Staffing Agency Exploitation & The Six Figure Travel Nurse with Sarah Gaines

Get all your travel nursing questions answered in today’s jam-packed episode. Career Travel Nurse Sarah Gaines joins your hosts to discuss staffing agency exploitation, nurse pay caps, and the incredible benefits of being a travel nurse. She talks about starting The Six Figure Travel Nurse out of frustration, and how she transitioned to counselling nurses during the pandemic. She reads "the letter" led by Peter Welch and Morgan Griffith to the White House’s COIVD-19 response team, and breaks down the disinformation and assumptions that came from it. She explains that financial fluctuation is more volatile now because of coined, but crisis rates existed before and will exist after the pandemic. Sarah offers advice to nursing students who want to become a travel nurse, and to nurses thinking of making the jump. Plus, she debunks common travel nurse myths. Sarah also highlights the exploitation that has occurred in healthcare during this pandemic, and suggests attention should be on ratios, hospitals, or insurance companies, as opposed to agencies. 

To get more from Sarah and learn more about The Six Figure Travel Nurse, follow her on Instagram @sarah_gaines and @travelnursecourse or go to sarahgaines.com 

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