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Insights, Tips, and Stories for Healthcare Travelers

Career advice, pay guidance, and life-on-the-road wisdom from our team and the clinicians who make healthcare move.

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October 14, 2022

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Top Tips for Maintaining a Work-Life Balance as a Travel Nurse

Travel nursing offers many rewards and experiences. Being a travel nurse opens you up to new locations, people, patients and food.

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December 21, 2020

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Be Kind to Yourself to Start the New Year

Treat yourself to a new way to start off the year. New Year’s Resolutions are made and broken every year. Rather than setting yourself

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December 9, 2020

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Caring for Frontline Workers

COVID-19 is causing burnout in healthcare workers across the nation. It should not come as a surprise to anyone that COVID-19 is causing burnout

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October 22, 2020

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Flu Season is Coming Fast

The pandemic has a new partner on the scene – unpredictable flu season 2020 has been a year for new terms: coronavirus, COVID-19, and

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October 13, 2020

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Dealing with Stress at Work

Avoiding dealing with stress can cause longer term issues When work stress starts to creep in, it’s easy to try to ignore it and

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September 2, 2020

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5 Destressful Tips on Self Care

Working as a traveling clinician can be stressful. Some tips from experienced travel clinicians about how to destress when on the road.

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July 19, 2018

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Treat Yourself! 23 Ideas for an Amazing Summer of Self-Care as a Travel Nurse

Self-care will keep you healthy, reduce your stress levels, and give your mood a lift Nurses know about stress. Nursing is physically taxing, requires

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March 21, 2018

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7 Quick Ways for Travel Nurses to Beat Stress

Achieve a little relaxation and peace as a travel nurse You may love travel nursing and the benefits that it affords you — you

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October 29, 2017

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4 Exercises for Travel Nurses

It is important to take care of your body so you can continue to have a bright nursing future ahead of you As a

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October 27, 2017

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Travel Nursing Interview Series: Thomas Booth Talks About the Importance of Relationships While on the Road

With Yourself, Your Recruiter, and New Co-workers We sat down with some stellar travel nurses and asked them about the challenges and triumphs they’ve