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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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Traveler Stories
August 3, 2010
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Travel Nurse Stories: I May Wander, But I’m Not Lost

Meet Linda Lou Weaver, RN Linda Lou Weaver has been an RN for 37 years, but for six years now she has been living

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Traveler Stories
June 3, 2010
4 min read

Travel Nurse Stories: From Mexican Life Flight to TotalMed

Meet Annemarie Murray, RN Adventurous, that’s how people describe me. I’ve been a registered nurse for 31 years with over 13 of those dedicated

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Traveler Stories
May 5, 2010
4 min read

Travel Nurse Stories: Not One Snag or Glitch So Far

Meet Cynthia Downing, RN I’ve been a registered nurse for four years. Then recently I had a life-changing event when my daughter decided to

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Traveler Stories
April 3, 2010
6 min read

Travel Nurse Stories: Rediscovery After Widowhood

Meet Janet Gowen, RN After working as a registered nurse for 33 years, I decided I wanted to retire from my staff position in

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Traveler Stories
March 6, 2010
3 min read

Travel Nurse Stories: Across America with Wheezer

Meet Melodie Jean Horak, RN I’ve been a nurse for more than fourteen years, a registered nurse for over eight years, and a travel

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Traveler Stories
February 3, 2010
5 min read

Travel Nurse Stories: The World’s Largest Medical Center

Meet Margaret “Peggy” Burke, RN I have been a registered nurse since 1987 and first became intrigued by the idea of travel nursing when

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Traveler Stories
December 1, 2009
2 min read

Carol Guillory is the 2009 TNAA Traveler of the Year

Congratulations, Carol Guillory! Travel Nurse Across America is pleased to announce that Carol Guillory has been selected as our 2009 Traveler of the Year.

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Saying Goodbye is the Hardest Part
Traveler Stories
October 3, 2008
3 min read

Travel Nurse Stories: Saying Goodbye is the Hardest Part

Meet Ruth Ann Runyon, RN For Ruth Ann Runyon, RN, travel nursing is all about the people you meet along the way. When asked

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The Grass Isn’t Always Greener
Traveler Stories
September 3, 2008
4 min read

Travel Nurse Stories: The Grass Isn’t Always Greener

Meet Pat O’Connell, RN Pat O’Connell decided to travel after her children graduated college. “They were doing their own thing, so I was ready

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The Healing Process for Patients
Traveler Stories
August 5, 2008
2 min read

Travel Nurse Stories: The Healing Process for Patients

Meet Gina Koone, RN I have been traveling for a year with TotalMed. I first heard of TotalMed through a friend. I talked with

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Fourteen Assignments and Counting
Traveler Stories
July 6, 2008
6 min read

Travel Nurse Stories: Fourteen Assignments and Counting

Catching Up with Annie Athmer, RN Annie Athmer says she has the coolest job ever. As a TELE RN who has traveled with TotalMed

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Salsa, Swing Dance, and Fireworks
Traveler Stories
April 3, 2008
3 min read

Travel Nurse Stories: Salsa, Swing Dance, and Fireworks

Meet Sue Collins and Karen Finney, RNs Travel Nurse Across America has proudly chosen Karen Finney and Sue Collins (aka “Thelma and Louise”) as

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