Although many Americans dedicate most of their career working to a single employer, it is fair to say that career moves are changing and the employer devotion is becoming rare, specially in the private sector. Based on statistics, the average, the U.S. job length is only about three-and-a-half years.
Healthcare professionals might shift roles in their profession as they can advance into management positions. Or nurses may leap into a new branch of their career without the need of any extra training, such as a travel nursing career or Corporate Nurse Career.
Here is some information that makes for easy transition, from a traditional nurse job to a different setting:
Travel Nurses
Experienced nurses don’t need to jump in to new career, as many other professionals do along with training, at mid-life for a career that reflects their true passions. As a matter of fact, many aging nurses decide to take on travel nurse jobs because they wish to continue working and want life enhancing benefits such as flexible schedules, education incentives, retirement plans and three day work weeks. So, healthcare professionals are the lucky ones when you hear that about seven in ten Americans admit that they'd change jobs tomorrow if only they could.
Well, they can by getting new training, but nurses can have a travel nursing career that offers scheduling flexibility, allowing them to travel the country without slowing down and making money while doing it. Some employers, such as American Traveler, 50 States Staffing, or Travel Force Staffing will even reimburse travel nurses on assignment for their unlimited CEU classes to help them stay updated with licenses and any other needed career training.
Clinical Coordinators
Clinical Coordinators often begin their careers as floor nurses. Nurses earn good wages and have plenty of job options from which to choose. But some either burn out from stress or want to earn more as health care managers; being a Clinical Coordinator is a welcome career change for tried RNs. Many nurses choose this career path when the physical demands of hospital nursing become heavy. A combination of long hours, health conditions, advancing middle age, or family needs often are responsible for nurses working in a hospital setting to transition their skills and experience to a rewarding nursing career in the corporate world.
Read about Deb Bacurin and how she transitioned from a hospital nurse job to a Clinical Coordinator.