Road Trip Packing Tips and Tricks for Medical Travelers
Thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, flying can feel risky—especially for people working in medical environments. It is completely understandable if you want to minimize your contact with potentially infected people when you are traveling for work. But as medical...
Managing Anxiety in an Ever-Changing Profession
Medical travel isn’t the most linear or structured career in the world, and that’s not necessarily a bad thing. The free-flowing nature of it allows for a lot of freedom to choose where you work, when you work and where you go next. And for medical travelers who need...
Recruiter of the Month: Shelby Wilson
Shelby Wilson This month’s Recruiter of the Month should come as no surprise to anyone who is familiar with LRS Healthcare. Shelby Wilson has been working at LRS for 4 years and has been a go-getter since day one! This past year Shelby was awarded the President’s Club...
How to Avoid New Scams Targeting Medical Travelers
At the beginning of May, the Fort Myers News-Press published an article about a medical traveler who fell victim to a housing scam—an all too familiar cautionary tale for this industry. Logan Taylor, a registered nurse with over 10 years of experience, began her...
How to Prep for the Rest of your 2020 Medical Travel Contracts
To say the medical travel industry has changed might be a bit of an understatement. Demand for medical professionals is higher than ever but uncertainty remains. Travel nurses are in a particularly unusual spot: You’re always planning a few steps ahead, but planning...
‘Not Just a Number on TV:’ A Story from the Front Line of COVID-19
LRS Healthcare medical travelers all across the U.S. are caring for COVID-19 patients, protecting their coworkers and working tirelessly to keep everyone safe. Some of our team members are working in COVID-19 units and some are maintaining other departments, but all...
National Nurses Week: Incredible Moments in Nursing History
You don’t need to give us a reason to celebrate LRS Healthcare’s amazing nurses. But as luck would have it, National Nurses Week is May 6-12 and the World Health Organization (fittingly) declared 2020 as “The Year of the Nurse and Midwife,” so we’re going to take the...
Recruiter of the Month
Alex Hobbie We’re so excited to be kicking off Recruiter of the Month with this fantastic lady! Alex Hobbie has been working at LRS Healthcare for over a year now and has showcased company values in her day to day work. We’ve enjoyed getting to know Alex with her work...
Customer-Centricity: How LRS Healthcare Helps Travelers and Hospitals Meet the Goals of the Triple Aim
As a staffing agency, many believe that our only goal is to find an open need or job order and fill it. At the basics of business and staffing, that could ring true, but only for an organization without a vision or mission At LRS Healthcare, since our inception, the...
Tax Season Mistakes of Medical Travelers Past
Whether you’re a seasoned medical traveler or this is your first year out in the field, you likely feel tax season looming over you. You probably didn’t get onto this career path because you love complicated taxes, but alas, it comes with the territory. You may have...