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Social media sites like Facebook, Youtube, Twitter, Pinterest, and LinkedIn has grown in popularity over the last several years. In fact, in today’s society, they’re about as ubiquitous as cell phones. Practically everyone in the world is connected to one form of social media or another. But aside from sharing ...

Christmas is just around the corner. As such, millions of professionals will take a holiday break from work to spend time with their families. Unfortunately, the holidays can be difficult for travel nurses because not only will many of them have to work on Christmas or New Year’s but they ...

Thanksgiving is fast approaching and many travel nurses won’t be able to join their family on turkey day. Being a travel nurse on Thanksgiving, or any holiday really, can be a challenge. The loneliness that one normally feels on a regular day somehow gets magnified on holidays if you’re not ...

With the recent release of the fourth generation iPad and the much-publicized iPad Mini, more and more travel therapists are utilizing the Apple device not only for daily living but also for clinical work. No surprise there since there are hundreds, if not thousands, of apps in the Apple Store ...

In general, nurses take their job seriously. They are passionate about taking care of patients and living up to their fullest potential in the workplace. Travel nurses in particular are exceptional employees.  Their patients, superiors and coworkers expect nothing less. As such, because nurses work hard, they deserve to play ...

Remember when you were in nursing school and managing a career seemed like something that had nothing to do with you. In fact, careers and job prospects are things that “real” adults needed to do, not you. Then, of course, you graduated and took on travel assignments. Suddenly, you found yourself ...

Everyone has bad days. That’s just part of working for a living. Travel therapists may find that they get more bad days than most because adjusting to a new assignment every few months adds to the stress level. There's the moving factor. They have to learn to constantly build new ...

Working the night shift is not the easiest thing in the world. True, many travel nurses choose to work at night because of its advantages. The night shift, for instance, has differential pay, offers a more laid-back work situation, and gives travel nurses the opportunity to use their days for ...