Have you completed all the steps on your clinician profile with Nursa? Increase your visibility and showcase your competency to healthcare facilities and hospitals near you by ensuring you’ve completed these three essential steps.
Facilities are looking for nursing clinicians to fill vital staffing gaps in their schedules—and in some cases, you may be the only one available. But what about those hot PRN shifts that more than a few of you want? The more complete your profile is, the more you can stand out to be picked up for shifts.
3 Essential Steps for Nursa’s PRN Nursing Jobs
Remember, clinician profiles are open for facility administrators to review when determining their preferred candidate for a shift. In the app, you’re quickly prompted to verify your nursing license or nursing assistant certification to start browsing PRN jobs near you.
However, don’t forget about your other nursing credentials. There are three more crucial steps for you to take: Upload a government ID, your CPR/First Aid certification, and your COVID-19 vaccination card or exemption form.
1. Upload Your Government Identification Card
Any valid (aka not expired) government identification card is accepted for this step. This ID can be your driver’s license, a DMV-issued non-driver card (state ID), or your passport.
Why?
An ID assures facilities that you are who you say you are. Additionally, it is necessary documentation for Nursa to be able to complete your free background check, which is a requirement for picking up PRN shifts.
How?
You’ll want to take it out of your wallet because it’s best to take a photo of both the front and the back of the card. If you’re using your passport, open the passport book and take a picture of the page with your identifying information.
2. Upload Your CPR/First Aid Certification
For registered nurses and licensed practical nurses, this step is the appropriate placement for your Basic Life Support (BLS) and Advanced Cardiac Life Support (ACLS) certifications. If you have it, a Pediatric Advanced Life Support (PALS) certification is also appropriate here.
For certified nursing assistants, your Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) certification from the American Heart Association (AHA), the American Red Cross, or your local fire department should be uploaded here.
Why?
These basic certifications are typical requirements for any healthcare facility or hospital setting. Facility schedulers will appreciate confirming that you have kept these certifications current.
How?
When you take a picture of the certificate, ensure the title, certifying agency, and your name are clearly visible.
3. Upload Your COVID-19 Vaccination Card or Exemption Form
This step is for your COVID-19 vaccination card or your COVID-19 exemption form.
Why?
Nursa understands that the subject of nurse vaccine requirements and exemptions is controversial. Although OSHA withdrew its vaccination and testing emergency temporary standard (often referred to as the OSHA vaccine mandate) on January 25, 2022, it continues to encourage vaccination. Healthcare laws and immunization requirements vary by state, and many facilities want to see documentation of either vaccination or an exemption.
Vaccine exemptions are typically categorized as either religious or medical. Specific forms or examples for a religious or medical vaccination exemption letter may be found on your state’s health department website or by contacting your local health department clinic.
How?
When taking a photo of your vaccination card or a COVID-19 vaccination exemption form, please ensure the entire document is in the frame. If you are uploading an exemption, please upload under other credentials "COVID-19 Vaccine Exemption" and not essential credentials.
Benefits of Completing These 3 Essential Steps
Your clinician profile is your opportunity to make a positive and lasting first impression. Nursing clinicians using Nursa don’t have interviews; they request PRN shifts, and then the facility schedules the clinician they want. Your digital presence on the platform is your interview. Unfinished profiles simply don’t send the same message as complete and fleshed-out profiles. Consider the amount of attention to detail that you invest on a shift, and lend that same degree of attention and amount of time to your profile.
Furthermore, uploading these essential credentials ensures compliance with healthcare facilities.
Finish Your Nursa Profile
Are you missing one of these essential credentials on your profile? If so, it could be a barrier to your success as a PRN clinician. Facilities use Nursa to find nurses and nursing assistants, and they want to feel confident in the candidates they select to fill shifts. Make it easier for them—and you—by uploading a government identification card or passport, your CPR certifications, and your COVID vaccination card or exemption form. Log in to your Nursa profile now and put your best foot forward.
