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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
The United States Federal Communications Commission (FCC) made changes to rules regarding the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (TCPA) that will begin to take effect in January, 2025. These rule changes stand to have a sizeable impact on how businesses utilize automated phone calls and text messages to contact consumers. Everyone in the travel nursing industry knows that travel nursing agencies rely heavily on phone calls and text messages to reach travel nursing candidates. So, in this article, we’ll provide details on the FCC’s rule changes. Read more
The best travel nursing companies for 2024 are here! This year, we evaluated over 450 travel nursing agencies. To do so, we aggregated over 195,000 reviews from 5 of the top review sources. Then, we ran the scores through our transparent scoring system to determine the top 20 travel nursing agencies for 2024. Read more
