Posts by TotalMed Team
How to Do Your Travel Nurse Taxes in 2020: An Interview with Joseph Smith, Founder of TravelTax
In this interview, Joseph Smith, the founder of TravelTax, discusses the unique tax challenges for travel healthcare professionals in 2020, best tax practices, and ways to maximize your earnings. What’s new this year that everyone should pay attention to? For an update of COVID-19 tax information, please visit Joseph’s YouTube tutorial. The tax deadline has…
Read More3 Travel Nursing Tax Hacks to Ease Your Mind Before April
Don’t wait until March to get your finances in order for tax day. Here are 3 travel nursing tax hacks to get you prepared — before April. 1. Get organized. Set up an organizational system that helps you save all your documents throughout the year. As you move from assignment to assignment, your system should…
Read MoreHow to Stay Organized in Travel Nursing
Here are three organizational systems that can make all the difference when traveling from assignment to assignment. Marie Kondo your life. Whether you’re a travel nurse who’s in a different city every 13 weeks or someone who just travels occasionally to hospitals around your home, getting rid of things you don’t need can help you…
Read MoreTravel Nurse Case Manager Salary Guide: Everything You Need to Know [eBook]
As a travel nurse case manager, you already know a lot about making the best use of the resources available to you. After all, you do it every day: whether it’s helping patients and families navigate obstacles to their health or working with a facility to improve patient outcomes, you are a master of maximizing…
Read MoreThe Complete Guide to Maximizing Your Travel Nursing Salary [eBook]
Being a travel nurse comes with some awesome rewards. The most obvious is the competitive salary you earn. Others? Fringe benefits, bonuses, and travel opportunities, just to name a few! With so much to consider, it can be difficult to know whether you’re getting the most out of your salary. That’s why we’ve built our…
Read MoreThe Ultimate Guide to Building Your Savings as a Travel Nurse [eBook]
Staying ahead financially is about more than just making a great travel nursing salary. It’s also about making smart financial decisions, saving wisely, and budgeting like a pro. That’s why we’ve built our Ultimate Guide to Building Your Savings as a Travel Nurse. In it, you’ll learn: The savings pitfalls you might encounter as a…
Read More“It’s Baptism by Fire and You Just Got to Put on the Right Suit” — Travel Nurse Angela Cook on Travel Nursing with No Fear
Angela Cook is no stranger to high-pressure work. Coming from the world of trauma centers and emergency rooms, she’s used to jumping into the thick of a crisis. But after her daughter grew up, she was looking for something different — and that’s when she found the world of travel nursing. How did you get…
Read MoreHow Lobbyist Joe Lucas Went from DC to Travel Nursing
Joe Lucas was a successful DC lobbyist who decided, at age 50, to chase his childhood dream: becoming a nurse. Built for adrenaline and swift on his feet, he jumped right into the profession and hasn’t looked back. How did you get into travel nursing? My first career was lobbying, primarily involving energy and the…
Read More5 Reasons to Take Your Next Travel Nursing Assignment in New York
Time for a new adventure? Think New York! The Empire State has so much to offer travel nurses in terms of location, activities, and everything Manhattan. If the Big Apple is too hectic for your travel sensibilities, fear not, there are plenty of other cities with hospitals that need hard-working nurses like you. Here are…
Read More5 Reasons Arizona Should be Your Next Travel Nursing Destination
Arizona is a land of deserts, man-made lakes, and a really big canyon. You may think that with all that desert land, there may not be much going on, but it isn’t true. The state has bustling metro areas with tons of activities and places to visit. Remember to pack a hat and your sunscreen!…
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