New Federal Student Loan Limits Explained: What Nurses and Healthcare Professionals Need to Know

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The U.S. Department of Education (ED) is currently in the process of revising its existing regulatory framework in an effort to comply with new federal student loan limits contained in the Republicans’ “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” (OBBA). Under ED’s current proposal, many healthcare fields, including nursing, would not qualify for the new maximum borrowing limits for graduate studies. In this article, I’ll provide a detailed overview of this issue with a focus on nursing and other healthcare professionals. Read more

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TTATN 45: What Travel Nurses Ought to Know About the New TCPA Rules

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In this episode of The Truth About Travel Nursing Podcast, host Kyle Schmidt breaks down the recent changes to the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) and what they mean for travel nurses. With aggressive new rules from the FCC taking effect in 2025, travel healthcare professionals may finally have tools to combat the flood of unsolicited calls and texts from staffing agencies and job boards. Read more

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TTATN 44: Job Board Traps Travel Nurses Should Watch Out For

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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

How Google’s AI Overview Spreads Misinformation About Travel Nursing

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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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TTATN 43: The 3 Different Types of Job Boards for Travel Nurses

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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

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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