One of the key aspects of travel nursing is working with and alongside staff at hospitals and other facilities among staff nurses. Travelers are not always quickly accepted as part of the greater team, though there are some instances where we see quite the opposite.

One of the key aspects of travel nursing is working with and alongside staff at hospitals and other facilities among staff nurses. Travelers are not always quickly accepted as part of the greater team, though there are some instances where we see quite the opposite.

Thus, we're celebrating one of our Travelers -- Krystal G, MS RN at Northside Hospital in Georgia. Krystal is an experienced RN with many years of travel experience in different positions and across multiple teams.

As a traveler seeking the next step in your career, there are a handful of things you need to lock down on your end to find the best opportunities possible. When it comes to working with a recruiter they are, unfortunately, not ALL guaranteed to provide the same experience, provide exhaustive information, or even place you in the best-fitting roles.

What is the easiest way to find a groove as a travel nurse? Well, there are a number of ways, but universally the easiest way to keep hustling is to renew an existing contract. Now, this doesn’t always fall into place with every assignment and not all facilities, teams, or areas of expertise are made equal. However, if you can find a groove with an assignment you still enjoy (in a city you would like to continue living in) a contract extension may be the answer for you!

Burnout may be far off or just around the corner. The pressures of a specific season in your career can drive you to difficult breaking points. Patient ratios, work/life balance, and shortages on staff can bring all of these stressors to the surface even faster.

2022 been a big year for Spire. Looking back is always helpful to see where we started and how far we’ve come in, what seems like, 12 short months. Oftentimes, placing everything that has happened throughout the course of a calendar year into a single blog post is difficult — mainly because so much has happened in the Travel Nursing industry, within our own company, and more!

Spire’s growth continues with more recognition within our industry! We are proud to announce that we made SIA’s list of the largest travel nurse staffing firms in the country.

We’d like you to meet Jade — A Travel Nurse based in Amarillo, TX. Her career as a travel nurse started over 12 years ago. Not during the pandemic. Not recently. She has been at this for some time and she’s seen more of our country in different areas of focus than most have seen in longer healthcare careers.