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Featured
October 27, 2026
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12 min read

Travel Healthcare With a Family: How to Make an Assignment Work for Everyone

Travel healthcare is often pictured as one person packing a car, heading to a new city, and spending the next 13 weeks exploring somewhere

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Blog & Insights
Travel Nurse 101
March 22, 2021
3 min read

Travel Nurse Contract Extension: Not All Good Things Must Come to an End

Moving from city to city every 13 weeks sounds like a dream for those of us with wanderlust. Experiencing different parts of the country

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Travel Nurse 101
March 11, 2021
3 min read

New Grad Nurse to Travel Nurse

Start Your Nursing Career Starting your career as a new grad nurse takes a specific kind of individual — they’re equal parts caring, skilled,

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Top Job Locations
March 11, 2021
5 min read

The Health Care Traveler Guide: Dog-Friendly Hikes in the PNW

Our health care travelers love the Pacific Northwest, from the picturesque trails to the pristine views. And so do their pups — we’re talking

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TotalMed Inc. Donates 64,000 Masks and Makes Financial Contributions for COVID Relief
Travel Nursing & Allied
March 9, 2021
3 min read

TotalMed Inc. Donates 64,000 Masks and Makes Financial Contributions for COVID Relief

Travel nursing and healthcare staffing firms' contributions help healthcare workers, seniors, and minorities APPLETON, Wis., Feb. 26, 2021  TotalMed Inc., the premier travel nursing

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Blog & Insights
Travel Nursing & Allied
February 25, 2021
6 min read

The Top Spots for Fast Interviews

As a traveling healthcare professional, finding an assignment that is right for you can often be the biggest hurdle to jump. Whether your current

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Blog & Insights
Allied Health+1 in 1 more category
February 19, 2021
3 min read

Getting Started as a Travel Tech

Working as a medical tech is both very rewarding and always in-demand. However, like with a lot of other jobs, working at the same

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Blog & Insights
Travel Nursing & Allied
February 12, 2021
3 min read

Celebrating Valentine’s Day During COVID-19

As a healthcare traveler, it can be hard to be on assignment during a holiday. This is especially true for Valentine’s Day, which we

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TotalMed Secures Top Spots in Highway Hypodermics Top Ten 2021 List
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January 25, 2021
3 min read

TotalMed Secures Top Spots in Highway Hypodermics Top Ten 2021 List

Being a top 10 travel company is not easily accomplished and something that we, at TotalMed, take great pride in. It is with great

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Employee Stories
January 15, 2021
3 min read

Celebrating Reese G.: Longest Traveler

Many health care travelers will tell you that they were a bit nervous when they first began to travel. However, once they started, they

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Blog & Insights
Travel Nursing & Allied
January 6, 2021
4 min read

5 Instagrammable States You Should Visit This Year

COVID-19 ensured that 2020 was a busy year for health care travelers to say the least. Unfortunately, this meant that a lot of travelers

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Employee Stories
December 23, 2020
3 min read

Celebrating Denise M.: Most States Traveled To

Being a health care traveler opens up a lot of opportunities to visit some new and interesting locations, especially in states you haven’t been

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Roll Up Your Sleeves for COVID-19 Vaccine
Travel Nursing & Allied
December 22, 2020
2 min read

Roll Up Your Sleeves for COVID-19 Vaccine

COVID-19 has been exacting its toll on healthcare workers as they care for their patients. Over 280,000 healthcare personnel cases of COVID-19 have been

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