Guides
Straight answers on the parts of travel nursing recruiters gloss over. No agency pays for these opinions.
New to travel nursing
Your first contract
Experience you need, licenses and the compact, paperwork, recruiters, what to get in writing, and what week one really looks like.
Read the guideReading a pay package
Taxable base versus stipends, the tax-home rule, and why two offers with the same weekly number aren't equal.
Read the guideHousing on assignment
Taking the stipend or agency housing, avoiding rental scams, and finding housing in remote places like Bethel and Nome.
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For experienced travelers
MSPs: who really holds your job
How vendor-managed hospitals route orders, why the MSP's own agency often pays more, and the one question to ask a recruiter.
Read the guideNegotiating with agency and facility
What can move (rate, guaranteed hours, time off, cancellation terms) and what can't, with word-for-word scripts.
Read the guideRed flags in a contract
Low guaranteed hours, vague float policies, verbal promises, and clauses that quietly cost you money.
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