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healthcare career growth
Featured
October 8, 2026
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10 min read

What Does Career Growth Look Like When You Don’t Want to Be a Manager?

At some point in a healthcare career, you may start hearing a familiar question: What’s next? For some healthcare professionals, the answer is leadership.

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Travel Nursing is a Way of Life
Employee Stories
June 5, 2006
4 min read

Travel Nurse Stories: Travel Nursing is a Way of Life

Meet Joey Hill, RN First, I would like to thank the staff at TotalMed for choosing me to represent their company this month. Derek

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Blessed to Live Out My Dream
Employee Stories
May 3, 2006
2 min read

Travel Nurse Stories: Blessed to Live Out My Dream

Meet Shanna Tedder, RN My name is Shanna Leigh Tedder, and I’m from a tiny little town in Texas called Santa Fe. I’ve been

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Traveling Amplified My Love for Nursing
Employee Stories
March 5, 2006
2 min read

Travel Nurse Stories: Traveling Amplified My Love for Nursing

Meet Jennifer Beltz, RN I got my nursing degree at Cox College in Springfield, Missouri, and from there I moved to Kansas City, where

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Humbled, Awed, & Praised God
Employee Stories
February 2, 2006
3 min read

Travel Nurse Stories: Humbled, Awed, & Praised God

Meet Diane and Chuck Insolo, RNs Chuck and I are from Holiday, Florida, which is near Tampa. Chuck has been an RN for 22

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A Memorable, Challenging Patient
Employee Stories
January 5, 2006
2 min read

Travel Nurse Stories: A Memorable, Challenging Patient

Meet Stephanie Smalls, RN My name is Stephanie N. Smalls and I’m originally from Georgetown, South Carolina. I have been an RN since March

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I Wept Openly in Gratitude
Employee Stories
November 3, 2005
3 min read

Travel Nurse Stories: I Wept Openly in Gratitude

Meet Marilynn McNaughton, RN I attended college in St. Louis, Missouri, and am proud to have been a nurse for 30 years. I started

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The Joys of Traveling Since 1999
Employee Stories
October 5, 2005
3 min read

Travel Nurse Stories: The Joys of Traveling Since 1999

Meet Deshone Harris-Schumpert, RN I was born in Blytheville, Arkansas, where I spent my childhood and young adulthood. After working in Blytheville for a

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Turning Tragedy into Triumph
Employee Stories
September 3, 2005
3 min read

Travel Nurse Stories: Turning Tragedy into Triumph

Meet Dee Farmer, RN I have been a travel nurse for three and a half years, all spent with TotalMed. A great tragedy in

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Traveling Helped Me Live in NYC
Employee Stories
August 3, 2005
2 min read

Travel Nurse Stories: Traveling Helped Me Live in NYC

Meet Angela Thompson, RN My name is Angela Thompson and I’m from Tallahassee, Florida (home of the Florida State Seminoles and FAMU Marching 100).

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From Nurse Leader to Travel Nurse
Employee Stories
July 4, 2005
9 min read

Travel Nurse Stories: From Nurse Leader to Travel Nurse

Meet Doug Gibson, RN As I sit on my patio enjoying the cool summer evening breeze, enjoying the last light of the day as

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Experienced Nurse Turned Traveler
Employee Stories
June 8, 2005
3 min read

Travel Nurse Stories: Experienced Nurse Turned Traveler

Meet Sheila Ticknor, RN I‘ve been a travel nurse for over three years. Burnout, hospital politics, as well as the need for adventure, were

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Discovering the New Me
Employee Stories
April 5, 2005
8 min read

Travel Nurse Stories: Discovering the New Me

Meet Diane Clark, RN I live, currently, in Castalian Springs, Tennessee. It is a small town that is approximately 45 miles northeast of Nashville

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