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In the final installment of our 3-part series on travel nursing job boards, we uncover the dark underbelly of the job board industry. From misleading advertising tactics to outright fraud, Kyle walks you through the shady practices that job seekers—especially travel nurses—must look out for when searching for jobs online. Read more
Google has dramatically increased its use of AI Overviews since first launching the feature in May of 2024. This despite the fact that researchers studying Generative AI report hallucination rates as high as 82% on certain topics. Therefore, I thought it would be a good idea to check in on how AI Overviews are performing on the topic of travel nursing. What I found was astonishingly alarming. Read more
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Welcome back to The Truth About Travel Nursing Podcast with your host, Kyle Schmidt! In Episode 43, we dive deep into an often-overlooked but critically important topic: the different types of job boards used in the travel nursing industry—and how understanding them can make or break your job search. Read more
The best travel nursing companies for 2025 are here! We evaluated over 480 healthcare staffing agencies for this year’s list. To do so, we aggregated over 210,000 reviews from 5 leading online review sources. Then, we used our transparent scoring system to calculate an aggregate score for each company. Finally, we manually assessed the reviews of the top scoring companies to ensure legitimacy and accuracy. The result is this list of the top 20 travel nursing agencies of 2025. Read more
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In Episode 41 of The Truth About Travel Nursing Podcast, host Kyle Schmidt lifts the curtain on one of the most misunderstood and often frustrating aspects of the travel healthcare world: job postings. Read more
Studies indicate that over 60% of registered nurses report burnout. You can make a fair argument that travel nurses are registered nurses facing additional stress factors. So, in this article, we’ll review the additional stressors the travel nurses face and discuss some methods and tips for decompressing to reduce stress and avoid burnout as a travel nurse. Read more
I’ve learned a lot about job boards since launching the travel healthcare job board on BluePipes over 5 years ago. For example, I’ve learned many of the traps that other job boards use to get job seekers to unwittingly do things they wouldn’t otherwise do if they only knew what was really going on. So, in this article, I’ll share 12 job board tips and traps that travel nurses ought to know about. Read more
