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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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travel nurse stories
Traveler Stories
March 3, 2011
12 min read

Travel Nurse Stories: The “Terminally Shy” Nurse

Meet Kathleen Wolgemuth, RN My name is Kathleen Wolgemuth, a travel nurse, cowboy, fencer, and creative writer. This is my story. I became a

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travel nurse chaplain program
Press Releases
December 30, 2010
2 min read

TotalMed Introduces Chaplain Assistance Program

At TotalMed, we are committed to becoming the best travel nurse agency in the industry by providing the best experience for every nurse, on

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travel nurse stories
Traveler Stories
December 3, 2010
5 min read

Travel Nurse Stories: First Time Out on My Own

Meet Saurahnee Phillips, RN Saurahnee Phillips has been an RN for 19 years, and a travel ER RN on and off since 2005. Her

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Traveler Stories
October 3, 2010
3 min read

Travel Nurse Stories: With Change Comes Adventure

Meet Kristen Olla, RN Kristen Olla became a travel nurse because she wanted to experience winter outside of Wisconsin. She was growing weary of

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travel nurse stories
Traveler Stories
September 5, 2010
4 min read

Travel Nurse Stories: From Rodeo Clown to RN

Meet Jim Vantrease, RN Travel nurse Jim Vantrease knows his way around an operating room. He was a scrub tech for 10 years and

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Traveler Stories
August 3, 2010
10 min read

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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travel nurse agency news
Press Releases
May 28, 2010
3 min read

Missouri to Become Part of Nurse Licensure Compact

At TotalMed, we are committed to becoming the best travel nurse agency in the industry by providing the best experience for every nurse, on

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travel nurse stories
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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travel nurse stories
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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travel nurse stories
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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