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October 22, 2026

Thinking About a Winter Travel Healthcare Assignment? What to Consider Before You Go

A winter travel healthcare assignment can look very different depending on where you decide to spend those 13 weeks. You could be scraping ice

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Travel Nursing & Allied

July 26, 2021

4 min read

Using Travel Nursing to Take Your Career to the Next Level

With high-paying assignments and the chance to live in exciting locations across the country, it’s easy to see why so many nurses are drawn

Top Job Locations

July 13, 2021

6 min read

Most Instagrammable Foods in Chicago

There’s a lot to love about the Windy City. Chicago is home to some of the world’s best museums and art, hundreds of parks,

Career Tips

July 7, 2021

4 min read

6 Ways to Overcome the Clinical Research Talent Gap

The healthcare industry is facing a talent gap—and few areas are feeling the squeeze more acutely than clinical research. More than 70% of life sciences

Employee Stories+1 in 1 more category

June 30, 2021

6 min read

It’s Okay to Not Be Okay

A husband and wife lay side-by-side in hospital beds. Holding hands, they are simultaneously taken off ventilators and let go of life after battling

Travel Nursing & Allied

June 29, 2021

4 min read

How Your Online Behavior Can Impact Your Travel Nursing Career

Social Media and Your Travel Nursing Career We exist in a world that lives on the internet. As healthcare travelers, the internet is definitely

Employee Stories+1 in 1 more category

June 25, 2021

2 min read

TotalMed Ranked 2nd Best Travel Nursing Agency for 2021!

This year, BluePipes evaluated 350 companies by aggregating 91,240 reviews from 6 of the most reputable review sources This year, BluePipes evaluated 350 companies

Travel Nursing & Allied

June 14, 2021

4 min read

Traveler Test Kitchen – One Bowl Mac & Cheese

We’ve decided to test out some creative, easy-to-prepare recipes in the kitchen of our home office to see if we’d recommend them to our

Employee Stories+1 in 1 more category

June 8, 2021

7 min read

Explore the U.S. with Your Friend as Healthcare Travelers

Can you get jobs as an allied traveler or a travel nurse along with your friend? The answer is: absolutely. Traveling the country with

Travel Nursing & Allied

June 1, 2021

3 min read

Increased Demand for MedSurg, OR and ER Nurses Expected: What You Need For Each Specialty

According to Staffing Industry Analysts (SIA), a recent study expects the healthcare industry to see an increased demand for MedSurg, OR and ER nurses