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We all know that the on-going nursing shortage has created a lot of vacant nursing jobs.  This void has been addressed not only through travel nursing but also with per diem nursing as well as permanent staff “floating” to different units.  A commonly held myth developed in healthcare that assumed this use of temporary alliedsRead more

  In today’s healthcare environment, most travel nursing positions come with some form of competency testing to secure the travel nursing job. While there are many different forms of testing, this article will address PBDS testing or Performance Based Development System.  What Is The PBDS? The PBDS was designed by competency expert, Dr.  Dorothy del Bueno. TheRead more

Nurses in abundance In this third and final installment in the series, I will be discussing “The International Nurse”. With all due respect to our friends to the north (Canada) and other parts of the world, this discussion will focus primarily on nurses from the Philippines. They are – by far – the most abundantRead more