reference letters for ER travel

[llw1066]

Hi all,

I'm set to leave my beloved ER job where I've worked for two years because my family needs to relocate (need to be closer to my elderly mom). So I've decided to travel in the area where she lives.

Two charge nurses and two ER docs have agreed to act as references for me, the only thing is they want me to write the letters because they are too busy.

I've found a few sample RN reference letters online but they are not specific to travel ER nursing. So my question is, what bullet points do you think I absolute need to include in these reference letters I'll be writing for myself?

[NedRN]

Really, they need to write them. Their perspective is more objective than yours which is the whole point of the exercise. If that can't work (how did it happen they all came up with this way of having you do it?), I would suggest talking to each one for a few minutes and getting their bullet lists of your strengths. Then you can expand that into a letter. You may want to make drafts and have a different person write each one so they don't sound like they were written by the same person.

[llw1066]

Thanks, the idea for me getting their bullet points and then expanding them into a letter worked well.