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Alex McCoy

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Strike Nursing: How to Get Started

Strike Nursing: How to Get Started

Nursing strikes, “workforce disruptions,” or unionization, and travel nurses who cover strikes can often be polarizing topics. So let’s start with a...

Ways to Celebrate the Holidays During a Travel Nurse Assignment

Ways to Celebrate the Holidays During a Travel Nurse Assignment

Somehow, we are rolling into the holiday season already! Hopefully, by now, you have your holiday contracts (or holiday vacation) planned out. While...

Can You Work as a Travel Nurse Without a Home Base?

Can You Work as a Travel Nurse Without a Home Base?

If you are considering getting into travel nursing, one of the first terms you might read about is a “tax home”. This term can be a bit confusing,...

How to Work with Multiple Travel Nurse Recruiters at Once

How to Work with Multiple Travel Nurse Recruiters at Once

One of the best aspects of travel nursing is the potential it affords you. Pay rate, location, shift– all are negotiable and can be shopped out to...

Summer Contracts Will Be Here Soon–What You Need to Know

Summer Contracts Will Be Here Soon–What You Need to Know

Here is your official reminder that summer contracts will be coming up soon! Winter rates will be winding down before we know it, and it’s always...

The Best Places for Travel Nurses to Find Housing in 2025

The Best Places for Travel Nurses to Find Housing in 2025

Finding a place to stay as a travel nurse can often seem like the hardest part of the job. From horror stories to exorbitant prices, short-term or...

New Year's Resolutions for Travel Nurses

New Year's Resolutions for Travel Nurses

2025 is upon us! If you ask us, that just seems wild. Even if you aren’t a big “resolutions” person, the new year usually causes most of us to...

How to Decide If It’s Time to Quit Travel Nursing

How to Decide If It’s Time to Quit Travel Nursing

Maybe you have been in the travel nursing game for ten years or maybe only a year. Regardless, there is bound to be a time when you ask yourself, “Am...

Dear Staff Nurses: What Every Travel Nurse Wants You to Know

Dear Staff Nurses: What Every Travel Nurse Wants You to Know

If you are a staff nurse who has never traveled or been interested in being a travel nurse, there is a good chance you might not understand exactly...

The Best Ways to Meet People on Travel Nurse Contracts

The Best Ways to Meet People on Travel Nurse Contracts

For first-time travel nurses, it may be a bit of a shock to discover that the hardest part of the new gig isn’t adjusting to the actual work–it is...

How to Keep Your Pets Safe During RV Travel

How to Keep Your Pets Safe During RV Travel

Working as a travel nurse while living in an RV is a great way to bring your home with you wherever you go. There are a lot of reasons people may...

Nontraditional Ways to Travel Nurse With a Family

Nontraditional Ways to Travel Nurse With a Family

One of the best things about travel nursing is the way you can tailor the experience to fit your lifestyle. Whether that be traveling with friends or...