Got 99 Probs But Student Loans Ain’t One
Meet Molly, a travel nurse who paid off $70K-plus in student loans in two-and-a-half years. Yeah, we’d be smiling too. And we wanted to know what motivated her to warp speed her student loan payoff and how she was able to turn $70,419.10 of student loan...
National Selfie Day 2018: Change Why You Selfie, Change Lives
On the eve of National Selfie Day, the team began to reminisce on life pre-selfie. Do you remember a world without selfies? If you’re leaning toward yes, think again. Sure, Merriam-Webster and Oxford Dictionary focus on a more 21st century digital/social definition,...
2018’s Enhanced Nursing Licensure Compact: Viva La Continued Expansion
The life of a travel nurse is full of freedom, until you wanna cross fresh and fab state lines on the quick. The 100-year-old nursing licensure model lived well past its laborious shelf life. Thankfully, it’s modernized here and there over the years. That’s not to say...
Florence Nightingale: A Nursing Rebel With a Cause
Nurses Week’s grand finale is the celebration of Florence Nightingale’s birthday. Images and statues depict Florence as she was—a compassionate and ambitious caregiver and advocate for public health. Her sense of responsibility and strong work ethic are evident. What...
Nurses Week 2018: 7 Days in the Sun
Nurses Week is a seven-day celebration packed with so much appreciation, it’s almost dizzying. It doesn’t matter if your current placement is casting a little shade or tossing tchotchkes at ya like it’s Mardi Gras, the LRS team is here to shine some hot rays on your...
ICYMI: Traveling Medical Professionals and Self-Care
Earlier this month, the team wrote a post on GypsyNurse.com about ways a traveling medical professional can (and should) carve out a little more me time. Self-care is such an important and often underprioritized practice. As outlined in our Gypsy post, intentionally...
Living the Dream as an Occupational Therapist Traveler
What better moment to celebrate our OT travelers than National Occupational Therapy Month? Healers and wanderers at heart, you’ve afforded yourself the freedom to live the best of several worlds. You provide patients with greater independence and facilities with...
Pros and Cons of a Career as a Traveling Cath Lab Technician
Cath lab technicians can advance their careers in multiple ways, including the option of hitting the road as a traveling cath lab tech. When faced with any major decision, it can help to start with a comparison of the pros and cons of each option. There are plenty of...
Pros and Cons of Being a Traveling Surgical Technologist
Many ambitious certified surgical technologists may be looking for new ways to further their careers or increase their income. While there are several choices for those looking for advancement, one great way to get ahead is to consider a career as a traveling surgical...
Pros and Cons of Being a Traveling Vascular Technologist
Registered vascular technologists (RVTs) make a very respectable wage and have a handful of ways to further advance their careers. One great option is to take your career on the road as a traveling vascular technologist, where you'll be sent to hospitals that are in...