Travel nursing can feel like a bit of a scavenger hunt when it comes to finding resources. The industry still resembles the Wild West in certain ways. This can make getting started very tedious and difficult. Here are a few services I wish I knew about when I was...

Before Your Assignment You’ll need to do a few things before your assignment, which actually are the most important. You know your pet best! Are they really fit for traveling? Do they have high anxiety with change to their routine? Would talking to your vet help?...

Travel nursing is more fun if you can bring your loved one along. This isn't an easy option for most couples.  Not many jobs are as nomadic as travel nursing, and that generally requires the spouse or significant other to quit their job entirely to join the travel...

Life is unpredictable. The nomadic life of travel nurses adds even more chaos to this. At some point in your career, you will likely need to end a contract early for one reason or another.  There is a right way and a wrong way, use these tips to leave a contract...

With a third wave of COVID looking more and more likely, it's more important than ever that you know how to get the most out of these crisis assignments. I was shocked at how many nurses were leaving thousands of dollars PER WEEK on the table because they had not...

Travel nursing has been absolutely life changing for my wife and I, allowing us to pay off $108,000 in personal debt in a little under 8 months. We have seen beautiful places, laid on the beach, hiked in the mountains, and visited entirely too many craft breweries....

One silver lining in the disaster that has been COVID is that nurses are being paid an unprecedented amount of money for their expertise. In general, travel nurses are making 2-4x during covid. Are you making this money work for you? Has your lifestyle inflated and...

All too often when I am on contract, I hear travelers speak in very couched terms trying to gauge what type of pay other travelers are getting for doing the same job. I have been shocked to find that the pay disparity among travelers can be enormous. I have created...

I know the very title of this post put some of you on edge. I can hear you now, “How does a physician know what makes a good nurse??” The truth? Healthcare is a team effort. Solid communication and mutual respect creates the best outcome for your patient. So out of...