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Everything you need to know about travel nursing including finding travel nursing companies, negotiating pay, taxes, travel nursing jobs, and more.

5 Ways Travel Nurses Can Stay Connected with Friends and Family from Afar

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Being a travel nurse is a high calling. You’re serving patients in areas that need you the most, at hospitals where your help is vital to continuing quality care. Not only that, but you’ve probably got the most exciting job out of anyone you know – jet-setting to new assignments every few months, site-seeing each new city’s main attractions while also getting to experience living like a local.

Even so, the sting of feeling disconnected from friends and family back home can hit travel nurses when they least expect it. In a world where technology can do just about anything, long distance bonds are more possible than ever. Here are a few ways for travel nurses to stay connected with friends and family from afar. Read more

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Top Travel Nursing Destinations for the Artsy Nurse

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Nursing is creative work. We problem solve, communicate constantly, and try our best to keep smiling while at the bedside. Work days sometimes feel like rehearsals as we go through our routine, perfecting our craft step by step. For travel assignments, I find myself looking for cities where I can easily explore new art forms. Checking out galleries and shows is my favorite way to get to know a new city. Below are some of my favorite cities with a thriving and active community of artists. Read more

Choosing the Best: What to Look for in Your Nurse Staffing Agency

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So you’re ready to be a traveling nurse? There is lots to consider, but of course, only one important aspect to focus on, where’s your next destination?! Making a difference with your professional, caring touch across the nation is a dream, and you shouldn’t have to focus on anything but that part of the journey. The trick to this? Finding a staffing agency who understands the journey, and will do everything they can to make it incredible. Read more

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The Best Travel Nursing Companies – 2018

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The best travel nursing agencies are highly sought after. That’s no surprise given that travel nursing companies provide services that can make or break a travel nurse’s experience. However, a litany of unique circumstances make it really difficult to determine the best travel nursing companies. So, we researched travel nursing company ratings and reviews from across the web. Then, we compiled all the data to bring you this list of the best travel nursing companies of 2018. Read more

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How To Evaluate Travel Nursing Pay Packages On Facebook

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Travel nursing pay packages are complicated. The fact that different recruiters quote their pay packages in different ways adds to the complexity. In fact, the variances make travel nursing pay packages so complicated that we’ve seen seasoned executives at healthcare staffing companies get confused by them. So, in this article, we’ll breakdown 8 different travel nursing pay packages from Facebook so you can approach pay quotes with confidence. Read more

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Is It Okay for Travel Nursing Companies to Pay Per Diems by the Hour?

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Tax-free reimbursements are one of the fundamental characteristics of travel nursing pay packages. Of course, the IRS has rules that companies must follow when they pay these tax-free reimbursements. Some industry tax experts say that tying tax-free reimbursements to hours worked is a violation of these rules. Meanwhile, most, if not all, travel nursing companies do just that. However, recent court cases bring the prevailing wisdom into question. In this article, we’ll take a closer look at the debate over whether employers tying tax-free reimbursements to hours is a violation of IRS guidelines. Read more

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How to Handle the Stress That Comes With Being a Travel Nurse

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As a nurse, you know there are many stressors that come with the job. Exposure to communicable illnesses, working long and demanding shifts and dealing with sometimes less than pleasant patients, just to name a few. When you take on a traveling assignment, though, you get the added pressure of learning the set procedures at your new facility and navigating through an unfamiliar city. Since April is Stress Awareness Month, we want to highlight the specific stressors that come with being a travel nurse and how to handle them to help you stay at the top of your game: Read more