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

Thinking About Travel Healthcare? 8 Questions to Ask Before Making the Leap
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September 14, 2026
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Thinking About Travel Healthcare? 8 Questions to Ask Before Making the Leap

If you’ve found yourself browsing travel healthcare jobs, talking with coworkers about traveling, or wondering what it would be like to take an assignment

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New Year, New Meals: Prep Like a Pro, Healthcare Edition
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January 14, 2025
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New Year, New Meals: Prep Like a Pro, Healthcare Edition

New year, new you… and hopefully, new habits that don’t involve scarfing down vending machine chips between shifts! We know your schedule is no
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New Year, Same You
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January 8, 2025
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New Year, Same You

No matter your occupation, nurse, physical therapist, or something completely nonclinical we can all relate to overreaching New Year’s resolutions. Every New Year, we
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Gifts for Healthcare Traveling Minimalists
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November 27, 2024
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Gifts for Healthcare Traveling Minimalists

What do you give the ultimate giver? Holiday gifting is already tricky, but finding the perfect gift for someone always on the go –
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Escape the Grind: Top 10 Books for a Mental Vacay
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November 20, 2024
9 min read

Escape the Grind: Top 10 Books for a Mental Vacay

You’ve slayed the day’s dragons–tamed the chaos, conquered tasks, and survived another shift. Now it’s time to leave the real world behind. These 10
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Top Organizational Packing Tips & Tricks For Your Next Assignment
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October 23, 2024
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Top Organizational Packing Tips & Tricks For Your Next Assignment

Packing for a travel assignment can feel overwhelming, especially when you’re juggling work, life, and relocating to a new city. But don’t worry! TotalMed
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Dealing with Stress at Work
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October 13, 2020
2 min read

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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Relating to Your Manager
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October 13, 2020
2 min read

Relating to Your Manager

A key component to that is making sure you are “managing up” when you are on assignment Everyone knows that it is important to

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5 Destressful Tips on Self Care
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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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13 Ways to Prevent Aches and Pains When You’re Travel Nursing
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September 17, 2018
5 min read

13 Ways to Prevent Aches and Pains When You’re Travel Nursing

There’s no question about it — the work of a travel nurse is physically taxing Your poor feet! Your aching back! There’s no question

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15 Slow Burning Foods to Keep You Fueled for Your 12-Hour Travel Nursing Shift
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August 26, 2018
5 min read

15 Slow Burning Foods to Keep You Fueled for Your 12-Hour Travel Nursing Shift

As a travel nurse, you’re accustomed to dealing with unexpected interruptions in your schedule As a travel nurse, you’re accustomed to dealing with unexpected

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Comfort Food for Travel Nurses
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October 15, 2017
2 min read

Comfort Food for Travel Nurses

Here are some comfort food recipes for travel nurses It’s fall time and the leaves are finally turning colors! Time to pull out your

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3 ways to improve your Strength
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June 4, 2017
3 min read

3 ways to improve your Strength

Being a nurse requires both emotional and physical strength. In the video above, Edgar Mendoza, talks about what is required to have emotional strength.

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