Career Tips
Top Tips for Maintaining a Work-Life Balance as a Travel Nurse
Travel nursing offers many rewards and experiences. Being a travel nurse opens you up to new locations, people, patients, food, and so on the list goes. We all know having a nursing career can be demanding at times and have its stressful moments. These tough times can lead to nurse burnout, which may cause an…
Read MoreWays to Fight Feelings of Loneliness During Assignments
Being a travel nurse not only allows you to pursue your passion, but to explore new cities, meet new people, and engage in new cultures. However, being a travel nurse can get lonely. While most contracts last for 13 weeks, it may seem difficult to make new friends or feel a part of the community.…
Read More4 Tips on Owning Your First Day as a Travel Nurse
Congrats! You have just landed your first travel nurse assignment and moved into your new place for the next 13-ish weeks, now what? Being on your first assignment in a new city can be intimidating. However, we have a few tips that could help you own your first day and rock your assignment! Move In…
Read MoreWhat should I be asking in an Interview?
What questions should I ask in a Travel Nursing Interview? Recruiters are often asked by the nurses they work with what questions they should ask in their phone interviews. Once you’ve landed that coveted phone interview, we’ll make sure you’re covered with a list of questions to choose from! Here are the questions you can…
Read MoreCommunication Tips
We know it can be challenging to feel a part of the team when you are new, so we wanted to share a few quick communication tips that might help. 1. Ask your manager and team members what communication type they prefer It’s easy to assume that everyone likes to communicate the same way you…
Read MoreRelating to Your Manager
Everyone knows that it is important to make sure you are meeting (and hopefully exceeding) your manager’s expectations. A key component to that is making sure you are “managing up” when you are on assignment. We wanted to share with you a couple of tips to help ensure a good relationship with your manager. 1.…
Read More5 Insider Tips for Travel Nurses
Rob Neuville has spent the last 6 years at TotalMed working with clinicians and clients. Working to make sure he keeps his clients in the forefront has earned him the position of Business Development Manager – Team Lead. With his broad view of working with travelers and facilities, we asked him to share some tips…
Read MoreTravel Nursing Advice from Senior Recruiter, Krystal
This Monday’s great advice from our recruiter, Krystal. Check out the great Kobe Bryant quote she shared.
Read MoreTraveling Nursing Advice from Senior Recruiter, Dan (More Advice!)
Travel healthcare can be a difficult industry to work for, and at time it can be overwhelming. Lucky for you, we have some amazing recruiters that have given great advice when working as a travel caregiver. Senior recruiter Dan is back with more advice for you on being a traveling clinician. Learn as much as…
Read MoreTraveling Nursing Advice from Senior Recruiter, Dan
Travel healthcare can be a difficult industry to work for, and at time it can be overwhelming. Lucky for you, we have some amazing recruiters that have given great advice when working as a travel caregiver. Dan is here to give you some advice on the travel nursing industry. Best advice I can give is:…
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