A travel nurse plays a critical role in the healthcare system. They provide important support for patients and other medical professionals. In addition, travel nurses have a unique job to fill in the medical field and one that allows for a great impact!
Here are awesome ways to have an impact as a travel nurse.
Support the medical facility’s core staff
You will only be at one facility for a very finite amount of time. Leaving a long-lasting impact on the staff is an amazing goal to have. Going above and beyond patient care by filling the role you are hired to do and then some will surely leave a positive impression.
Be the patient advocate
Of course, you want what’s best for the patient. But as a traveling nurse, you’ve probably seen really great processes and procedures, and maybe some not-so-good ones. This is an opportunity to bring what you’ve seen done at other facilities and recommend them to others, as needed.
Your expertise is impactful and can change the delivery and speed of care to patients. That matters!
Lead first
One way to have an impact as a travel nurse is to have a leadership mindset (no matter the position you have at the medical facility). Having a positive attitude, willingness to help, and give advice when warranted are keys to being a successful leader.
Taking a proactive approach to solving problems will help create a long-lasting impact during your nursing assignment.
Be more than a number
To invest yourself in a new role at a new facility (routinely!) takes a certain personality. So since you have that, you also have the unique ability to provide top-notch care. Showing peers and colleagues that you will go above and beyond no matter what is appreciated everywhere. It’s one way you can have an impact on other health care professionals – and perhaps even inspire them to do better in the process.
Educate and change lives
Improving the patient outcome is the goal and providing top-quality care along the way is important. But there’s also room for educating the patient on how to improve for themselves long after their immediate health care needs are addressed. Being a patient advocate for right now – and the future – through insight and education can influence the outcome of the patient’s life.
As a travel nurse, you have a unique ability to impact people from all over facing all types of challenges. Are you up for it?
