Does the prospect of traveling to a new location every 13 weeks give you anxiety? Many travel nurses successfully work through their anxieties — all it takes is a mindful approach to centering yourself. Discover proven strategies for coping with anxiety as a travel nurse.

Fall and early winter are known for an increase in respiratory illness. Though it is traditionally known as cold and flu season, we can now add COVID-19 to the list. Since it’s impossible to predict how many cases nurses will see this season, healthcare professionals must brace for an unpredictable patient influx — and prepare to protect their own health and well-being.

For most of us, 2020 was a nonstop series of unexpected challenges, headaches, and uncertainties. Even if you didn’t come down with COVID-19, the pandemic still took a toll on your health. This is especially evident for travel nurses, who likely saw little downtime to manage their own health and wellness during the year. As we move into 2021, make sure you’re reflecting on the personal wellness lessons learned from our pandemic year in review.

You wouldn’t classify nursing as a traditional manual labor job, like you might construction, carpentry, or mining. But nursing definitely takes a toll on the body! Nurses are prone to foot, back, and neck pain – problems that only get worse if they’re not properly addressed. Listen to your body and provide the support and relief it needs to keep you active, agile, and pain-free on-the-job! You might be surprised to find out it’s as easy as buying the right shoes and stretching every now and then.

When’s the last time you got a full eight hours of shut-eye? Woke up feeling brand new? Sleep deprivation is a serious problem among working Americans ― nurses especially. Here’s what you need to know about getting a good night’s rest and the ramifications of falling behind on sleep. Those eight hours matter more than you know.

Diabetes is a commonly known disease, but many people are not aware of how dangerous it can be, or the warning signs and symptoms of diabetes. As American Diabetes Month comes to a close, two Health Providers Choice employees talk about their experience living with type 1 diabetes, and what they want other people to know about the disease.

Nurses might be the least well cared for of the professions when you consider the rate of depression and injury and the lack of treatment sought by nurses. It time for that to change.

Nurses need to find time for self-care to stay healthy. Easier said than done, right? Here are some tips and reminders to help you get through the busy holiday season. 

Like most pursuits, a career in nursing begins with a healthy passion. Men and women enter this field to make positive contributions to the world, expand their scientific studies, or simply to have opportunities to make small differences, one person at a time.