HealthCare Staffing Network - Blog with Janet Fikany

When a Generalist is a Specialist

2008-10-21T12:47:00.005-06:00

I recently sent an email asking about some of the hospitals where travelers have worked, and which hospitals are favorable and open to independent relationships with mid-size companies like us - HSN. I got some wonderful responses, and there was an undercurrent of courtesy and kindness- of travelers wanting to help us generate contracts - it assures me that at least, even if I haven’t worked with

Travels With Oscar - From Gwen

2008-08-29T15:18:00.003-06:00

As I head on down the road, following the afternoon sun west all the way into the foothills of the Rockies…I thought I would take a few minutes to reflect on my three months in the prairielands, the heartland, the wheat fields, the mid-continent (as the airport so proudly is named) and finally, the bible belt state of Kansas. When I first arrived the wheat fields were tall golden stalks swaying

The Good, The Okay, and The Ugly

2008-07-18T09:09:00.005-06:00

HealthCare Staffing Network on the State of Today's HealthCare Travel Industry----------------------------------------------------------------Hi Again! Has anyone ever seen the movie called "Death Becomes Her"?Meryl Streep's character, in search of youth everlasting, seeks out a mysterious woman through the grapevine of the privileged few, by invitation only. She's given a serum to drink by

Allied and Rehab Healthcare Travel with HSN

2008-06-23T09:34:00.003-06:00

I just wanted to talk today about Allied and Rehab travel. Over the years, we've managed to really gain a favorable presence in the industry of RN travel. But did you know, HSN also caters to other healthcare professionals? The projections for rehab and allied travel are impressive, to say the least. Every day we have a long and growing list of many assignments for PT and PTA, OT and COTA,

Healthcare Traveler Magazine Article this May!

2008-05-12T14:37:00.004-06:00

May 2008 was an exciting month for Healthcare Staffing Network, because the experiences of one of our wonderful travelers, Lori Moretti, were chronicled in their feature article called "Cardiac Care - At the heart of many travelers' careers". Wow, Lori! Way to be in the industry-leading magazine for travel nurses!Lori has been a nurse for 13 years, and she has spent the last three years in

Software Scenario for HSN Travelers and Recruiters

2008-04-25T08:21:00.002-06:00

"Growing Pains" - Sometimes things get a little worse before they get better-- sort of like cleaning your house. In light of that, we just had a database upgrade (boy, did we ever!).. Our CEO said it was like the cartoon where Custer's in battle and telling someone, "Not now! There's no time!", as a "salesperson" or whoever he was, walks away with a suitcase in which there was a gatling gun he

We'll Miss Geoff Chatham in HealthCare Travel

2008-04-16T14:59:00.000-06:00

I've been working with Geoff Chatham on and off for years now, and watched him help develop the recruiting side of HealthCare Staffing Network and then become our Business Development Manager.During that time, we can proudly say that he's been a key reason that HSN has become a small, but mighty, industry leader within RN and Allied Healthcare Travel. He has contributed so much to branding us

The heart of the matter

2008-04-10T15:23:00.000-06:00

There's no question that the scope of the nursing and healthcare profession is increasingly transitional these days, and the end to that isn't in sight. Even though there's the obvious shortage of nurses and nurse/health profession travelers, the more important issue, I think, is that the demands- especially to travelers- just seem to pile on, and flexibility is very key, to the point of

Hamsters and Travel Nurse Recruiting

2008-04-04T08:13:00.000-06:00

Good morning! Well, it's another day here at HSN, and it feels like-- well, here's an analogy I like to use. I remember one day when I was in a hurry to take my baby hamsters to a pet store, and the top accidentally came off of their cage, so I suddenly had all these little baby hamsters running in every direction while I chased them around trying to scoop them up and get them back into one

HSN's First Blog!

2008-04-03T15:21:00.000-06:00

Travel Nurse… Travel Allied Health Professional… Travel Physical Therapist... There, I said it! And I’ll say more…Mobile nurse… Travel RN... American-mobile nurse... Mobile- Healthcare Travel… Not done yet. That was just a searchable string of words that brought you to me, and this is my first blog for