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Travel nurses are pros at leaving their current area and setting up in a new place, but even the most seasoned traveler might forget to pack essential items from time to time. To help keep you from the panic of leaving something behind, here are things you’ll need to keep ...

Wintertime is not only beautiful, it allows travel nurses to be active outdoors, enjoying activities like skiing and skating. But with all the fun activities associated with winter come a few challenges as well. If you dislike being shut inside the house under a blanket for months on end, you ...

Staying healthy as a travel nurse isn’t always as easy as it looks. Sure, your Instagram may be full of hiking photos or other active adventures you’ve chronicled, but extending that mindset to your diet can be difficult on the road. Here are a few tips as to how you ...

National Physical Therapy Month may not be a holiday, but that doesn't mean you can't give or receive gifts, right? While there are always the usual go-to-gifts for travel physical therapists, we wanted to give you some alternative gift options to choose from this year. So today, we’ve put our ...

In an ideal situation, the best way to recuperate after a 12-hour shift is to get some sleep. But we all know that we still have to face the reality of other responsibilities, preventing us from heading straight to bed after a long day. Nobody knows how tired feels like a ...

As travel nurses, we chose this career because in some way, shape, or form, our passion lays in dedicating ourselves to the care of others while leaving our comfort zone, ready to explore a new city and adapt a new culture. From medications, to knowledge, to compassion, to energy – our ...

National Book Lovers day is coming up on the 9th of August and we can't wait to share our recommendations to all the voracious readers of travel nursing! Take a break from Netflix and dust off your reading glasses. There are dozens of great books written especially for travel RNs ...

Battling Nurse Burnout As nursing professionals, we work long, difficult hours. We drive home exhausted to find spouse, children, pets, cluttered houses and friends awaiting our time and attention. Our needs and wants are frequently placed on the back burner for months and years at a time until we’re running on ...

Moving to a new city, even temporarily, can be equally discouraging as it is exciting. Many travel nurses find themselves combatting loneliness, endlessly searching for ways to feel a little more at home. Fear not! If you're currently away from home, family, and friends for your travel RN job, there ...

“May you find the balance of life, time for work but also time for play. Too much of one thing ends up creating stress that no one needs in their life.” -Catherine Pulsifer Travel nurses, in fact, nurses in general, and busy can go together perfectly in the same sentence. They ...