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Program Information
The VA Travel Nurse Corps Program (TNC) is a VA operated internal pool of Registered Nurses available for temporary short term assignments at VA Medical Centers throughout the country. The VA TNC is a three-year pilot operated under the leadership of the VA Network 18 Director. The goals of the program are to maintain high standards of patient care quality and safety; reduce the use of outside supplemental staffing, improve recruitment of new nurses into the VA system; improve retention by decreasing turnover of newly recruited nurses, provide alternatives for experienced nurses considering leaving the VA system; and to establish a potential pool of Registered Nurses for national emergency preparedness efforts. The VA Travel Nurse Corps Program may also serve as a model for an expanded multidisciplinary VA travel corps.
TNC RNs will be selected from the VA and from the private sector. TNC RNs will be assigned to interested facilities throughout VHA. Assignment lengths will be flexible to meet facilities' varying needs. RNs selected for the program will be appointed as intermittent nurses. These intermittent nurses will be paid for the time they work and receive travel, lodging, meals and incidental expenses competitive with the private sector and in accordance with VA regulations. Nurses new to VA will receive training on the special needs of Veterans, VA procedures and policies, the computerized patient record system, bar coded medication administration, emergency response training/certification, and the VA health care system in general. Program sites for staffing assignments will begin on a small scale, with expansion as appropriate.
The administrative staff of the VA Travel Nurse Corps Program are Jacqueline (Jacque) Jackson, RN, MS, MBA, Director; Debra Schulz, BS, Human Resource Nurse Recruiter; and Naesha Fleming, Program Support Assistant. The home base for the administrative staff is Network 18, VAMC Phoenix. Contact can be made to the VA Travel Nurse Corps Program (TNC) at TravelNurse@va.gov or telephone 602-200-2398. Questions? Check out our Frequently Asked Questions or Contact Us.
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