Travel nursing has nothing to do with a nurse being employed by a transportation company nor does it mean a nurse doing her duties while on a mode of transportation. A travel nurse is an RN who works to fill in vacancies in different medical institutions. It allows a registered nurse a career choice of short-term positions across the country, serving different hospitals. This job is in demand and most hospitals are willing to pay a hefty salary for a nurse to fill in a vacancy until a permanent replacement is found.
Travel nursing used to be an exclusive practice in the US. Today, travel nursing in Saudi Arabia is gaining popularity as the demand for highly qualified registered [...] Continue Reading…
Saudi Arabia is the biggest country of the Arabian Peninsula. Its capital is Riyadh with a population of close to 5 million out of 29 million of the total population of the country. Saudi Arabia has its first oil boom in the 1980s. The sudden surge in terms of job opportunities and therefore population, led the country to quickly build facilities for the housing and medical needs of its new labor force. Currently, 23% of its population is foreigners and migrants working in different capacities and cities in the country.
The rise of humongous hospitals all over the Saudi Arabia brought on wave after wave of foreign health workers and health providers. Registered nurses and doctors were and still [...] Continue Reading…
When asked about nursing and healthcare, many people perceive it to be something like a Florence Nightingale position – complete with nursing cap and clipboard. Many women (and some men) aspire to this vision by way of becoming a Registered Nurse (RN) or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN).
The easiest and certainly the best way towards becoming an RN or LPN is to first achieve a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) status. Becoming a CNA enables one to be trained in the basic aspects of patient care. Some RN or LPN training programs actually require students to be CNA’s first, as they possess the basic knowledge and experience necessary for becoming an RN or LPN in the future. [...] Continue Reading…