Travel Nursing & Allied Health Blog
Top Oktoberfest Celebrations Across America
As fall approaches, so do Oktoberfest festivals! Here is a list of the top American Oktoberfest festivals to attend. Find one near your current travel assignment and join the fun! If you’re a home-body, or prefer intimate celebrations with close friends and family, we...
How to Combat Pandemic Burnout
Everyone can remember their last “normal” day of 2020. Even after a year and a half of practicing social distancing and quarantine, it is critical to take good care of yourself. With the number of positive cases increasing again, it seems as though we are running a...
Things to Do While on a Travel Assignment in the D.M.V.
Not to be confused with the department of motor vehicles, the D.M.V. we prefer is better identified as composite metropolitan (or district) centered between Maryland and Virginia. When many travel they refer to this federal district as Washington, D.C. With COVID-19...
National Friendship Week: Meet Mehgan and Randi
This week is National Friendship Week and what better way to conclude the week than talking about a friendship we specialize in: traveler and recruiter friendships! Let’s take a trip down memory lane and talk about a friendship 6 years in the making. Meet Randi and...
6 Ways to Show Appreciation to Healthcare Workers
Our appreciation goes out to all healthcare workers who are still helping fight the battle against COVID-19 every day. As we all continue to make sacrifices, we know many healthcare workers are still on the frontlines of this pandemic working day and night, while...
Becoming a Healthcare Traveler for the Right Reasons
When you dedicate your life to a career you enjoy, keep in mind the right reasons for doing so, and avoid doing it for the wrong reasons. Learn more about Jane Nofuente’s compelling story of why she wanted to become a healthcare traveler and four heartfelt reasons to...
Reasons to Take A Rural Travel Assignment
Healthcare travelers land their next new adventure every day from coast to coast but not every single one is in a major U.S city. Many take fantastic assignments in smaller cities surrounding major cities or even choose to take a more rural route. Traveling to the...
Meet Our Clinical Nurse Liaison: Carrie Dunwoody
For the past two years, Carrie Dunwoody RN, BSN, has been a valuable member of the LRS Healthcare family. Carrie has helped recruiters and travelers alike navigate the travel world so that travelers have enjoyable experiences when working in facilities across the...
A Traveler’s To-Dos When Starting Your Next (or first) Assignment
Download The Complete Checklist for Every New Healthcare Travel Assignment to reference every time you apply for a new job. With each new travel assignment comes a comprehensive list of actionable to-dos you need to complete prior to starting your new job. Specialty...
The 6 Pillars to Having a Healthy Brain
How often are you working on keeping your brain healthy? Every day we should be doing something to keep ourselves healthy and thriving. Exercising your brain is just as important as working out and exercising your body, but many people may forget about or not think of...
Running Across America
With spin classes, lap pools and gyms closed for over a year, many people turned back to (or started getting into) running to stay in shape and keep their body moving. In fact, a survey taken back in March of 2021 showed that physical activity is up 88% within the...
Top 5 Tips for a New Healthcare Traveler
Becoming a healthcare traveler can be an exciting and challenging, career change. However, the unknowns of getting started can be overwhelming. We asked some of our tenured travelers what they’ve learned throughout the years as a medical traveler, and asked them to...