The PNG Solutions blog
Practical writing for nurses and allied health professionals on travel contracts, per diem work, night shifts, burnout and getting paid what the assignment is worth.
Nursing has one of the highest rates of musculoskeletal injury of any occupation. What the biomechanics research actually shows about safe lifting, and why technique alone is not enough.
What nurses actually use, sorted by budget, from someone who has watched a lot of gift mugs go unused. Includes the things to avoid buying.
Contract timing, the gap between assignments, self-scheduling on a new unit, and how to plan a year of travel without ending up broke in February.
The questions that separate a recruiter who will look after you from one working a quota. Pay breakdown, float language, cancellation terms and who you call at 2am.
Tax homes, blended pay rates, float policies, licensure timelines and cancellation clauses. The five things that determine whether a first contract goes well.
How per diem work actually functions, what the higher rate is compensating for, and how to walk onto an unfamiliar unit and be useful within the hour.
Travel interviews are short, often fifteen minutes by phone, and frequently end in an offer the same day. What managers are screening for and what you need to establish before you hang up.
Five warm states with genuine winter demand for travel nurses, plus the licensure and cost of living details that decide whether a contract is actually worth taking.
How to buy shoes for twelve hours on hard floors: arch type, fit timing, when to replace them, and why the most recommended brand is often the wrong one for your foot.
Per diem gives you control over your schedule and then quietly takes it back through cancellations and income anxiety. How to hold onto the flexibility you took the job for.
