, tax-free stipend eligibility, and housing situation can all have an effect on the take-home salary of a travel nurse. We’ve put together the ultimate guide to help you make the most as possible! Use Vivian! Vivian works with multiple agencies,…
Nurse of the Week: Tobe
Hello everyone. Meet our Nurse of the Week, Tobe! “I’ve been a nurse for 3 years now. Started my nursing career in the Midwest on a large and busy academic cardiac floor. After doing that for two years I took the jump into the world of travel nursing!” View this post on Instagram …
Top 8 LGBTQ+ Friendly Locations for Healthcare Workers
Celebrating Pride month means celebrating the freedom to be you, to be accepted, and to be PROUD of you who are. Pride is promoting dignity, self-affirmation, and equality for all regardless of sexuality. It’s a positive stance against discrimination and violence, and letting love guide you. To help celebrate diversity and inclusion, Vivian as compiled…
Your Questions About Vivian Health, Answered
Will you still be the best destination to find travel nurse jobs? Yes. Just like on NurseFly, we will have thousands of jobs from all the best staffing agencies with transparent pay data and unbiased employer reviews. Now, we have perm, per diem, and local contract in addition to travel. Why did you call it…
How to Choose Hospitals & Facilities Based on Your Career Goals
Understanding Different Hospital & Facility Categories or Classifications The word hospital is derived from the Latin word ‘hospes’, which means ‘guest or visitor’ and ‘someone who provides lodging or entertainment for a guest or visitor’ (also known as hospitality). The first hospital to provide treatment for medical conditions in the U.S., Pennsylvania Hospital, was founded…
Take a Break: Vivian Health & The Hoxton Host a Giveaway for Nurses
The Hoxton & Vivian Health are giving 50 lucky nurses a 2-night stay at one of the beautiful Hoxton hotels. For the last year, nurses have taken care of us. It’s time for us to give back to them. Vivian – Take a Break What is The Hoxton? The Hoxton is a series of open-house hotels inspired…
Nurse of the Week: Anthony
We are so excited to share that @anthonyswainnn is our Nurse of the Week! “Hey everyone! 👋🏻 I’m Anthony! Honored to be selected by Vivian to be one of the Nurses of the Week. Big shoutout to them! A little about me: I am a Med-Surg/Tele RN and I have worked about every type of medicine unit…
NurseFly is now Vivian Health
Today, NurseFly is changing its name to Vivian Health. We’re taking this leap because our vision goes beyond travel nursing. We want to make all kinds of healthcare jobs— permanent positions, per-diem, local contracts, and yes, travel jobs—work for all kinds of healthcare workers and the people who hire them. Healthcare professionals deserve better. In…
One-Year In: What’s Next for America’s Healthcare Workers
One year after COVID-19 ravaged our society and healthcare system, we surveyed our network of resilient healthcare professionals who have faced the pandemic head-on to see how they feel about the state of healthcare today. What we found was that while the virus may finally be slowing down and our healthcare facilities are returning back…
Top 5 Locations to Work in Healthcare
Working as a healthcare professionals can literally take you anywhere you want in this country. So, why not explore a new location? Nursing can be a flexible career, with the ability to change specialties and work environments there are plenty of options to choose where your career takes you. Below are some hotspots for healthcare…