Travel Evolved

Being a traveling healthcare professional is absolutely one of the hardest careers anyone can choose.  There are so many variables that can affect the success of each and every assignment you undertake.  On today's episode, Mark delves in to the infinite number of reasons a traveler should NOT beat themselves up every time one of those assignments doesn't go quite as planned.  Every...

Mark has trained literally hundreds of recruiters in his career.  On today's episode, he openly dicusses what much of that training entails and how recruiters are taught to wotk with, help, and of course book travelers for their agency, all for that beloved commission that they receive when a traveler signs with them and their agency.  It's quite remarkable the process that mot go throug...

On today's episode, Mark goes full-cycle on all the elements that would allow for a healthy lifestyle, while traveling.  This is such an important part of being a successful traveler that we wanted to dedicate an entire episode on how hard it is and how imprtant it is to maintain a healthy lifestyle while working so far away from how.  The difficulties of finding time to ecercise, the ch...

On today's episode, Mark discusses the impact and importance of credentialing or "onboarding."  It has become such a large part of the travel process that we felt it would benefit "Travel Evolved" as a stand-alone episode.  Once you secure an assignment, it's extremely important that you get thrugh this process to make sure you start on time and that your assignment isn't "pushed" or can...

On today's episode, Mark does his best to discuss the benefits of having spiritual health and how muchit adds to your life and to your overall "travel health."  He talks about mind, body and spirit and how having a balance of those 3 aspects can be a great benefit.  www.facebook.com/groups/travelevolved #rn #nurse #travelnurse #travelnursing #travelrn #travelnurselife #travelnursetips #t...

On today's episode Mark gives you his reaasons that he believes makes "travel" both a wonderful decision and also one that he believes isn't for every healthcare provider.  The decision to start this lifestyle is certianly one that he thinks shouldbe heavily considered before jumping head-first into a travel career.  A really great episode for new travelers and veterans alike. #rn #nurse...

On today's episode of "Travel Evolved," Mark does his best to "walk" candidates through many of the "items" that are often incuded in an agency contract.  He openly discusses how an assignment contract is ALWAYS written for the benefit of the agency and very little is done to protect te traveler.  Cancellation clauses, fines, pay details, (and many pay details that are ommited) and recru...

On today's episode of "Travel Evolved" Mark takes a deep-dive into what truly is at the core of a travel agency's goals?  How is it that one agency sets out to differentialte themselves from the rest of the pack and, (of course besides making as much money as possible) what is thier true goal when it comes to "selling" you on them over all other agencies?  A really great episode! www.fac...

On today's episode Mark tackles issues some travelers find themselves with regard to their state licenses. It's a topic that almost every traveler has seen with fellow travelers and healthcare professionals and "Travel Evolved" wouldn't be a complete series without an open discussion on this topic. facebook.com/groups/travelevolved #nurse #rn #travelnurse #travelnursing #travelnurselife #travelnur...

On today's episode, Mark delves into medical, dental, life, vision, and liability insurance for the traveling healthcare professional.  It is an area that has a lot of wrinkles and options to it and one that most travelers often times don't truly consider when looking at their agencies complete offer. A very important episode to listen to/watch!  www.facebook.com/groups/travelevolved #tr...

On today's episode Mark discusses the importance of becoming a "mentor" to another traveler in order to help get them through "the learning curve" faster for the overall betterment of the healthcare travel industry.  Overall improvement in the full understanding of the cycle of being a healthcare traveler can improve the experience, and hold both agencies and facilities at a higher accountabi...

On today's episode, Mark welcomes Dr. Mary Mitchell into the studio for a very introsective look at ways to remain happy during times in your life when things seem pretty tough.  Dr. Mitchell has spend a career in helping people define hapiness and most recently has worked with prison inmates that are living and surving in extremely difficuly enviornments.  The two openly discuss of to v...

On today's episode, Mark takes a very deep-dive into recruiting and why the complete concept of having a recruiter has become obsolite in healthcare staffing.  Having trained thousands of recruiters in his career, and of course overseeing many recruiting departments, he provides an unique and unknown perspective tat many travelers are unaware of, highlighting exactly why technology is and wil...

On today's episode, Mark gives some quick suggestions on some things that many travelers have told him they bring to an assignment.  Many of these are simply there as reminders, while others are some things you may not have thought about.  He also delves into once again, the current market this fall and how things are shaping up for the remainder of the year. #travelevolved #travelrn #tr...

On today's episode, Mark covers what facilities do and what they don't allow us agencies to bill for.  Many travelers don't often know exactly how a traveler agency partnership is structured with regard to what we can bill for. Mark believes this is one of those small, but important pieces of information that can really help the communication between traveler and travel agency, if all "cards...

On today's episode, Mark covers all the types of "crisis staffing" that often include very high pay rates.  What are the risks for a traveler, however?  He openly discusses Strikes, natural disasters, system conversions, and even the "pandemic" that had so many healthcare providers entering the travel system.  A very timely episode that will give you some good things to consider whe...

On today's episode, Mark openly discusses some "myths,” that many travelers often ask him about, and many that we see on social media.  This episode hopefully dispels the inaccuracies that many have within our industry to help move everyone forward on the issues that truly exist and those that can legitimately be corrected.  A great episode that will hopefully move our industry forward a...

On today's episode, Mark discusses his take on the amount of "trust" each of the 3 sides of our business have in each other.  This industry relies on each other for transparency, honesty, and commitment.  When one of those sides isn't holding up their end of the bargain, the whole assignment collapses.  This episode hopefully, helps travelers to have a better understanding of what t...

Let's all take just a moment to be thankful for what this wonderfuly unique industry offers all of us.  On today's episode we openly dicsuss "gratitide" and what a traveler, agencies, vendors and facilities can all be thankful for in these unique times in healthcare travel.  This is a great episode to listen to/watch frequently when we all forget how blessed we are to be abe to do what w...

On today's episode, we openly discuss what it means to be "black-balled" by an agency, a facility, or even an entire vendor or hospital system.  What does it mean to you careerd, your marketability anfd how do these entities etermine who is "black-balled" under what circumstances.  Yet another topic that nobody want to, or is willing to openly discuss and it's one that is more important...

We do our best to focus on the actual interview process that can either make or break the "deal" on your dream assignment.  With competition being o fierce out there right now, Mark spends this episode focusing on things that can help push the manager to offer YOU, (the Travel Evolved Trained Traveler) the position, over all of your similar competition.  A good episode to help get you th...

On today's episode, we discuss facebook "groups" and how they have evolved since they started becoming an integral part of the healthcare travel recruiting process.  Mark goes into some detail on the history of "groups" and what they were origionally intended for. He also discuss how many travelers find "groups" to be a great way to find your next assignment, all while keeping many of the unw...

We cover the unique and diverse travel state of California on today's episode.  California, after all has historically been a much sought-after location and has a history of supplemental needs that goes back to the beginnings of healthcare travel.  Mark covers the overtime law, the different aspects and the challenging costs of living in the great state of California. #californiatravelrn...

On today's episode, Mark discusses all the benefits, (and a few negatives) on the idea of using an RV for travel and housing as you continue on this great career-choice you have made.  What are some things to watch out for?  What are the housing tax implications?  How do I best utilize an RV as a traveling healthcare professional?  A really great topic for the current state of...

It's a shame that we actually had to do an episode dedicated to the "bullying" that seems to go hand-in-hand with being a healthcare traveler often times, but yet... here we are.  On today's episode, we cover this topic that seems to be rarely spoken about on social media, but is one of the most common complaints or "cons" that travelers have.  Mark discusses to root causes of bullying a...